The best games in the series imo

As someone who upgraded to the OLED from LED when they released the white ones, the OLED screen is amazing. The difference is insane.

I only use it on my laptop and not a portable device, so mine does not boot into Big Picture mode, though I imagine that’s possible.

And yeah it’s pretty similar, particularly on the gaming side. If you’re only using it for gaming and doing nothing but Steam and maybe a tiny bit of Desktop mode for Discover store, then yeah you probably won’t notice a difference.

However, if you use it for more than gaming, which is not only possible, but super stable, then there will be some slight differences than SteamOS in how you “layer” packages and such. But again, you probably won’t need that since most things are available in flatpak (Discover).

I think it’s probably a more complete desktop experience than SteamOS at this point simply because it’s been available longer.

It’s not just that it costs money, it’s also closed source. They could have kept it open source while still charging a modest fee to cover expenses. Making it closed source means profit motive.

No worries

I was just adding to your comment, I wasn’t trying to correct you or anything…

I always like to boost bazzite when I see it, because it really is great and more people should try it.

Bazzite is awesome, have been using it on my main laptop for over 6 months now.

It’s slightly different than SteamOS as it’s immutable Fedora rather than Arch. But with distrobox, none of that really matters anyway.

What’s wild is that there are people who bought the Steam Deck and immediately put Windows on it. Didn’t even try SteamOS.

Because competition just makes the Steam Deck better and cheaper

Your IP address can be pegged to a location, so if you’re not behind a VPN or some other tech to obscure your IP, then someone may be able to determine who and where you are from your Lemmy account.

Just a heads up, if I disappear and someone is reading this comment history after the fact: I will never kill myself, and maybe you need to look into trethis. As I said, I received fourteen of these messages today.

Thanks, i just doubled checked to make sure my VPN was on for my phone as well… I got fourteen of them today. That’s… Weird.

The sales were way better maybe like 10 years or so ago, but when they ended the “flash sales” to instead guarantee that the sale price of a game won’t change during the sale, they also kind of neutered the sales imo. They’re still alright, but they used to be consistently better.

I get why they ended the flash sales, and I’m not even sure if it’s related or just a separate choice that they made at the same time.

Can’t speak to the build quality of System76, but my FW is built like a goddamn tank.

That’s still insane though… I will sometimes hit caps lock once or twice on a password screen to make sure it’s not on.

Fantastic game that does not get the love it deserves. I think it was on sale for a few bucks recently.

I have an urge once or twice a year to play through the game again and it makes me cry every time. Just played it last week actually. Still have some of the music stuck in my head.

Yeah when I see people say that gaming on Linux “isn’t there yet” I have to wonder how long it’s been since they’ve tried. And people who install Windows on their Steam Deck? Don’t get it.