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Have any of you switched to windows? Just curious how it went and if it's preferred over the og os

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I prefer SteamOS although I have tried installing Windows 11 on an SD card for the sole purpose of playing Genshin Impact on it but that didn't quite work out since the SD card I bought for that was too small to fit Genshin Impact beside Windows 11 on it. (128GB) But just installing Windows 11 went pretty smoothly.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you were to show this comment to someone 10-20 years ago you would have blown their mind:

  • installing an OS on a microSD card
  • 128GB microSD cards
  • using it to run a game
  • an OS + a single game using more than 128GB
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Windows (10 - I haven't checked 11) alone takes over 20 GiB. That's right after running the installer, before the installation of any additional user software.

On the cheapest Steam Deck that would already fill about 1/3 of the internal storage, not counting any space for temporary files, the swap file, etc.

(Not that SteamOS would be much lighter. Afaik it takes up a 5 GB partition on the Deck, with a second 5 GB partition that's used as a fallback during updates.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I were to try Windows I would definitely go with one of those super optimized installs that are like 3-4 gigs. Unless that breaks some of the DirectX functionality for games?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, I wasn't aware those exist. After a quick online search I'm quite impressed how much space modders were able to free compared to a vanilla Windows install. While I don't seriously consider putting Windows on the Steam Deck, I'll definitely use those images next time I need to set up a Windows VM.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I haven't used Windows in years (not much of a PC gamer, I mostly play on consoles until I got my SD) and the more I read about Windows 11 and the bloat and telemetry the more I hated it. But I'm impressed how much they managed to shrink it into Tiny11 and might be tempted to experiment with it on a virtual machine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Search for "An anime game launcher" you might be surprised at what you find.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I know about it but I don't want to risk a ban.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless something has change a ban is very unlikely - I used to use it all the time over the course of a year or two.

In any case you could always create a new account under a different email address to play. If you don't get banned in a year, you're probably fine.

Also people usually report if they get banned, and the Devs do what they can to trace it. I vaguely remember that the last time.i looked there was a note of "no reported bans in over a year"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's still too risky for me. Unlikely doesn't mean impossible and I'd rather not deal with that stress.