He’s a Goder. Like a Witcher but for the heavens.

I agree this is a discussion worth having. You shouldn’t have been downvoted just because you’re proposing we talk about a thing without advocating for it (necessarily). It’s also okay to play devil’s advocate with the discussion, as I think you’re doing here.

The issue I have with a kernel level anti-cheat is that even with those anti-cheat measures, cheating is still happening. Why then allow such invasive software on my machine? It’s a major reason why I don’t like to play multiplayer online with strangers (though my strong introversion actually explains that preference better).

But just because that’s my preference doesn’t mean I think that the option shouldn’t exist. I just don’t want it forced upon me. FOSS should be about choice. If I want those choices taken away, there is always Windows.

Home theater PC

We suffered for our gaming back then

I noticed and appreciated that weight reduction too. As a gamer who started with the Mattel Electronics IntelliVision, my hands are now less forgiving of stress than they used to be.

Nice

Make sure your controller’s firmware is updated. I’ve seen a fair number of complaints about getting a DualSense working outside of a PS5 where the owner never updated the controller.

I haven’t actually benchmarked this, but I believe Dead Cells is pretty battery life friendly.

Very disappointing news. I hope that none of the Yuzu developers are personally harmed by this settlement.

I also wonder if Ryujinx is next.

Let me tell you that as someone who lays on their back while playing, I truly hate charging points on the bottom. If I’m not exactly mobile, I’m plugged into a charger because why waste battery life? Having that port on the bottom makes relaxing comfortably much harder.

Doesn’t sound like Clonezilla would be a great option then. The keyboard is necessary for that as it will be how you navigate menus and input your clone image name.

You can use the Steam Link App from your computer to help manage desktop work, assuming it works on Mac. It would allow you to have a keyboard to use on it remotely.

What I think you’ll really want to do is to grab a copy of your user’s home folder, which IIRC will also have all your Steam Library games. Once you get your external drive, this should be easy enough.

I would setup the external drive with Clonezilla and take a drive image of the internal Steam Deck drive. That will preserve everything and it will restore everything once you get the Deck back from Valve. I did a Clonezilla image when I upgraded my internal drive, and it worked out great.

Try upgrading the UEFI. Do NOT use the reset to default option on firmware 118. It’s bugged and will cause additional problems.

If you’re already on 118, I would first try to reapply it. If nothing changes, then downgrade to 116 and check. If functional again, upgrade back to 118.

Note: I sold my original Deck, so I can’t be sure 118 is the current UEFI version.

I had previously used the restore defaults option on 118 while troubleshooting an unrelated problem, and that caused the sound and touchscreen to stop working. Downgrading to 116 and back to 118 fixed it.

Oh you’re not going to do the thing you then proceeded to do? Okay. How long did it take you to attempt a recovery from not being able to read the info in your last link?

Maybe just fuck off.

That’s not the case, and you didn’t read what you linked. I’m also a professional system admin with decades of experience on Windows and Linux, so we can keep arguing if you’d like, but I’m not going to accept that Windows is as you’re saying when I know better.

What that link says is that I can delay the updates by a week on Windows 10, but then am forced to update after that. I can also set active hours, but the system will still force the updates and reboot the computer.

Linux can update without forcing a reboot until I’m ready. It also never has a “Updates Applying” screen that locks me from using it. And, in fact, most updates don’t require a reboot and the kernel can be setup for live updates that almost never require one to begin with.

Steam’s updates don’t prevent me from using my PC, force me to run updates on their schedule or even require me to reboot when I’m not ready.

The important difference is that’s on my schedule when I want it to happen.

For instance, having to deal with desktop Windows’ BS. Oh, you wanted to play games? Well we have to take over your Steam Deck and install updates for the next 20 minutes.

Steam Connect works too, though I don’t think you can transfer files through it.

Aaarg. That sucks. I never dealt with mine because the LE OLED model I ordered arrived. I haven’t had problems with it yet. I also upgraded to 3.5.7 BUT I’ve only played it handheld without headphones so far. Trying to get headphones to work on my OG model was what triggered the problem for me in the first place.

I’m glad you knew how to work around it. I was just using desktop mode. I’m sure they’ll fix it.