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- Comment on Steam Machine, here we go 2 weeks ago:
That’s a big part of why I wanted one. Sure I can just use a laptop or build a small PC (hardware prices today notwithstanding), but the form factor alone is enough of a motivator for me.
- Comment on The Cemu Security PSA and Why RetroDECK’s Approach Suddenly Makes a Lot of Sense 2 weeks ago:
Not particularly, it works great for what it does, but I much prefer the SRM approach.
- Comment on The Cemu Security PSA and Why RetroDECK’s Approach Suddenly Makes a Lot of Sense 2 weeks ago:
Honestly the only reason I’ve clung to Emudeck instead of Retrodeck is because it seems so heavily based on ES-DE which I don’t want to use whatsoever. Even their SRM support seems to require favoriting games in ES-DE.
- Comment on If you use Emudeck to play Wii U games, you may have malware 2 weeks ago:
Eh the password stealing shit definitely is but the special conditions for “israel” are hilarious (even if their code is borked and doesn’t actually work)
- Comment on If you use Emudeck to play Wii U games, you may have malware 2 weeks ago:
tbf the vast majority of that country support him and everything he stands for, so getting rid of one fascist won’t change much
- Comment on If you use Emudeck to play Wii U games, you may have malware 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on The worst timeline 2 months ago:
I won’t lie, it hasn’t been flawless, as it’s a bleeding edge distro with a much smaller userbase than its desktop counterpart, but it’s served me well enough for 6 months or so now. Only ran into one major bug, which I hunted down myself to report as soon as I found a workaround for (i.e. steam’s background recording seems to break their latest customized gamescope).
If you like to tinker with your devices and SteamOS wiping out anything installed via pacman after an update pisses you off like it did me, then it’s worth a try, but if you literally just use it for gaming and never really touch desktop mode, it’s not really worth considering.
- Comment on The worst timeline 2 months ago:
Hate to admit that when I first got my deck at launch, I immediately set up a dual boot just so I could play Destiny 2 on it.
Needless to say, I no longer play Destiny 2 or even use Windows at all on any of my machines. Hell, I even installed CachyOS Handheld on my deck over SteamOS for shits and giggles.
- Comment on The worst timeline 2 months ago:
I’ve done a good amount of maintenance on my home server setup through my deck on the couch. Just a keyboard and the touchpad. Works just fine, no Windows needed.
- Comment on The worst timeline 2 months ago:
And if you really do want to activate it (which is kinda worth it because some system settings are locked behind it), Massgrave takes 2 seconds.
- Comment on [Discussion] Would you buy a Steam smart phone? 2 months ago:
Oh for sure. They’re no saints but they’re very far from the worst option out there, and they’ve been making some massive contributions to the linux space in general.
- Comment on [Discussion] Would you buy a Steam smart phone? 2 months ago:
Yeah this is the important bit to me. Valve does good work and contributes to FOSS, sure, but I’m not going to blindly follow everything they do. Right now the Linux phone space just flat out isn’t viable for daily drivers. If Valve are the first ones to really address this, cool! But I’m not going to put them on a pedestal over any other options.
- Comment on Steam Controller 6 months ago:
I’ve got 2 sitting around, never use it but it’s a neat gimmick and I know a lot of folks still swear by this thing. I love how all 3 of these new things are just major upgrades to hardware from like 2016ish
- Comment on Is the Steam Deck getting outdated soon? Should I wait for the next gen? 11 months ago:
Big vouch for streaming. I mostly use my deck at home so I can play on the couch instead of staying cooped up in the office after spending all day at the same desk for work.
The deck can run a lot of games natively surprisingly well, sure, but sunshine/moonlight are incredible. Even games that run fine natively, I’ll still typically stream to my deck instead just for the battery life.
- Comment on SteamOS 3.7.10 Beta: Bring More Fish :: Steam Deck Events & Announcements 11 months ago:
I remember when I first got my OLED it refused to connect to my router until I disabled the 160hz band. That seems to be fixed now, but I wonder if they reintroduced that bug or something in the beta at some point.
- Comment on Mechanism is having a sale on their Steam Deck accessories, including the Deckmate and Gaming Pillow 1 year ago:
It’s alright but I’ve already stopped using it. I could never get it to the exact angle I want to use it and isn’t super comfortable, plus the mount on the deck itself needs to come off in order to use a dock.
It’s sturdy and secure, and it does exactly what it’s meant to, but I found I was having more arm and wrist strain while using it.
- Comment on The impossible Steam Deck update just dropped. 1 year ago:
biblically-accurate game controller
