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I genuinely, outside of the handful of games that are straight borked or unavailable (and that's largely by developer and / or publisher choice at this juncture), don't get why anyone would look at windows as a gaming platform with anything less than complete distain.
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Inertia and not knowing how much better the better choice is
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ConanThe3rd posted:I genuinely, outside of the handful of games that are straight borked or unavailable (and that's largely by developer and / or publisher choice at this juncture), don't get why anyone would look at windows as a gaming platform with anything less than complete distain. Buddy as I'm on day 3 of trying to get this Linux desktop done and working, I can think of a few reasons
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Oct 25, 2023 07:10
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That is a nice size screen on the Lenovo Legion Go though. It also has faster ram which could help a lot in some more demanding games. But also windows But it also has usb c on the top and bottom MarcusSA fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Oct 25, 2023 |
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Oct 25, 2023 07:31
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Valve should strip out all the parts of Windows that I don’t like and keep all the parts of windows that makes games work and then use that
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Oct 25, 2023 07:40
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jokes posted:Valve should strip out all the parts of Windows that I don’t like and keep all the parts of windows that makes games work and then use that I don't see how that makes Microsoft any subscription or advertising revenue.
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Oct 25, 2023 07:48
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Only real nice thing about Windows is OneDrive integration to make shared saves easier. Deck has some options to sync across the network but I haven't seen a good live cloud option for non steam games yet.
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Oct 25, 2023 12:47
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Medullah posted:Only real nice thing about Windows is OneDrive integration to make shared saves easier. Deck has some options to sync across the network but I haven't seen a good live cloud option for non steam games yet. Oh yeah you mean one drive that will make folders read only and prevent savegames from being written correctly, gotcha
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Oct 25, 2023 12:56
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I just bought a dock and plan on using my deck in desktop mode to install mods for new vegas and Starfield. Anyone have any suggestions on a cheap but good monitor to use?
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Jack-Off Lantern posted:Oh yeah you mean one drive that will make folders read only and prevent savegames from being written correctly, gotcha *shrug* I've been using it for years to share emulator saves between 3 different computers.
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ConanThe3rd posted:I genuinely, outside of the handful of games that are straight borked or unavailable (and that's largely by developer and / or publisher choice at this juncture), don't get why anyone would look at windows as a gaming platform with anything less than complete distain. It's not about Windows as much as the very large gulf in hardware quality. As others pointed out, that screen is very nice and the internals are a pretty big jump. But yeah I have no idea what the issues are so I'll have to dig.
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MarcusSA posted:That is a nice size screen on the Lenovo Legion Go though. You're going to buy it aren't you.
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I've been playing the new Ghostbusters game on Steam Deck and it works perfectly. It's really fun to just pick up and play, and being the ghost vs being the Ghostbuster keeps it fresh. There are always people playing it too, thanks to crossplay. Zero complaints, recommended!
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ConanThe3rd posted:I genuinely, outside of the handful of games that are straight borked or unavailable (and that's largely by developer and / or publisher choice at this juncture), don't get why anyone would look at windows as a gaming platform with anything less than complete distain. to find how much better linux is, you have to talk to a linux guy without immediately zoning out and thinking about somthing more pleasant; a task nigh impossible
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I've realised that I have a dock from a few years back gathering dust so I'm going to give my Deck a go with it, obviously it's not designed to hold the Deck but I'd still be using that as the controller. Hopefully my Switch works with it as well so I have a decent travel option for both.
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I for one think of the tendency of Linux software to come with instructions like "Step 1: Compile everything yourself via 50 command line prompts" as an advantage to Windows. The Steam Deck itself is very cool though.
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The thing about Linux on the Deck is that there's a million of them, all exactly alike, so you finally have a Linux environment where you don't have to figure out everything by yourself because someone probably has done it before and the solution will work on your device as well. It's p. ironic that all you need to make open source a really viable proposition for idiots like me is for a single manufacturer to introduce a hardware standard to follow.
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Linux is only ever better in specialised situations, hence why it's always used on point of sale terminals and media players. Or even, game consoles. It's only really when you're trying to use it as a primary desktop OS that you start to rage about what inevitably happens when Linux Guys are put in charge of a user experience.
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Vic posted:You're going to buy it aren't you. NO! (Probably yes after some review watching though). I’m really interested in how the screen handles scaling. No VRR sucks though.
