China does not believe in intellectual property. If you manufacture your shit there (which everyone does) it’s guaranteed to be ripped off and sold, minus your R&D costs. Look on AliExpress and you can find counterfeit…everything. Literally the same item sold for 90% less.

But you’re also rolling the dice because honestly you never know what you’re getting when you order shit there. Listings are full of fraudulent or just ignorant specs. Or they may just take your money and never send you anything at all.

Fair

It’s a cool technical project funded by YT. Wouldn’t exist without it.

I’m assuming a Linux install requires a complete reformat of the drive, aka having to reinstall / redownload my games, right?

Not necessarily. You can back up the game files or transfer them from another PC over the local network. You can also install Windows and Linux in different partitions on the same drive but Windows will sometimes eat your Linux install.

Also the cloud saves that I have stored on Steam, would those be transferrable / usable if I install on Linux?

Completely, yes.

Cachy*

SteamOS Holo*

Every browser that I know of is open source. But I use Orion!

I tried iOS for about 5 months and the absolute worst part was the horrendous keyboard…

The first thing to do on a fresh install is to run a system update.

This. A lot of game devs see fit to make games work on Steam Deck but explicitly barr them from any other distro. This command just yes “hi, I’m a Steam Deck!”

I got a new job and they gave me an outlook account. I asked copilot to look at an email and add the event details to my calendar. It couldn’t do it. 5 or 6 times I asked and it was unable. It wanted to create an ICS for me to download and import. Fuckin useless. Turned it off.

It’s not negligible

I don’t like GitHub either but the large userbase ensures increased attention, which means more adoption, which means more contributors. That’s why devs are always begging for “stars”.

Is it just COVID?

I’m not sure a Steam Deck 2 or 3 or 4, etc… mini, with efficient battery will be launched some day.

Lithium batteries are about as good as it gets and everyone is using pretty much the same tech at this point. More improvements are being made every day in processor efficiency but the Steam Deck is about as good as it gets. The 800p display helps.

With the SteamOS I was starting to think if maybe I should try to build my own handheld.

Yeah but…

Too bulky

You’re not getting any slimmer. Many have made DIY Steam Decks and they’re MUCH more bulky.

Well primarily because this is the wrong tool for the job. Compared to something like a LilyGo T-Deck, this thing is way bigger and way less efficient. Lasts a few hours vs. several days. But also because this guy charges a fat premium to put it in a 3D-printed case.

Brave also offers a few additional, very valuable things:

• the only app that reflects fingerprinting protection in PrivacyBadger, in my experience
• works on most webpages
• selective use of first-party cookies, per site.

Okay but why

I mean that makes sense? What would make more sense is just playing the video twice.

Man I would graciously thank the gifter but decline. I wouldn’t put that shit in my house.

ONN is Walmart brand electronics, best known for this particular $20 TV box that grossly outperforms the competition.