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Valve's Linux Contributions, Wayland & Open-Source NVIDIA Milestones Topped 2023 (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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Steam Deck works on selected Linux systems, Steam Deck operating systems isn’t open source after many people demand it to be released for the public.

In reading this article https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/02/linux-on-steam-deck-what-you-need-to-know-what-currently-works/ the only limitation that stuck out is you're supposed to install your distro on a different partition.

Alyx is still VR only game and must buy VR game, unless you mod it. Valve refused to release PC version.

It's a matter of opinion if this is good or bad I guess, but I think VR specific titles are a good thing. More of an opportunity to take advantage of the medium rather than shoehorn the functionality on to a desktop game.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Any body who tries to install any other operating system knows it’s going to cause problems. We aren’t talking about the popular Linux like Ubuntu, Mint or Debian. The really small Linux community like pop, Qubes, CentOS. They don’t work because Steam Deck doesn’t support them. It’s why Steam Deck should be open source to allow people fix the problems Valve refuses to solve.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

From what I've read (this reddit link, basically https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/15qfpfh/has_anyone_installed_a_different_version_of_linux/) the big issue with other distos, it sounds like to me, is a lack of driver support in older kernels. Which isn't a distro specific problem. The other is device specific optimizations, which I agree Valve should share if they haven't already.

Also, you specifically called out CentOS in your distro list. I don't know if that was arbitrary or you have a specific vested interest in it, but CentOS is discontinued and will soon reach EOL (https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/centos-linux-eol). Please don't attempt to use it.