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Oct 25, 2023 16:20
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Commander Keene posted:I for one think of the tendency of Linux software to come with instructions like "Step 1: Compile everything yourself via 50 command line prompts" as an advantage to Windows. the "50 command line prompts" in question: 
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hbag posted:the "50 command line prompts" in question: I didn't know I could program my deck to make money. hell yeah let's get them bills
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ConanThe3rd posted:I genuinely, outside of the handful of games that are straight borked or unavailable (and that's largely by developer and / or publisher choice at this juncture), don't get why anyone would look at windows as a gaming platform with anything less than complete distain. VR. It just really isnt there on any non-windows OS yet
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Can someone in like 2 sentences TLDR me on the big deal around "compatibility" and "ease of use" everyone raves about on the Deck vs a potential Windows competitor? I'm a PC person and have never had real problems with any Windows gaming. Is it a console driver support thing?
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Good Will Hrunting posted:Can someone in like 2 sentences TLDR me on the big deal around "compatibility" and "ease of use" everyone raves about on the Deck vs a potential Windows competitor? I'm a PC person and have never had real problems with any Windows gaming. Is it a console driver support thing? i think one of the big advantages is that because steamdeck is fixed hardware, you can crowdsource pre-cached shaders for basically everything the way a console would. solves a lot of GPU compilation stutter. the other thing is the steam controller mapping is excellent. the OS is specifically designed for playing games
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That and (so far) Valve give a poo poo about updating it whereas most OEMs don’t bother updating a drat thing once a device is out the door.
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Oct 25, 2023 16:44
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I will never, ever, install a program by typing poo poo into a terminal window. Stop suggesting it, software devs, and just put a clickable button that says “download”.
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Good Will Hrunting posted:Can someone in like 2 sentences TLDR me on the big deal around "compatibility" and "ease of use" everyone raves about on the Deck vs a potential Windows competitor? I'm a PC person and have never had real problems with any Windows gaming. Is it a console driver support thing? Also installing and running a game is just a lot different on the deck because of SteamOS. Yeah you can essentially setup the same thing on windows but you have to do that yourself but on the deck it’s already done for you out of the box. The deck has one system update vs windows having like 15 of them (GPU, system, and windows updates).
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History Comes Inside! posted:That and (so far) Valve give a poo poo about updating it whereas most OEMs don’t bother updating a drat thing once a device is out the door. This is why the Asus ROG Ally is not even remotely tempting for me. I have one of their gaming laptops, and their lovely "Armory Crate" software that they use to manage all their custom stuff is a massive piece of poo poo. Every so often they do something to break it, and it can take months for them to fix their mess.
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Shart Carbuncle posted:This is why the Asus ROG Ally is not even remotely tempting for me. I have one of their gaming laptops, and their lovely "Armory Crate" software that they use to manage all their custom stuff is a massive piece of poo poo. Every so often they do something to break it, and it can take months for them to fix their mess.
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Beve Stuscemi posted:VR. It just really isnt there on any non-windows OS yet The most widely sold and used VR platform(s), by very wide margins, run a Linux derivative called Android, basically. (I made the call to deprioritize Mac and Linux for the first Rift release, though, and I stand by that decision even though those are my preferred operating systems)
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Right, I am clearly talking PC VR, a thing you would need windows for on the Deck (not that it could really run it anyway), or any PC for that matter Obviously the OS that ships on a standalone headset can run said headset
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What's the consensus good steam deck dock? I've heard mixed reviews on the official one. I want to hook up a dance pad to it and play stepmania, and being able to set up a little station in a spare room that I could hook my deck into would make my life a lot easier.
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Generally speaking any given dock will work fine. Really your choice is between about 40 bucks using your own charger or 100 to get valves and get a second charger. That said, if you're using StepMania you might want to look into a dock that allows you to add some m2 SSD memory. Or a Beefy Micro SD Card, ether works. Man, I should get back into StepMania.
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vaginite posted:What's the consensus good steam deck dock? I've heard mixed reviews on the official one. I want to hook up a dance pad to it and play stepmania, and being able to set up a little station in a spare room that I could hook my deck into would make my life a lot easier. Anything with power pass through and 1080p60 output will be fine.
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jokes posted:I will never, ever, install a program by typing poo poo into a terminal window. Stop suggesting it, software devs, and just put a clickable button that says “download”. On the other hand, as a person that did database/server management I see two lines in a terminal and go "that's all I have to type to get free performance?!"
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Shart Carbuncle posted:This is why the Asus ROG Ally is not even remotely tempting for me. I have one of their gaming laptops, and their lovely "Armory Crate" software that they use to manage all their custom stuff is a massive piece of poo poo. Every so often they do something to break it, and it can take months for them to fix their mess. seems to be an unwritten law that 3rd party hw manufacturers Software must suck. Like all of them, buy a 300€ Mainboard to get the worst hischool grade rear end Software for it even tools that work have the worst UI
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