*Linux ISOs

Astro Bot looks pretty darn good though (in both art style and graphical fidelity), so not sure if it’s a good example.

Great to see Baldur’s Gate 3 made the list!

Windows 10 LTSC IoT (2021) hätte Support bis 2032, Windows 11 LTSC IoT (2024) bis 2034 und ohne Voraussetzungen wie Secure Boot oder TPM 2.0. Kostet natürlich trotzdem einen Haufen Kohle.

Besser wäre eine Linux-Distribution. Am besten sowas wie SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop/Server mit einem passenden Support-Vertrag. SUSE ist ein europäisches Unternehmen, da bleibt das Geld also in Europa.

It actually performed decent until Apple gimped the SSD part to a mere 32 GB (down from 128 GB) in newer iMac models.

Exactly. But it’s the cheapest solution for the studio/publisher and most gamers blindly accept it, with some even actively defending the practice.

Same here. I feel like having to enter it so many times isn’t just more annoying but also makes the users more susceptible to phishing attacks ad they’ll naturally pay less attention where they’re entering the 2FA code into when they do it so routinely.

Big advantage being that it’s plug-and-play via the kernel and Mesa packages, just like AMD.

Microsoft’s ‘VP of Next Generation’ Xbox exec will also attend.

“Please welcome Microsoft’s Idontknow Theirname to the stage!”

Idontknow Theirname: “It’s been a great pleasure to work with Lenovo to bring Xbox’ vision to life on this amazing device. […]”

“And now, please welcome Valve’s Pierre-Loup Griffais to the stage!”

Pierre-Loup Griffais: “Yeah the Legion Go 2 will come with SteamOS preinstalled, no Windows/Xbox bloat.”

Mine is 95% Linux, 4% Steam Deck (so 99% Linux I guess) and 1% Windows cause I tested if Baldur’s Gate 3 would work under Windows with an Intel Core Ultra iGPU after I couldn’t get it to work under Linux (works fine with other GPUs though).

Or better yet: nix the Nvidia app :)

Random disconnects. Sometimes I leave my Deck downloading something and come back later only to find out that the download stopped (connection timeout or similar errors). Steam switches to offline mode and to fix it I have to turn Wi-Fi off and back on, and sometimes only a full restart does the trick.

Thanks for the troubleshooting tips, but I’d rather not downgrade my home Wi-Fi because of one device having issues. I use many other Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7 devices just fine on that access point and because I access files on a local NAS via wireless devices frequently, I kind of want the performance benefits of (up to) Wi-Fi 7.

Automatic band steering also works great with all other devices, so I’d rather not setup separate Wi-Fi networks for each band. Wi-Fi 7 can bundle bands together anyway, so I’d lose that ability as well.

I’ve read about quite a few people having issues with the OLED and 6E/7 APs, often related to 6 GHz so I’m pretty sure it’s not a defect specific to my device. You got me an idea though: maybe I can blacklist the Steam Deck from the 6 GHz band on my access point, not sure.

My white OLED has connection issues to my Unifi 7 Pro AP. So it’s still pretty messy depending on your Wi-Fi setup.

What people describe as “OLED burn-in” isn’t comparable at all to what you say “LCD burn-in” is (which doesn’t really exist in a permanent way). LCDs are way more durable than even modern OLEDs, it’s not even comparable to be honest.

That being said, it’s improved over the early days as you said and I doubt the average Steam Deck OLED will have problems over its normal lifespan. I still wouldn’t recommend OLED for heavy office use though, as you’ll be able to see degradation within months of first use.

I actually fell asleep playing the original, so…

(not hating on the game, it literally happened though)

It felt like a placeholder so future generations wouldn’t have to increase the notch’s size for Face ID.

But if they remove it again, then I’ll be confused.

USB-PD was very much “hammered down” in 2017. USB-PD 3.0 was introduced in 2015.

We even offered expandable storage with our proprietary MemoryStick ProDuo Max Plus Ultra, only $100 for 32 GB!

The Steam Deck leaves little to be desired, especially with the OLED model where Valve made so many small changes that just made it a great device overall.

That being said, a faster SoC would be very welcome, and architectural advancements as well as more modern process nodes would obviously allow for more performance in the same power envelope.

Some games aren’t a great experience on Deck, say Baldur’s Gate 3 in Act 3 especially, or also simply walking through a complex base in Valheim. Zen 5 vs. Zen 2 and RDNA4 vs. RDNA2 on 3nm vs. 6nm should vastly improve things.

With recent SteamOS release notes mentioning the ASUS ROG Ally, I think the writing’s on the wall that we’ll see a version of the Ally with SteamOS preinstalled soon.