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Ayaneo next handheld is going to use SteamOS (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The SteamOS pre-installed on NEXT LITE is adapted and optimized by AYANEO based on HoloISO. Users also can install Windows system by themselves after purchasing NEXT LITE, and download Windows driver from AYANEO official website.

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[+] [email protected] -29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Every handheld outside of the Steam Deck, like the ROG Ally, Legion Go, and MSI Claw all use Windows, which can make the experience crippling for non-technically minded users.

Clearly this games journalist has never used Linux because despite the monumental efforts Valve have made to make thousands of games run on SteamOS and improve the UX through Proton, it is still an inferior experience to Windows for anybody that isn't incredibly tech savvy and the kind of person that lives and breathes command lines.

But then again, what did I expect from an industry where people are genuinely paid to talk out of their butts about games.

Speaking as a Steam Deck owner, SteamOS works a lot of the time and that's perfectly acceptable. But there has been the occasional 'Steam Deck Verified' game like Cthulhu Saves The World which soft locks on a black screen after battles.

Also, Linux is ideal for the kind of people that buy budget handheld devices like these. They are phenomenal emulation devices.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (2 children)

it is still an inferior experience to Windows for anybody that isn’t incredibly tech savvy and the kind of person that lives and breathes command lines.

Since when do you have to live and breathe command lines to use SteamOS?

But then again, what did I expect from an industry where people are genuinely paid to talk out of their butts about games.

Yeah, there's only one person talking out of their butt here.

But there has been the occasional ‘Steam Deck Verified’ game like Cthulhu Saves The World which soft locks on a black screen after battles.

Oh well, I guess if you have a problem with one verified game then we should all write off the entire platform then.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I agree, for the lay person the steamos experience in the deck is great and has no issues it installs things it plays things, most people won't need to open the desktop experience at all

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have installed heroic (Epic Games games) and many other things without touching the terminal (also it's read-only so...)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

What is read-only?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My Windows friends and even normie friends are using Steam Deck with SteamOS just fine. You don't have to be a Linux expert to use SteamOS.

I agree that these are phenomenal emulation devices, you are right about that.