Quoting: icedfiendGood point, I didn't know you couldn't install system packages... Looking back at an article on how the update lifecycle works makes sense (installing a full OS image to an alternative partition and switching the active one), but it removes a lot of freedom to tinker with the OS...

You can enable FS modification with a single command (might be btrfs filesystem set-property ro false /) and install whatever you want. It is just your changes will be overwritten with next update.

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@Liam I experienced some problems with EGS on Proton not right after installation but a few days later. The EGS window kept flashing (open-close-open) and I couldn’t use it. Can you still use it?

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Quoting: elmapulyou need an comparision point... eg: test it on windows too.
i saw a lot of reports on protonDB from people who never played an particular game saying it run flawless on linux, then you open the game and... where are the cutscenes? where is the video behind the title screen?

If they didn’t notice something is wrong, then Proton did its job nicely :grin:

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Quoting: PhiladelphusYup, it's just a PC, so you can install whatever OS*

, but we don't remember we said you could play on foreign OS :whistle:

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Quoting: Kithopstraight up your favourite partition editor + grub2.

rEFInd has touchscreen support!

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Quoting: jensDoes anybody knows what gave the push for KDE?

I guess the desktop mode is meant to be used on a “desktop” ie. with a second, larger screen, mouse and keyboard etc. Plasma is more similar to Win compared to Gnome, so that might be the reason behind their choice.

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So if it takes 30 secs from power to library on SteamOS, it would take a lot to boot Windows :grin:
Seriously, 30 secs is a bit long for linux and Steam combined.
PS: When I saw "verifying installation" I thought it verified the whole OS instead of Steam.

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Quoting: denyasisHow do the DE based UI package managers work? Like are they separate from the system package manager, or do they send in generic command into the package manager? Or perhaps share a backend (like the database)?

KDE Discover and Gnome Software Center use an abstraction layer called PackageKit. PackageKit has implementations for each package manager ie. on Arch (based) it uses ALPM (Arch Linux Package Management library) to interact with system.

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Quoting: TehFreekI realize that this will push some games (looking at you, Paradox Interactive!)

What are you planning? HoI4 on Steam Deck?

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Quoting: jensCool progress within just 7 years!

I am tracking progress since only Sept 2021 and still it is amazing. (BattlEye and EAC got supported and now some borked top 10 games may be playable) When I saw Deck launch was on December February, I thought that Valve couldn’t make it ready in that time period but now... They were serious when they told “All your library will be on the Deck”. It looks like all Steam top 100 except PUBG: Battlegrounds (and perhaps Halo games and Naraka Bladepoint) will be playable on Linux in a few months.

Or I am too optimistic.

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