Is this worthy yet on ROG Ally to update from Windows to Steam OS?
did anyone get this version to run wayland desktop?
I READ THAT AS AMD INFIDELS tf is wrong with me
Intel and Nvidia are going on a Crusade lmao
“support for all devices that is not officially ‘Powered by SteamOS’ is not final.”
Who does the copyreading before publication at Valve?
Really glad to see the 80% charge limit for people like me who use their Deck primarily at home.
Can only number 80 be picked? I was hoping to be able to pick any number I want. between 50 and 60 is the best for my use case
It’s a slider from 50% to 100%.
IIRC >80% is where you start to get battery degradation depending on the battery chemistry.
Going lower provides no benefit.
Source: my memory from a decade ago, don’t take as fact.
See that’s one thing I liked about Samsung when I had it, the model I had had a 80% cap, but it read like you were at 100%, there was understandably some backlash because consumers felt like they were being lied to, but it was genuinely in the interest of expanding consumers battery life, so… A white lie?
While it would expand battery life that doesn’t mean their intent was genuine. Could be a concern about their phone’s image: “100%” looks better than “80%”. It sounds like the “you’re too stupid to understand” route.
Well yes thats what I was saying, they made it look like 100% for image. But there’s no reason for capping at 80 other than extending battery life
Yea they’ve changed it to show 80% now. At least on my device (fold 5).
Pixel has it now too
And LineageOS. Might just be a part of AOSP now.
woaa I was literally wondering if they could add that as a feature like 10 minutes ago! Yippee
Does this mean I can install SteamOS on any device?
We expect most SteamOS users to get SteamOS preinstalled on a Steam Deck or device that incorporates SteamOS. The only devices officially supported on SteamOS right now are Steam Deck and Legion Go S. We are working on broadening support, and with the recent updates to Steam and SteamOS, compatibility with other AMD powered PC handhelds has been improved. If you are interested in trying out SteamOS on your device and providing feedback, you can use the SteamOS Recovery Image
Users should not consider SteamOS as a replacement for their desktop operating system.
I was able to get battery limiting via PowerTools and Decky, but I love that they’re baking this into the core.
Love the Bluetooth remote functionality! I can finally turn it on with my Flipper lol.
valve is such a damn great firm!!!
lord gaben giveth, never takes away.
Remember when Google was the “Don’t be evil” company?
I sure hope he keeps his sanity and will have a worthy successor one day.
Honestly, Valve should just become a worker-owned co-op when Gabe is gone. They already have the culture for it with their “desks on wheels” structure, where employees can move around the company to whatever project they are most interested in/can use their skills the most. That’s usually one of the biggest hurdles to a company succeeding as a co-op, and Valve has been running that way for years.
Potentially a collaboration/society of existing employees. That would be the best alternative for those hoping to keep Valve as the Valve we already know.
Because his son is completely uninterested, he’s entirely focused on racing cars, which if fair enough, but likely means he would simply sell the company given the chance.
They should be training AI on Gaben so one day it can take over Valve.
Ew no! Please keep ai as far away from this company as possible.
Why think the verge and not just valves official website?
I kind of wish they first released a Steam Deck 2 because they might shift their focus towards SteamOS now.
probably best they wait for the next major tech breakthrough at least since we know they’ll never manage a third
I’m just thinking of my past experience where they also left stuff like the Link and SteamOS 1.
Steam Deck is way more successful.
actually wasn’t deck steam os versioned as 3? maybe they broke the cycle
Yeah.
1 was Debian based. 2 was not released. 3. is now Arch based.
The hardware is fairly trivial to engineer. Building an OS is not. That’s why we’ve seen a dozen different OEMs and zero new OS’s.
If it means Valve dedicates all the resourced they have to SteamOS and we never see another Steam Deck, I would have no problem with that.
It is just immutable modded Arch Linux with some particular optimisations. While I am sure the task to create it is not so trivial. I am also sure that their hardware engineers put immense effort into designing and building the Steam Deck, which is no small feat. Selecting the components, thermal design, power design etc. considerations that need to be taken into account while building such a device is very challenging, I am sure and their hardware engineers did an excellent job. That’s why the Steam Deck is also so much superior to rival handheld devices.
That’s why the Steam Deck is also so much superior to rival handheld devices.
Is it? I mean as far as I can tell the only advantages it has is:
- Trackpads (which I’ve literally never used, personally)
- Power efficiency (which is overcome in the Ally X by cramming in a bigger battery)
- OLED display (not objectively better).
- 800p display (also not objectively better).
- Aftersales support (which I consider a major asset but many consumers obviously don’t).
I’ve only ever had a Steam Deck but certainly I can see why many people opt for other handhelds and just put Bazzite or similar on them.
The track pads are phenomenal for any game that doesn’t have great built in controller support. I use them for mouse input on games like FTL, and they are much more accurate for aiming in FPS games than emulating a mouse on a stick. I also use them as radial menus for expanded controls on games like Elite Dangerous that really need more buttons than a controller has.
I agree with your point in general, and SteamOS was the main thing that pushed me towards steam deck over other handhelds with better specs. Now that I’ve used it though, it would be hard to give up the trackpads if the other options dont have the same quality. My hope is that 3rd party devices will basically mirror the steam controller setup, since the SteamOS controller mapping and provided layouts are a huge part of why so many games work on the platform even without official controller support. It’s not just the hardware or the software but how well they work together.
While I understand the sentiment, if they switch to SteamOS as a primary focus, what’s the problem with buying someone else’s handheld that’s built to run SteamOS? There are already handhelds more performant than the Steam Deck out there, once they have official SteamOS support what’s the difference? Don’t get me wrong, I’ve actually bought an absurd number of Steam Decks so far for myself and for friends/family, but once they die, if there’s no Steam Deck 2, I’ll probably just pick up a handheld that is built specifically to run SteamOS
Valve has the most power to set a fair price for these handhelds.
I have a shitty Nintendo switch and no steam deck. Consider yourself lucky the availability is there lol. Steam Deck 2 just sounds like over saturation to me.
They specifically said they’d wait for technological justification for a new version. AMD/Intel simply might not have something at the moment that they can use that is significantly better with similar thermals.
