Right now, I'm not sure what the future holds with SteamOS 3.0 myself. The experience as it is now is highly tailored to the Deck, perhaps even handheld PCs in general, and I'm not sure how Valve could/would adjust it for general desktop usage with wildly varying hardware.

At a minimum, I don't expect SteamOS to cause desktop Linux to gain any significant ground. However, I do think SteamOS will become a popular option for pre-built gaming PCs, whatever form they might take. We might even see the return of Steam Machines in some fashion, although that might be optimistic.

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Quoting: fireplaceI’m glad the Steam Flatpak is getting more traction. Native games on Linux sometimes required libraries outside of the Steam runtime, and developers don’t notice this and just say that it only supports ubuntu or fedora or some crap like that. Now with the Flatpak, it’ll be clear as day if the native game works or not.

I agree. I use the Steam Flatpak on my desktop and it actually works quite well. I guess I'm included in that 6.05%.

What I find interesting is not just how high SteamOS Holo is already, but how Ubuntu is noticeable dethroned from the top. It doesn't feel like that long ago that Ubuntu still topped the list.

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I'm hoping the next Stable update, whenever that hits, doesn't reinstall Firefox through pacman. I had to temporarily disable the read-only filesystem to remove Firefox, because I prefer using the Firefox Flatpak and the Arch package was constantly getting in my way.

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I used to like GOG. But Valve bends over backwards to cater to a Linux user like me, so I'm sticking with Valve for the foreseeable future. Plus, I've been a Valve fan since I played Half-Life back in the day, but that's neither here nor there.

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Quoting: CyborgZetaThe resolution seems high. I think 720p is sufficient for a handheld. Less taxing on the GPU, but still looks good on a display designed for that resolution.

It's a bigger display though. 8" 1920×1200 should look really nice, should be a closer target for existing games, and was what I was hoping for when the Steam Deck was still the Steam Pal. But obviously GPU requirements make it tough to achieve. I wouldn't be tempted by this, though, even if I weren't getting a Steam Deck, because it's got the janky asymmetric sticks. It does appear to come with a kickstand, though, which is nice.

Does it? Now that I have a Steam Deck of my own, I think its display is pretty damn big. Why anyone would want a even bigger display on what's supposed to be a handheld is beyond me; these things aren't meant to be laptops. Plus, as you pointed out, graphics requirements make it difficult to take advantage of the higher resolution display.

To each his own though. I'm perfectly content with 720p (yes, I know the Deck is actually 1280x800) on a handheld device.

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The resolution seems high. I think 720p is sufficient for a handheld. Less taxing on the GPU, but still looks good on a display designed for that resolution.

On another note, I do like that SteamOS seems to be "proliferating in the wild". Wider adoption of SteamOS in pre-built gaming PCs, regardless of form factor, is a good thing in my view.

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Quoting: TheRiddickI'm just going to wait for AMD's next-next APU lineup see what handheld vendors can do with RDNA3.

Thus far all the other vendors charge a small fortune compared to the steam deck and don't offer the same kind of controls. Though almost all of them have better CPUs already since the steam deck CPU/GPU is already pretty old by cutting edge terms.

The real question I wonder is if/when we'll see a 3rd party actually get a price that comes close to the steam deck with matching or better performance.

For myself I'm not interested in spending over $500 on a handheld, especially since I have to buy 3 of anything I get. [kids]

I agree on price. For $400, the Steam Deck is a heck of a deal. I bought a 512 GB SSD to replace the SSD for less than $100, so for less than $500 I get a handheld PC that can play a good amount of PC games, and handle emulation up to PS2. I like mine more than I thought I would so far.

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I just got my Steam Deck email today and finalized my purchase. Looking forward to opening it up and replacing the eMMC with an SSD, as well as trying out games on it.

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My current setup can run this game at 1080p on high, but it makes my GPU sound like a jet engine. Guess I won't be playing this again until I get a new GPU; whenever that ends up being. I JUST bought this one back in December when I built my PC.

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I tried playing System Shock, but it's too archaic for me (and before anyone calls me a "zoomer", I'm 32). If they keep SHODAN's voice and remain true to the original, the remake (if it's ever finished) might be what I need.

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