If Steam was the most expensive solution, when comparing prices with Nintendo, Playstation and Xbox stores, where Valve has absolutely no control, I'd be the first to say that they have a case, but prices are similar. Worst, Valve is probably the cheapest and they are all hardware manufacturers.

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What I really do find amusing it's seeing the multiplication of Windoze handheld cannibalizing among themselves for a teeny-weeny market share. In the end, it might all lead them to drop the market because of insufficient sales numbers.

None of them come close to the unique and optimized experience that the Steam Deck offers. That's probably the main reason why these handhelds can't close the gap, in terms of sales. This and the price that doesn't make sense.

Valve really nailed it, this time.

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I'll wait for the Steam Deck 2. My LCD Steam Deck is still rocking it!

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Quoting: StalePopcornMaybe comments should be disabled since a pattern is already present, but Kaspersky are not doing operating from a country directly or indirectly involved in mass genocide, if we're going to be throwing rocks, remember that we're in a glass house.

Yeah, but no. I'm not going to install Kaspersky on my system because of US foreign politics (if that is what you were referring to). For my part, it's off topic. Both are bad. One doesn't nullify the other.

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Bluetooth battery charge... I don't know if it was the intention, but nice addition for external controllers. For Steam Controllers 2, maybe?

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Quoting: ToddL

Quoting: MohandevirAnti-cheat should be supported on the Steam Deck, but on the other hand, most of these games are unfit for the handheld form factor and as proof of that, it doesn't seem to impact the Steam Deck sales. It is sad for Linux desktops, though.

Anti-cheat is supported on the Steam Deck but many game companies want to use their tools that are kernel based, which doesn't work on Linux. Steam Deck support EAC and BattlEye anti-cheat software but not every game company uses it though.

I already know this. I wasn't into the details of how it was or should be supported. They should enable ac proton support. That's what I meant. Sorry if it wasn't clear enough.

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Anti-cheat should be supported on the Steam Deck, but on the other hand, most of these games are unfit for the handheld form factor and as proof of that, it doesn't seem to impact the Steam Deck sales. It is sad for Linux desktops, though.

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EA?! Who's that?! :sick:

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Quoting: ghiuma

Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: ghiuma

Quoting: MohandevirJust got the upgrade, on my PC... After the update, I was left with an empty desktop. All the apps had been removed. I had to reinstall the desktop with "pacman -Qqn | pacman -S -" to get them back.

Hu... rray! :huh:

After updating it, all the applications disappeared, I cursed as only we Sicilians know how to do, making all the existing saints fall from the sky... I counted to a thousand and solved it by restarting x11... :tongue:

In fact, the first thing I did was restarting my computer... Still empty. KDE issue?

it's a strange error, rebooting didn't fix the problem for me, but switching from x11 to Wayland and then back to x11 fixed the problem... :wink:

In my case, it poped a window showing it was going to uninstall them. Since it seemed like kde basic apps, I figured they had replaced them in the new version, but I was wrong and there was no way to stop it, unless cancelling the complete update...

Anyway, once I figured the right command, it took a couple of mins to restore it.

It reminded me of the LTT incident with Pop_OS! Maybe it got fixed real quick and I was unlucky to stumble upon it?

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Quoting: ghiuma

Quoting: MohandevirJust got the upgrade, on my PC... After the update, I was left with an empty desktop. All the apps had been removed. I had to reinstall the desktop with "pacman -Qqn | pacman -S -" to get them back.

Hu... rray! :huh:

After updating it, all the applications disappeared, I cursed as only we Sicilians know how to do, making all the existing saints fall from the sky... I counted to a thousand and solved it by restarting x11... :tongue:

In fact, the first thing I did was restarting my computer... Still empty. KDE issue?

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