Good argument too.

I guess they’re adavantages and inconvenients in every situation.

What you’re talking about could even happen on a physical game receiving an online update.

I had never thought about this but this is a great argument in favor of digital vs physical.

Still I prefer owning my games when given the choice.

Thanks. I’ve seen a few sellers showing the battery health of their Deck, so I might choose one of these.

I’ll probably end up playing a lot of strategy games or ps3 era games on 720p with 30 fps on the big screen so I hope what you mentioned won’t be a problem.

I also hope it’ll be smooth jumping from portable mode to docked mode (a bit like the Switch) and it’ll be able to directly go into 720p30fps mode without having to set it up all the time.

Yeah I kind of agree. What I wanted to say is that they are part of the games I would have wanted to play but never did. Sorry if it made you feel old 😅

It’s so cool to see that Valve is really trying to make it as repairable as possible.

Yeah I’d love to get an Oled since the screen is nicer and it has more autonomy.

But I don’t want to put more than CHF 300.- (around 300$) since I already have a PS5, a Switch (not being used a lott, would sell it if my kids allowed me) and a Surface Go 1 running Fedora.

Still the LCD screen on the Switch is okay for me so I don’t it’ll change so much especially as I think I’ll play a lot on the Deck docked.

I’ll check into everything. Thanks!

Thanks for the precise answer

Nah I wouldn’t want to break it (the deck, not my wife)

Very interested in reading about this since I plan on getting a used LCD Deck and keep it docked (just through Usb-c, so without a dock in fact) a lot.

A new version of Plasma is great news for me as I plan on using my future Deck as a second computer alongside my Surface Go 1.

Yeah I’ll probably just get used to it and it’ll also widen my Linux knowledge.

It’s probably what I’ll end up doing, but I just wanted to know what my options were.

Do you mean it’s not getting charged just by using the usb-c linked to the monitor?

I’ll probably first try without a dock and then maybe get one, but these power issues aren’t something I expected.

Oh I know this and I tried it a little bit in a VM and on an old computer I’m setting up for my son, but for me you’re never really experiencing a distro until you daily drive it😇

Thanks for the detailed answer!

It’s weird that Steam OS is still on KDE 5.2X and not using Wayland. I guess it’ll come.

I think I’ll really try to use KDE at the beginning until switching to Bazzite if I miss Gnome too much.

I have never bought anything from Valve/Steam as I’m a PlayStation gamer, but their support for Linux and repair ability makes me think about a Steam Deck when my Surface Go is gonna be too old (but it’ll last for quite a while since Fedora isn’t as demanding as Windows).