A new challenger enters the portable gaming market
  • Thann@lemmy.ml
    7·
    3 years ago

    The controls look a bit weird, so I’m curious what reviewers will think, But It’s cool steamOS is arch-based, and hopefully it’s easy to install a custom OS!

    • poVoq@lemmy.ml
      7·
      3 years ago

      From what is known right you you can probably flash any Linux distro iso to a SD card and boot from that to install it. It really is just a regular PC.

      • Thann@lemmy.ml
        3·
        3 years ago

        Yeah, by “easy” I meant about getting the drivers, software, etc.

        • poVoq@lemmy.ml
          6·
          3 years ago

          Drivers are all in the Linux Kernel, software comes with the distro package manager.

          I guess you are referring to a legacy OS like Windows?

          • Thann@lemmy.ml
            3·
            3 years ago

            Drivers are all in the Linux Kernel

            Ideally, but not always. Did Valve say that somewhere?

            software comes with the distro.

            Again, ideally, but not always. Is it just strait-up steam which you can get in most distros? otherwise, how will they distribute it?, are they targeting certain distros?, etc

            I guess you are referring to a legacy OS like Windows?

            I wasn’t even thinking about that, but I guess some ppl will probably want to run EAC games in native windows. I was thinking, “does valve know something about the EAC-proton compatability that I dont” though

            • poVoq@lemmy.ml
              6·
              3 years ago

              Yes this is a linux first device with components that are all supported my the mainline Linux kernel.

              This is using SteamOS 3.0 by default, which is basically Arch Linux with a KDE desktop and an Steam big picture mode auto-launch script.

              The have announced that they are working with EAC (and some other anti-cheat malware vendors) to get support for it in Proton before the release in December, so no need for Windows at all.

  • 10_0@lemmy.ml
    6·
    3 years ago

    this looks cool, but im gonna wait for inpedendant reviews of the product, and if its gonna be supported for more than 2 years, also with the cheapest model only having 64ish GB of internal storage, do they want people to use a game streaming service? (even with a SD card slot on the model.)