There's a list of alternatives here, many of which have been mentioned in this article or the comments.

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Quoting: whizseShooting digital people, no problemo. Shooting digital animals, big problemo!

That's why, for a dozen games, Greenpeace were trying to stop her shenanigans. But she slayed them, too. She's a monster.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyJolly good!
I do wonder if the gaming side has fed into this--if people aren't finding themselves more able to switch because the answer to "But can I play my games?" is now basically "Yes."
In my case that's actually one of the primary reasons I started following GoL--I concluded that the gaming side was a really key strategic issue for desktop growth more generally.

"The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People don’t realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior."
-- Gabe Newell, 2012

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QuoteWhat's your preferred gaming input? Do you stick with a mouse? Use a controller? Let us know in the comments.

Different games benefit from different input methods. There's no way I'm playing a platformer or a driving game with a mouse. Even something otherwise desktop-friendly like a third-person game is hampered by the lack of analogue movement controls. So I'll use KB/M, controller, steering wheel, whatever's most appropriate for a given game. HOTAS if I were more into flying games.

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It's also a gentle nudge to get developers to use Steam Input (which provides automatic support - including appropriate glyphs - for a bazillion different controllers and makes it easier to have multi-input - such as controller and gyro mouse) rather than some Xbox-controller-only input library that might be provided by, say, Microsoft.

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Sweet. Played through 1, 2 & 5 on the Deck recently, and loved the experience (I'd played 1 & 2 before back in the day).

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Quoting: BrokattWhat I would want is a version of the Steam Deck without the screen, a Steam Brick if you will. I think that could be really popular both for desk and couch gaming. Sure you can get a dock a get almost the same experience but not entirely.

Make one yourself. There are quite a few dinky NUC-like machines available, or you can just plug any computer into a TV or monitor. Install Linux on it, autolaunch Steam Big Picture, and pair it with a PlayStation controller. Job jobbed.

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QuoteThey're being added under "Valve Jupiter device", with Jupiter being one of the names Valve seems to use for SteamOS.

I could be wrong, but I think that "Jupiter" is the hardware platform of the Steam Deck - the computer gubbins - and "Neptune" is the input platform of the Steam Deck - the controller gubbins. SteamOS itself is called Holo for the version with the Deck, and was named after DOTA characters for the Steam Machines - .Alchemist, Brewmaster, and Clockwerk.

If we assume that there's some underlying logic to the codename, Galileo the person and Galileo the probe are both famed for looking at Jupiter, which suggests it might be a Valve gaming platform linked somehow with visuals: a new display, or VR, maybe? It's all pretty thin, though.

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Quoting: EikeI was opening in tabs as well... but I don't drink tea, so obviously, I couldn't do all of it.

Ah, yeah, that's the issue: not enough tea.

QuoteAh, on the semi-serious side: Where would the trend lines meet?

May 2025, I think?

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Quoting: EikeDid you fetch all of that manually from the website? It sometimes took like half a minute for it to display the link(s) for a certain day for me...

I did. I've done data hunting for Liam's tracker before. The trick is to load the results into new tabs so that they can be getting on with loading while you wait for the next link to appear. And to make a cup of tea if it's getting too tedious, of course.

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