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Will anything dethrone the Steam Deck? Probably not -GamingonLinux
(www.gamingonlinux.com)
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:
It's really funny to see how out of touch those companies are with the portable consoles. They clearly don't understand what makes the Steam Deck a good console. They focus on the hardware specs and that's it, minimal work on the software side (ROG Ally is at least trying). Valve nailed it with the Steam Deck in various aspects: hardware is good, CAD files are available so it's highly customizable, but the cherry on top is the software integration, it is amazing and it's always improving. IMHO software is the real reason for Deck's success (OS, Proton, compatibility badges, etc).
I bought it specifically because it directly and indirectly supports the Linux community at large. I'm now working on moving away from Windows for gaming, because they've made it possible with what they've done with tools like Proton and gamescope.
Me too :) I'm gaming exclusively on Linux for more than 5 years now. The Steam Deck was a blessing for this already amazing Linux gaming ecosystem, so I had to buy one (actually two now, I really wanted the OLED version ๐)