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Latest Verge article about their review of Asus ROG Ally X (and this is why gamers are preferring Steam Deck) (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I mean I have the original ROG Ally and just threw Bazzite on it, I was able to pick it up for close to $300 used

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Eventually Microsoft is going to be forced to adapt and make an operating system that doesnt use 20% of your system resources, right?

surely they wont continue to make the same bloated, sluggish OS every year since windows 7 right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I strongly believe they will do that. Then a week later, slowly introduce bloat again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

ah yes, the internet explorer/chrome/firefox but then firefox got better but then worse again/chrome/is internet explorer good now?/opera/operagx/Microsoft edge is actually fast now/back to opera effect

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I get that windows sucks, but having used both the screen on the ROG is just sooooo much better. Text looks much more crisp and I do have the option to run some other launchers and games I couldn't on the deck. Also the download speeds are way faster for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you comparing it to the LCD Steam Deck or the newer OLED screen one?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The original one, to be fair

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I haven't tried the ROG unit, but I can say the LCD and OLED Steam Deck displays are like night and day. It's a significant upgrade, and I'd be interested to see how the ROG display compares with the current Steam Deck.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Fun fact, there's an advanced dev option on the steam deck to not power limit the WiFi card and it downloads 5-10x faster if you disable the power savings in my experience

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

This is why I want supported ports of SteamOS to the competitor devices

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is the OLED deck competition?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

IMO no, only because I do really like the option to run more than just the steam launcher. Like the battle net or Epic launcher. Also when I play some games like Dinkum I like to turn infinite energy on to make the game more chill and I can't run WeMod on the deck.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Someday, Windows might be as good at gaming as Linux.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

All this because Windows 8 started to evolve into a walled garden with the Microsoft Store and that pissed off Valve.

Here's to Windows ownership significantly dropping thanks to SteamOS.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I love how the tables have turned.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I can sympathize but I hate using the controller setup, I'm definitely a mouse and keyboard person. For better or worse I'm stuck with Windows unless Steam comes out with a desktop or something.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Steam's Proton (the tool that makes windows games work on linux) works on pretty much all mainstream distros, you can just install a desktop linux distro and intrall steam on it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It works for some games more than others. I never liked playing shooters with console controllers. Conversely, games like Vampire Survivors are prefect for that type of controller.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What do you mean? You can always use a distro like Steam OS (or any other Linux distro) on any x86 PC and still use a mouse and keyboard. Or use a Steam Deck and plug in a mouse and keyboard.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A steam deck with a mouse and keyboard is kind of horrible, I have tried that. And maybe things have changed, how well does Steam OS do as a primary OS? I might look into it again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can use any Linux distro and install steam on it? I really don't understand the issue you're having. It works perfectly on pretty much any modern mainstream distro.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Their questions are actually pretty straight forward, I really don’t understand the comprehension issue you’re having or why you feel the need to add the incredulous response.

Do you find the need to call people out like this in everyday conversation?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Ok, from what I gather, they want to play games with keyboard and mouse, and also don't want to use windows any more. Steam OS is designed to be controller friendly and while desktop is nice and usable, Steam OS is probably not the best desktop distro out there. The obvious solution is to install any distro (Ubuntu, Mate, PopOS, even some gaming optimised ones), but yet they seem hung up on installing steam OS for whatever reason.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because they've set up a false quandry. They're setting it up as a three option problem with no other options.

a. Use a Windows desktop to game because they prefer mouse and keyboard unless Steam comes out with a desktop. b. Use a Steam Deck with mouse and keyboard but it has alleged poor support for that and isn't viable (I'm saying alleged because I've never used a Steam Deck though my son has one). c. Use SteamOS and hope it has better keyboard and mouse support than the OS on the Steam Deck.

Those aren't your only options. You could also.

d. Use pretty much any other Linux based distribution on a desktop and install the Steam app on it. Why would you need a Steam based OS? Clearly they don't have a problem running Steam as an app in Windows, why not do the same on Linux?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Alternately and more likely they tried something once and didn’t fully understand it. Now they’re asking questions out of ignorance rather than winning an internet argument in some way.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Maybe try something like Bazzite

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Uncomfortably rare Windows L

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

Hopefully articles like this get more companies contributing to steamos/proton

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