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For Linux Enthusiasts Especially, The Steam Deck Is An Incredible & Fun Device
The most fun and promising Linux-powered gaming device for the masses though is launching today: Valve's Steam Deck. I've been fortunate to be testing out this Arch Linux derived handheld game console the past month and it has been working out very well -- both as a portable Steam gaming device but making it even more compelling from the Linux enthusiast angle is its "developer mode" that effectively turns it into a general Linux handheld and also being free to load your own Linux distribution of choice.
[...] [The] much anticipated Valve handheld gaming computer that features a 7-inch 1280 x 800 display, gaming-optimized controls, 16GB of LPDDR5 memory, 64GB to 512GB of storage depending on model, and is powered by a custom AMD APU. The AMD APU is made up of four Zen 2 cores (8 threads) and an AMD RDNA2 GPU with 8 compute units.
[...] On the software side, the Steam Deck is using SteamOS 3.0 that in turn is based on Arch Linux. SteamOS 3.0 is a complete overhaul compared to Valve's prior SteamOS work that is based on Debian GNU/Linux. SteamOS 3.0 with Arch Linux is much more fast-moving and has been seeing near-daily updates in preparation for launch.
See also:
Valve releases Steam Deck handheld PC to select few
Steam Deck review: it's not ready
The Steam Deck is already the emulation system of my dreams
Steam Deck: The comprehensive Ars Technica review
Steam Deck Review: Valve's Handheld Has Big PC Energy
Gabe Newell talks Steam Deck, crypto risks and why the PC industry "won't tolerate" closed platforms
Developers praise the Steam Deck: 'It just works, for real'
Valve Steam Deck Hardware Review & Analysis: Thermals, Noise, Power, & Gaming Benchmarks (Gamers Nexus, 35m30s video)
Steam Deck Tear-Down: Build Quality, Disassembly, & VRM Analysis (Gamers Nexus, 34m24s video)
Steam Deck 1-Month Review: SteamOS Difficulties, Software, & User Experience (Gamers Nexus, 34m28s video)
Previously: Steam Deck is Valve's Switch-Like Portable PC: Starting at $399 this December
AMD + Valve Working on New Linux CPU Performance Scaling Design
Valve's Upcoming Steam Deck Will be Based on Arch Linux--Not Debian
Valve Shares New Steam Deck Details; Launch Delayed to February
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 01 2022, @05:41AM
Not sure if aristarchus ever admitted this, since he tended to just rely on empirical data over confessions gathered by extortion, but he may have been the one to constantly point out: IT'S JUST A FUCKING GAME! Why is my Tech news feed filled with games? Childish endeavors? Even the wargames are, as we all know, childish. And, if, we could achieve the goal of immersive Meta fuck-my-brains-out incel heaven, well, where does that leave us, technology speaking? It is just games, and advances in games are not necessarily advances in technology. (Unless, could you come up with a way to, you know, count cards at Blackjack? In a way that did not involve FatPhil getting his legs knee-capped?