I would like to see KDE 6 on the Steam Deck.

It will come in SteamOS 3.7.0, as things stand currently:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/steamos-3-7-0-preview-brings-the-beginnings-of-support-for-non-steam-deck-handhelds/

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Community is incredible!

(😄 To both oversimplify the complex world and to veer a bit off-topic:) From the three fields I seem to have more knowledge and wisdom in - building communities seems to be the answer to numerous problems in the fields of software, climate-change adaptation, AND mental health 😮

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I was privileged enough to not care about the mounds of DLC. But I got tilted when I realized that even with all the DLC and any mods in existence, a car-free city is an unimaginable element that I am not allowed to have in my fantasy city!! Why!!? I want nightly garbage-transporting trams in my city-simulation toy, dammit 😢!

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I am using a *very* outdated Kubuntu with all the newest software via Flatpak (some of it closed-source!). I guess, I'll add this to my collection of small pet fires burning brightly in my life. This is fine.

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@dpanter

Quoting died because of the incomprehensibly stupid UK Online Safety Act, along with the forum, user uploaded avatars and other things.

@ToddL

Liam has already posted why the button isn't there anymore, along with the forum being removed, and it has to do with the UK's new Online Safety Act.

Thank you!
I was left puzzled about these things as well and didn't even realize all 3 happened simultaneously.

Can anyone share where Liam posted that? I didn't notice it onsite and I kind of don't use BlueSky or Mastodon (partly because the things I most care about get posted on this site anyway).

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As for the changes, I think I heard like 10 years ago that the design aspiration for the Civ franchise is to keep a third, replace a third with new and modify a third(??). I don't remember it that well 😄, but needless to say that risking widespread (initial) disapproval is the price they decided to pay in order to not be like 17 versions of Worms that are practically indistinguishable (or sports games releasing yearly, or CoD-Battlefield-like shooters? I'm getting into fields I don't know well now...).

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The music in the trailer felt quite fresh

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It's also why I stick with Kubuntu myself. I love KDE Plasma, and don't want the hassle of such breaking changes so potentially often. I do wish I could more easily get newer Plasma releases though...

I want to switch to Arch from Kubuntu for the same reason. But I would want to set up a reliable and easy to use snapshot, system to roll back issues whenever one crops up, with the figuring out what actually went wrong being highly optional for me since I don't often have the resources ((money), time, or mental resources (stimulation, drive, interest, focus, patience)) to deal with it.

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Being on the wayside of an effective altruism group that engages with these topics a lot, and having very basic debating training, and having read a book or two about philosophy in relation to AI - what a load of demagoguery 🤮

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i really don't understand the appeal for these devices

A highly specific anecdote - but a friend of mine recently had a baby and didn't want to completely abandon pc gaming for months. So for moments where the baby is sleeping on their chest or lap, they grab their Steam Deck, only to put it down again when the baby wakes up. They mostly use it for low- to mid-end indie games (and not too small UI, and OK controls) - but that still includes half their library probably.

And yes, Gameboy or NDS have even better portability (pocket size + battery life, I would guess). But Steam Deck is good enough for moving around the house or on public transport or such (backpack size). At least when compared to a laptop and especially to a desktop or home gaming console.

So yes, it absolutely is not for everyone, but Nintendo Switch has a very similar market niche imo (with some differences on the software side - a more curated & locked ecosystem, exclusive games) and that has been very popular, I gather.

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