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With SteamOS coming, Microsoft needs to up its game in the handheld gaming market [if it's going to compete]
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A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.
Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.
As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title
The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.
Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.
These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.
Rules:
Is steamOS usable on laptops/desktop computers?
No. Or rather, not yet. Valve has not released SteamOS 3 for anything other than the Steam Deck, but is planning to do so at some point in the future.
I honestly wouldn't recommend SteamOS for anything other than a dedicated gaming device though. It excels at its use case of launching games via Steam, but for everything else it is quite cumbersome... I would much rather install a general purpose Linux distribution and run Steam on it.
No, right now it only works on the steam deck. Support for more handhelds is coming though, and eventually laptops.
Right now you can install Bazzite to a laptop, it's very similar to steamOS and will work on most everything.
+1 for bazzite, been using it for a few months and I love it
+2 for bazzite. Been running it exclusively on my desktop and laptop since June. Have no complaints