Handheld PC makers are slowly losing touch with Valve's successful Steam Deck template of affordability, and that's very concerning
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This is why I bought a deck oled even with the other more powerful handhelds already out.
I have the OLED too and it’s such an exceptional device. Works very well as a media PC too, especially with KDE Connect for controlling remotely from a smartphone
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Absolutely. They make mouse-based games playable with a controller. Gyro is nice too.
Not just playable but pleasant! Thing is perfect for Rimworld especially
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I haven’t played RimWorld on Deck yet… Sounds like a good way to lose entire days.
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I have the OLED too and it’s such an exceptional device. Works very well as a media PC too, especially with KDE Connect for controlling remotely from a smartphone
It’s so nice fr, it helps I had sorta “prepared” by learning Bazzite on my spare laptop prior, so got very familiar with the immutable aspects and flatpaks/appimages
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Proton often works better than native Linux versions of the same game.
Just use Proton. Seriously, if you haven’t gamed on Linux in a long time, it’s mind blowing how well it works.
Like I mentioned: I am gaming quite a bit (lately more on it than on my regular PC) on my SteamDeck.
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No, the container environment uses default open source libraries. You don’t add any Steam dependencies to make software run in that environment. You can run it without Steam too. It’s just that Valve are the ones maintaining and updating this particular packaging of containers. When Valve releases new versions of their container (including updated default system libraries), you have to test compatibility with it or stick to using an older one. Similar to how Windows software versions would work best with different Proton versions.
You can use the Steam SDK when using it, and you can also choose not to.
Flatpack is a separate thing, which only handles Linux software within the regular desktop environment (a different method for packing software dependencies, managing system permissions, etc). The main difference is that Flatpack software can integrate with the regular Linux desktop environment, but the container based solution is fully separate from it (runs in gaming mode).
Sounds interesting and eases my concern about the dependency on large corporations.
PS: What I meant by comparing Flatpack with the packaging from the SteamSDK is the general idea behind it (e.g. containerizing and isolating from the OS).
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I haven’t played RimWorld on Deck yet… Sounds like a good way to lose entire days.
Sure is!
