Quoting: pete910

What have you been playing recently?

Nowt, the Mrs ain't let me have it back yet :cry:

:happy: Now we know why she didn't discourage you.

I'll just leave this here from your other thread in the forums, your conversation with one minor correction:

Me " Ya know I quite fancy one off these Steam decks to tinker with but doubt I'd use it enough."
Mrs " Well when your not using it I can to play with for you!"

:grin:

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: BlackBloodRum

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: BlackBloodRumWith that said, honestly, I think most "average users" will leave the OS as stock, just like they do with the Steam Deck.

Well, yes. To be honest, I just find it amusing to be in a position to ask the question.

Why so? We're all Linux enthusiasts here, so we all generally have some form of technical background :smile:

What does technical background have to do with it? The point is, for all these years every time anything has Linux on it, a ton of Windows types have claimed "Oh, people will just rip it out and put in Windows because Linux suxxor!"
But now, with the Steam Deck having firmly demonstrated that no, they won't, and indeed it seeming like anyone who has tried it found that the experience is . . . underwhelming because Windows isn't well suited to the job, it becomes viable to turn the question around, and I find that somewhat gratifying. That's all I was getting at here.

I hate having to explain the joke.

My bad! I misunderstood intention/reasoning, sorry mate! :grin:

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Quoting: fearnflavio

Quoting: BlackBloodRumI read a few days ago that this one get bought out by Epic? Is this the first Epic release? Being Epic I'm surprised they didn't remove the GOG feature and integrate EOS :shock:

Note to self: avoid such credible stories on April 1st from now on 😅

In total fairness, it was probably my fault! :grin:

A lot of the articles I read are nothing more than the title in an RSS reader. So I probably just read the title without much more detail or info. :whistle:

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: BlackBloodRumWith that said, honestly, I think most "average users" will leave the OS as stock, just like they do with the Steam Deck.

Well, yes. To be honest, I just find it amusing to be in a position to ask the question.

Why so? We're all Linux enthusiasts here, so we all generally have some form of technical background :smile:

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Quoting: Klaas

Quoting: BlackBloodRumPerhaps even a little openable flap like old laptops used to have for quick access.

Hm… HDDs in the olden days were a lot less sensitive to ESD than M.2 SSDs. So that might be a case of increased support load.

That's true, but we had the same openings for RAM, WiFi cards and what-not back then too. Besides, you could just stick a "Change at your own risk, make sure to ground yourself" clause on it.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuySo, given the potential problems involved with running Windows 11, let's assume that Valve, or even somebody else, get Steam OS running for this thing. Turning around the question that got asked so much before the release of the Steam Deck but then disappeared without a trace after a while, how many people will rip out Windows on this thing and put in SteamOS (or maybe ChimeraOS)?

That's assuming it's even possible.

No technical details are out yet, it's entirely possible there's no way to put Linux on this device (for example, can it even boot from USB?). But it's also possible it can be done. But either way, we don't know for sure.

With that said, honestly, I think most "average users" will leave the OS as stock, just like they do with the Steam Deck.

If there's one thing, I think both Valve and Asus could do to improve their devices:

Multiple M.2 support.

If space is an issue, perhaps one that's buried deep inside for the OS and another that's easily user accessible for storage. Perhaps even a little openable flap like old laptops used to have for quick access.

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Quoting: tpau

Quoting: BlackBloodRumI read a few days ago that this one get bought out by Epic?

Yes and that was announced on a very special day, April 1st. :)
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Oh.. I see... *facepalms myself*

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I read a few days ago that this one get bought out by Epic? Is this the first Epic release? Being Epic I'm surprised they didn't remove the GOG feature and integrate EOS :shock:

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It may not be Steam Deck verified, but going by all accounts, it's not really Windows verified either! :unsure:

Honestly the whole port needs fixes overall before it can be fixed for the Deck.

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoIt doesn't surprise me considering who did the port, Iron Galaxy.
Remember the Batman Arkham Knight PC port fiasco?

What I don't understand is why Sony didn't assigned Nixxes Software for this port.
Nixxes belongs to Sony and is very well know for to make good pc ports.

Budget.

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