Steam Deck

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A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

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[News] SteamOS will be coming to other handhelds before you can install it on your PC 'because right now, it's very, very tuned for Steam Deck' (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Gabagoolzoo@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

At this moment in time, Bazzite is just straight up a better experience than SteamOS. Fedora backend with rpm-ostree is way better than what Valve has going on. And for Steam Deck, GNOME just makes more sense for touch interfaces.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, I was puzzled why Valve chose KDE to be the default desktop for a touchscreen device. Ultimately though I figured they just wanted a Linux desktop that would be more familiar to Windows users.

[–] bear@slrpnk.net 22 points 10 months ago

I would bet the main reason is that KDE is way more willing to accept features and contributions outside of the typical use case than Gnome is.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I was puzzled why Valve chose KDE to be the default desktop for a touchscreen device.

The default software selection, especially when SteamOS 3.0 had launched, clearly showed that they picked a setup they wanted to use for themselves (my setup is heavily customized by now but I clearly remember VIM having been set as default text editor). If Valve was interested in Desktop Mode being primarily for touch use, they could go with Plasma Mobile instead of Plasma Desktop. Plain Gnome without any extension is not good to use as either desktop or handheld. The Gnome developers can't even make up their mind which shell to use for touch devices because they literally have two competing ones (Phosh and Gnome Shell Mobile).

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You guys are using the touchscreen? You know there's a perfectly serviceable trackpad you can use, right?

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

The trackpad is the only way to really use the desktop, but if the touchscreen was better KDE still wouldn't allow a good touchscreen experience.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Bazzite is just straight up a better experience than SteamOS. Fedora backend with rpm-ostree is way better than what Valve has going on. And for Steam Deck, GNOME just makes more sense for touch interfaces.

Bazzite defaults to Plasma for Desktop Mode just as SteamOS. According to https://universal-blue.org/images/bazzite/installation/ Gnome is only the 4th installer choice.