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So far most controller/mouse/keyboard dongles seem to still be usb-A, so I'm not super against that.

Honestly the deck is already pushing how big a handheld can be and still be portable/handheld. I don't think I would want anything larger

True, but who needs CEC when you can instead have RGB?

/s

That would be really nice, I hate how most mouse/keyboard brands don't offer Linux configuration software.

As far as I know, only the official dock supports CEC. If anyone knows of a different dock that supports it I hope they'll let me know

Yeah that was my first thought as well for some reason. Obviously solar calculators/etc have been around for longer so that makes more sense, but I fully clicked on this hoping it was energy from key presses.

That's the current setup for playing Geforce Now on steam deck/linux. The app announced in the news post will be a native app, not just kiosk chrome wrapper. They also mentioned it will support HDR which currently isn't possible with the kiosk chrome wrapper.

The official app for it comes later this year.

That's super cool. It took me a second to realize why the perspective felt so wrong, but once I realized what I was looking at I was amazed.

Windows charges different license fees depending on how powerful a device is. Gaming hardware will have a more expensive license fee than a lower power device.

Honestly when you have devices like the steam deck targeting $400 starting price, paying up to $100 for a windows key is pretty significant.

Here's an article on it for anyone who prefers reading:

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/lenovo-legion-go-s-with-valves-steamos-is-official-expected-to-launch-in-may/

The windows version will be available this month for $730, with other versions (including a $600 version) coming in May. The SteamOS version is coming in May for $500. I'm guessing the $600 windows version and $500 SteamOS version are basically the same hardware specs.

It's not my guide, so I can't add anything unfortunately.

I was installing chrome on a work computer, and windows defender was automatically flagging the chrome installer (official, directly from google) as malware and deleting it automatically as soon as it was downloaded. It wasn't blacklisted for very long, I was able to download it without issues the next day, but I always have wondered if that was something they were testing out on purpose or not.

I feel like Microsoft is way more shameless about their shady stuff. They've been messing around with impersonating google/chrome for awhile now, they recently had that thing where they would copy all your open chrome tabs, and then when you started your computer it would open edge with all your chrome tabs to trick people into using edge instead.

Yeah that would be it:

Previously, we were limited in how we could apply our 3rd-Party Tracker Loading Protection on Microsoft tracking scripts due to a policy requirement related to our use of Bing as a source for our private search results

I couldn't remember the details exactly, but basically up until then they were allowing Microsoft tracking despite all their advertising claiming they wouldn't track users.

Microsoft does so many scammy things when it comes to trying to prevent people from using Chrome/Google. Even though Edge/Bing hasn't caught on, I really think them abusing windows dominate OS position this way should be enough for an antitrust lawsuit.

DDG was letting Bing track users. They may have stopped now that they got in trouble for it.

Honestly the best at method will depend on the specific game. Generally the best way is to just have the install folder for a game, and add the .exe to steam as a "non-steam game". Force a compatibility in steam game properties and select a version of proton. Some games will require additional windows components/dll to be installed through proton tricks.

Other good options are lutris has automatic installers for a lot of games, and many will work off of a disc iso image. Bottles is also a good tool for installing windows games.

Ii get what you mean, but for the most part this will just inconvenience most people while also not making it any more convenient to use a competiting product.

I hope someone makes a decky plugin for it. Valve has also been good about copying the more popular decky plugins, so that might be the best path to getting it as an official feature too.

Depends on the game. Most common setup is just mapping the ABXY buttons to them, so I don't have to take my finger off the right thumb stick to press them. In Elden Ring I use them for dpad presses instead, because I need to cycle spells/use recovery items without stopping moving.

I know a lot of people use them for L3 R3 instead of clicking the sticks.

In a couple games with smaller text I use one for toggling the magnifier, or in keyboard heavy games for opening the keyboard.