I haven't seen their app, but last time I checked their 2FA FAQ it was using your phone (more precise, your phone number) as a security token and JUST that. Which is an extremely stupid thing to do, for reasons I stated above.

It doesn't use your phone number. Valve don't know my phone number. It uses the app to approve or deny a login attempt.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/06B0-26E6-2CF8-254C#enablephone [External Link]

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What's your next most-wanted feature for the Steam Deck?

Having all the store functions working correctly. When you've got a device from Valve with "Steam" in its name in your hands, you shouldn't have to grab a different device to get a good experience for things like checking your wishlist or giving Valve money.

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Streets of Rage 4 has a native Linux port, so wonder why they chose that as an example? I have the game but can't remember the load times.

What the Wine devs are after are test cases that indicate an issue with Wine's implementation. Fixing the implementation, while a good goal in itself, will likely also help many other applications. It doesn't matter what the test case application actually is, as long as it shows some repeatable thing to test against.

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The survey doesn't only come up in desktop mode.

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It's good to see more 16:10 displays. It's a funny resolution, though; I wonder why they didn't go for 2560×1600? That would have been a handy 4:1 integer scaling from the Deck's own display.

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I wonder why the numbers get so much . . . bouncier, starting late in 2022.

They stopped going back later in the month to correct for Chinese overcount.

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What's the current most annoying issue you want to see solved on Steam?

In the bigger picture, worldwide launch of the Steam Deck would cure the biggest Steam Deck flaw.

Closer to home, the notification bell and OLED network dropout are both quite annoying.

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We appreciate the love from Linux users, but unfortunately support for Linux Desktop is not part of our agenda in the future.

They really ought to twig at some point that the desktop Linux market is twice as large as the Deck market. Making things for the Deck but not other Linux is just silly.

In this specific case, though, their "ask me anything" had lots of questions but only one real answer. Which got downvoted to oblivion. So I don't think things are going well for them in general.

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@shadowofward There is essentially zero difference between distros for performance. You'll want to look for things like support, convenience, community, as well as personal preference.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/the-best-linux-distribution-for-gaming-in-2025/

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FWIW, I suspect that the Windows versions aren't selling at all well, so the retailers are trying to dump inventory of those by making the Windows versions seem more attractive to customers than waiting for the SteamOS version. Whether the SteamOS version actually appears, and actually gets sold, and at what price, we'll have to wait and see.

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