Alt text: Trojan Horse meme, Steam Deck bringing Linux to Windows gamers
Steam deck was the main draw of moving away from windows after the security updates for 10 end in october
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2025
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Opinion: Games that have "linux support" but explicitly check for Steam Deck hardware should have a disclaimer on the store page or even have their Steam Deck verified status revoked.
This is actually how it happened for me.
Gnu manifesto + linux
It's true! Since getting a steamdeck I have tried 1) SteamOS (obviously), 2) Mint Cinnamon, and 3) Elementary. I run my plex server on a Beelink running Elementary, Mint I've left because I'm coming from MacOS and don't necessarily want a Windows experience, but it was solid!
Building a computer now and planning on running Bazzite exclusively on it :)
id recommend AMD GPU not just because its drivers are open source but they usually have a bit more VRAM which actually matters.
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Oh my god! I thought I bought a gaming handheld but i bought.... communism!
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Doesn't it run on Arch? Crazy to think there's a bunch of Arch users that don't say they use arch btw
It is but it's a Valve managed version of Arch. It will get recent packages but not as cutting edge as upstream Arch.
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I've loved using Linux on my steamdeck to game, but sadly I cant really switch because of lossless scaling. LSFG is too good to stop using, and there's no Linux equivalent. not even afmf2 works on linux
Use whatever you want
Don't let the Linux fans try to tell you that Linux is this amazing thing that can fix all your problems.
It is amazing, but it doesn't mean it's amazing at everything. You don't need to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
And it CAN fix all your problems. But that doesn't mean you don't have to fix the problems yourself.
Which is often more than I can deal with. Thankfully - so far at least - all my problems are problems other people have encountered and have documented (and - in many cases - contributed to various projects to get the fix to more people)
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Linux is the crab of the digital world, eventually everything turns into it.
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Firstly: I feel seen.
Secondly: it's working, SteamOS is so nice. I haven't been this interested in Linux since the XP to 7 transfer. And I think imma' actually do it this time.
It's almost like an OS that wants to be useful is a better experience than an OS that wants to push you ads and steal everything you produce to feed into llm slop-generation.
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It's working, I know people who don't even own a steam deck who are considering swapping to SteamOS once it's available for desktops.
I've told them they don't need to wait and can get a similar or better experience with distros that are already available, but steam's name is gold for a lot of people and it seems like the only option they're really interested in.
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Windows user here.
Idgaf as long as it works and isn't shit. If it has lots of cool clever stuff, all the better.
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Steam deck gave me the courage to dump Windows 10 for Endeavour OS. Very happy so far.
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