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As a new guy around here my only Linux gaming PC is my Steam Deck so I can't really fill this out correctly as the GPU isn't listed. I won't talk about my actual gaming PC as I'll probably get roasted alive... but I will say the Steam Deck has opened my eyes to stuff I didn't realise was possible so who knows where that might lead me in the future...


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Quoting: stylonAs a new guy around here my only Linux gaming PC is my Steam Deck so I can't really fill this out correctly as the GPU isn't listed. I won't talk about my actual gaming PC as I'll probably get roasted alive... but I will say the Steam Deck has opened my eyes to stuff I didn't realise was possible so who knows where that might lead me in the future...

It is listed, it was added yesterday. Just enter Steam Deck in the GPU field and you will see it.

Quoting: Liam DaweIt is listed, it was added yesterday. Just enter Steam Deck in the GPU field and you will see it.

Thanks, found it now.

Steam Deck is also now an option under "Main gaming machine", since I think including it directly there will be useful.

Quoting: Liam DaweSteam Deck is also now an option under "Main gaming machine", since I think including it directly there will be useful.

So, should we select this if the rest of the information is about our Steam Deck or if we're mostly using the Steam Deck, not the PC that the rest of the information describes?

Quoting: Cybolic

Quoting: Liam DaweSteam Deck is also now an option under "Main gaming machine", since I think including it directly there will be useful.

So, should we select this if the rest of the information is about our Steam Deck or if we're mostly using the Steam Deck, not the PC that the rest of the information describes?

You enter in, as always, whatever your main gaming unit is. Nothing has changed on that, just now you can very specifically state in that one question exactly as Steam Deck.

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: Cybolic

Quoting: Liam DaweSteam Deck is also now an option under "Main gaming machine", since I think including it directly there will be useful.

So, should we select this if the rest of the information is about our Steam Deck or if we're mostly using the Steam Deck, not the PC that the rest of the information describes?

You enter in, as always, whatever your main gaming unit is. Nothing has changed on that, just now you can very specifically state in that one question exactly as Steam Deck.

Gotcha :) May I request a new field then, similar to the VR one, where we can select if we use any handheld Linux machine apart from our main PC?

I'm thinking something like this:



Last edited by Cybolic on 25 May 2022 at 3:10 pm UTC

Quoting: Cybolic

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: Cybolic

Quoting: Liam DaweSteam Deck is also now an option under "Main gaming machine", since I think including it directly there will be useful.

So, should we select this if the rest of the information is about our Steam Deck or if we're mostly using the Steam Deck, not the PC that the rest of the information describes?

You enter in, as always, whatever your main gaming unit is. Nothing has changed on that, just now you can very specifically state in that one question exactly as Steam Deck.

Gotcha :) May I request a new field then, similar to the VR one, where we can select if we use any handheld Linux machine apart from our main PC?

I'm thinking something like this:

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I don't think this would be enough to cover all relevant info.
I currently play on 3 different machines: a desktop pc, a Steam Machine for couch gaming, a Steam Deck for handheld.
What constitutes my main gaming pc these days varies wildly.
A few years ago I'd never have thought we could have this kind of problem

Quoting: CybolicI'm thinking something like this:

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I use a GPD Win Max 2021 as my main Linux gaming PC and as my main portable Linux gaming machine (I also have an Anbernic RG351MP running 351ELEC as a small companion device), but that wouldn't be covered by an option like this because GPD is only listed as a provider of console-like options and not for their x86 laptop/palmtop options. I have to agree with malkien and mirv - I think that it might be a bit tricky to cover all of the choices, here, which is a pretty nice problem to have in a market that tends to be dismissed as being too niche to bother with!


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I might at a later date switch my info over to the Deck as it is what I'm mostly playing games on since I got it. Gonna leave it on my main tower for a while longer until I decide if I'm going to go through and remove a ton of my installed games or not. Good chance I'll eventually switch over to my Deck for nearly all of my gaming but not quite yet as for one thing I can easily hook my HOTAS into my tower to play Elite at 4K which is what I've been playing the most the last few months as far as a single title goes.

As a side note, what I'd like Steam to tell me these days is whether a game is best played with keyboard and mouse or controller (Deck or TV should be more or less equivalent).
Anyone else is wondering when picking their next game?
Maybe this deserves its own topic.

Looks like AMD GPU growth trend is back to normal now, since shortages and overpricing are finally over.

Quoting: malkienAs a side note, what I'd like Steam to tell me these days is whether a game is best played with keyboard and mouse or controller (Deck or TV should be more or less equivalent).
Anyone else is wondering when picking their next game?

Yeah, I often think that this'd be a nice feature, even without considering the Steam Deck. With all of the input options that PC-gaming offers, it actually seems a bit strange that they haven't done this already - I can remember console-game boxes doing this decades ago!

Quoting: stylonI won't talk about my actual gaming PC as I'll probably get roasted alive... but I will say the Steam Deck has opened my eyes to stuff I didn't realise was possible so who knows where that might lead me in the future...

You could solve that problem by adding another drive and dual booting.

Quoting: 14You could solve that problem by adding another drive and dual booting.

I might just give that a try... can you recommend a good guide to doing that with Win 11?

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Quoting: 14You could solve that problem by adding another drive and dual booting.

I might just give that a try... can you recommend a good guide to doing that with Win 11?

General steps I can remember from memory are:
1. Install Windows first (done)
2. Boot to Linux thumb drive
3. Install Linux and boot loader onto dedicated drive. Do not overwrite your Windows drive or boot loader.
4. Go into your BIOS and tell it to boot to the Linux drive by default
5. Once booted to Linux, tell Grub to scan all your drives for other operating systems so that when your BIOS boots to the Linux boot loader, you can select Windows if you like. You can even have the Linux boot loader boot to Windows by default.

And, of course, the Arch wiki covers this topic in detail. :)


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Quoting: 14

Quoting: stylon

Quoting: 14You could solve that problem by adding another drive and dual booting.

I might just give that a try... can you recommend a good guide to doing that with Win 11?

General steps I can remember from memory are:
1. Install Windows first (done)
2. Boot to Linux thumb drive
3. Install Linux and boot loader onto dedicated drive. Do not overwrite your Windows drive or boot loader.
4. Go into your BIOS and tell it to boot to the Linux drive by default
5. Once booted to Linux, tell Grub to scan all your drives for other operating systems so that when your BIOS boots to the Linux boot loader, you can select Windows if you like. You can even have the Linux boot loader boot to Windows by default.

And, of course, the Arch wiki covers this topic in detail. :)

As always! :)

Stylon, mind the warning in the coloured box here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_boot_with_Windows#Fast_Startup_and_hibernation

Thanks guys, I need to go do some research (best version of Linux to go for and all that kind of thing).

The month has passed already but anyways, if I am using nvidia open kernel modules should I propriearty or open source GPU driver? Theoritically I should choose open source becuase pretty much every GPU deiver is propriearty firmware + open software stack except on Nvidia open all graphics stack is in the firmware.

Quoting: mr-victoryThe month has passed already but anyways, if I am using nvidia open kernel modules should I propriearty or open source GPU driver? Theoritically I should choose open source becuase pretty much every GPU deiver is propriearty firmware + open software stack except on Nvidia open all graphics stack is in the firmware.

I think the question is now confusing becasue it doesn't differentiate kernel driver and graphics stack like OpenGL / Vulkan. Before there was no option to have a mix.


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