Quoting: KROMI'm feeling a little bit anxious, if there ever will be a Steam Deck 3, given Valves track record. :unsure:

As I saw mentioned on reddit, this curse is already broken. Behold! We have SteamOS 3 already running on every Deck!

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So, any of you security experts actually try the app? 🤣🤣🤣

For anyone reading comments to find out what the new app is like, it is SO much better! Much more responsive and it is very well organized. It's been long overdue and it is such a welcome change. The left to right scrolling through games (at least on the Great on Deck page) is a little buggy so hopefully they sort that out soon. Discovery Queue needs some work too. Beta, folks, beta!

The QR code login worked flawlessly for me. My extensive library loads near instantly now where as on the old app I'd have to shave my beard several times before seeing it pop up. You can currently sort your library by name, playtime or recent but it doesn't look like they have added any custom collections as of yet.

Wishlist lets you sort by all the same things the desktop client does, whereas in the old app, sorting was more limited (for instance sorting by discount % was missing).

Wishlist also let's you filter games by platform, Deck Compatibility (Playable, and/or Verified), and numerous other options.

There are settings for notifications so you can select what type you'd like to receive or block - receiving a gift, discussion replies, new inventory items, friend invitations, major sales, prepurchased game is available to preload, and of course, when wishlist items go on sale.

As in the desktop client you can select your Home Screen, albeit with some different choices than on desktop, e.g. Store, News, Steam Guard, Notifications.

In general the app seems as full featured as the desktop client. A very welcome change! Keep in mind it is only in beta so expect bugs and changes. I'd say it is already less buggy than the existing app though, so don't be afraid to give it a try because of UI bug worries.

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Looks like Blossom Tales 1 is 75% off right now too 😎

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Quoting: Ehvis

Souls inspired lock-on combat system

I despise lock-on systems. This is something for controller play, not for MKB play and I hate that some games feel that it is necessary to force it on MKB players.

In Dark Souls locking on is optional, perhaps it is optional in this as well.

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Terminal based games are something special. Has anyone played Bandit? It's a "wargame" - you learn about the command line in order to play, it's quite incredible. I think some of you might quite enjoy it.

Here're the instructions for "Level 0"

Bandit Level 0

Level Goal

The goal of this level is for you to log into the game using SSH. The host to which
you need to connect is bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220. The username is
bandit0 and the password is bandit0. Once logged in, go to the Level 1 page to find
out how to beat Level 1.

Commands you may need to solve this level
ssh

Helpful Reading Material
Secure Shell (SSH) on Wikipedia
How to use SSH on wikiHow

https://overthewire.org/wargames/bandit/ [External Link]

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: wit_as_a_riddleThe power of FOSS software, improvise, adapt, overcome! 🤣

Was that, by any chance, a reference to an old Monty Python sketch involving John Cleese dressed as a bank robber?

I am a Monty Python fan but sadly no, just the Bear Grylls meme.

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The power of FOSS software, improvise, adapt, overcome! 🤣

Seriously though this is awesome to see people keep building on open source, wine, proton, dvxk, etc. FTW! I hope they create something nice!

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Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: wit_as_a_riddleI go as far to think Valve may offer manufacturers a percentage of their cut on game sales in order to enable them to sell their equipment at a lower price, effectively subsidizing it and making it more enticing to consumers than other's equipment that ships without SteamOS. It would be a clever way to keep growing the linux market share and their own market share.

I don't think that's at all likely. They might bung a lump sum at a device that seems particularly interesting, though, if it's running Linux. Valve did help out Oculus in the early days.

I didn't necessarily mean a permanent percentage, it could be something limited, based on an agreement. Say a handheld manufacturing company agrees to ship with SteamOS, and sell their unit for $Y less than their original retail goal, because Valve negotiated to give them X% back from game sales on shipped units up until $Y is reimbursed. Could be 2%, could be 100%, that's up for negotiation.

The hardware manufacturer takes more risk than Valve here but they'll be able to sell more units since they'll be a lesser expense to consumers. Plus they'll be offering a more polished experiences and the prestige of partnership with Valve. Valve gets to grow their market share, leverage linux onto more machines, and what do they lose?

But maybe a lump sum is more palatable to both parties, I don't know. I think it's more exciting years for linux gaming ahead one way or another.

EDIT: a typo

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Quoting: sarmadIf only it had the 6000 series (the one with RDNA igpu).

I just backed the new GPD Win Max 2, basically because of The Phawx's video [External Link] on it haha, but it's got a nice spec lineup:

AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
2TB M.2 NVMe 2280 SSD
32GB LPDDR5 6400

$1,297 USD

Also it's got a slot for a 2030 drive, same size the Steam Deck takes.

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Quoting: Nick

Quoting: MrowlLet's forget about GPD for a moment, if this is true, then the bigger story here is that Valve are reaching out to other Handheld Gaming PC companies to ship their devices with Steam OS. This would confirm that Valve doesn't consider these devices to be competition, as they help drive Steam OS adoption.

If you believe that Valve's actual goal with the Steam Deck was to get game developers to target Linux as a platform this makes complete sense and is very expected. Breaking into the hand-held PC market at such a low price-point to drive Steam games adoption would be the public reason to get the device in people's hands, but I think "internally" this is to get a Linux device in lots of people's hands and create the hype to convince game developers and publishers to target Linux. Same with Valve working on Proton to make getting games that targeted Windows to also work on Linux with very minimal effort (especially compared with porting those games to other the other consoles) is another factor in convincing game developers and publishers; this very much in line with a primary goal of getting games running on Linux.

I quote "internally" since Valve hasn't really been that secretive about getting games working on Linux for a long time. The Steam Machines may have been a public "failure", but I think Valve learned lots on that project and on the Steam Controller.

It is both, and more. The point of Steam Deck, Proton, SteamOS, Steam Machines, even Steam Controller, is to slowly but surely wrest control of the gaming platform from Microsoft. With SteamOS and Deck, Valve intends to grow linux market share and in addition create a new "product category" which they hope other manufacturers will join in. If Valve has a ready made OS to throw on other manufacturer's new machines, on which thousands of games will play, and they get a 30% cut from each sold, all the better.

I go as far to think Valve may offer manufacturers a percentage of their cut on game sales in order to enable them to sell their equipment at a lower price, effectively subsidizing it and making it more enticing to consumers than other's equipment that ships without SteamOS. It would be a clever way to keep growing the linux market share and their own market share.

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