"People don’t realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior."
-- Gabe Newell, 2012.

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2880x1920 resolution at 276 pixels per inch
16:10 aspect ratio

That isn't 16:10, that's 3:2.

Looks like a fun machine, though, and it's always good to see hardware with Linux pre-installed.

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It's a shame that it took five years from you asking about it before it happened, but good on Ethan Lee (and likely good on Steam Deck) for making it happen.

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Quoting: constAll these games replicating the PS1 era wipeouts are sadly not for me.
Somehow, wipeout hd/fury for PS3 has become my wipeout of choice. Is any of the available clones close to that gameplay feel?

I wasn't that good at Wipeout on the PS3, and I also wasn't that good at BallisticNG [External Link], but they were both fun. The nitty-gritty of the feel with expert play, I couldn't tell you about.

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Quoting: Linux_RocksAfter thinking about it, the price is a bit steep for refurbs. If they were even $20 USD cheaper it'd make it a better looking deal.

"Two ninety-nine."

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Would you pick up a refurbished Steam Deck?

The 64 & 512 GB are still unavailable in the UK, so a refurb unit might be the only official way.

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Quoting: DoctorJunglistFor the survey to appear on Steam Deck, do you need to go into desktop mode for that to happen, or can you also get it while in gaming mode?

You get it in gaming mode. There's a notification that pops up, but you need to go into the notifications to actually trigger the sending of data, since they need to ask permission.

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Quoting: GuestI wonder how many "Linux Deck" users would use Linux outside of the Deck.

"Would use" and "are currently using" are different things. There have been plenty of "I had no idea Linux was this good" anecdotes from people using the Deck. Conversion for desktop users has definitely happened, and hopefully it will continue to happen. Certainly there's much more sentiment of "Windows isn't actually that great for gaming" post-Deck and - crucially - post other handhelds that come with Windows.

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Quoting: RFSharpeSince MultiMC is also open source, I was thinking that perhaps Prism Launcher is a fork of MultiMC or vise versa. Is this a valid assumption?

PolyMC was a fork of MultiMC. Prism Launcher was forked from PolyMC when one of the maintainers had a meltdown.

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On screen keyboard support: When joining a lobby, you can easily enter text by manually invoking the on-screen keyboard

If they're after the green tick, that isn't adequate. The user having to manually invoke the keyboard drops the game to Playable.

Playable: Your game functions on Deck, but may require manual work from the user. (Examples: manually selecting a community controller config, requiring the user to manually bring up the on-screen keyboard, or requiring the user to use the touchscreen to navigate a launcher.)

For the green tick the keyboard needs to automatically pop up every time the game needs text input.

text input: if your game requires text input (eg., for naming a character or a save file), you must either use a Steamworks API for text entry [External Link] to open the on-screen keyboard for players using a controller, or have your own built-in entry that allows users to enter text in their language using only a controller.

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