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Gamescope (used on Steam Deck) adds in some VR support
16 January 2023 at 2:22 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: mr-victory
Quoting: rustybroomhandleDeckard is ARM based, so I'm going out on a limb here and predicting that it will not actually be used to run games locally, but instead be used to stream from your more powerful PC hardware.
Source?
EDIT: Found it, near the bottom in https://uploadvr.com/brad-lynch-new-deckard-findings/

Too lazy to Google now where I saw it mentioned. I should have qualified it with "supposedly" though since we don't actually have a any confirmed facts about this thing and it's a lot of speculation.

Gamescope (used on Steam Deck) adds in some VR support
16 January 2023 at 8:41 am UTC Likes: 1

Deckard is ARM based, so I'm going out on a limb here and predicting that it will not actually be used to run games locally, but instead be used to stream from your more powerful PC hardware.

Gamescope (used on Steam Deck) adds in some VR support
14 January 2023 at 7:53 pm UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: mphuZThis is for SteamOS, not for Deckard.

And what flavour of Linux do you think Deckard will run in standalone mode?

What I want to see in 2023 for Linux, Gaming, Steam Deck and more
1 January 2023 at 4:33 pm UTC Likes: 2

SteamOS 3 wide release should be accompanied by some movement on Steam controller 2. If they are hoping for there to be third party "big deck" consoles then the controller is essential as a common denominator for the hardware.

Steam Deck now shipping across Asia, plus a new Steam Deck Stable Client update
19 December 2022 at 8:38 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: 1xokShouldn't it be possible to display the mangoHUD horizontally? I can't find the option.

It's only in the Preview branch for now, as far as I know.

Immortals Fenyx Rising now on Steam but quite messy on Steam Deck
16 December 2022 at 8:14 am UTC

I played this at launch, and had no such issues. Wondering what introduced them, Proton updates or game updates. I'm guessing there's a magic Proton version out there with a specific dxvk build that probably still works well. I do remember using a self-compiled dxvk for some reason* though that I had to manually copy into the game's directory.

*EDIT: Although at that time I was building it from source pretty much all the time as it was moving so fast

Sid Meier's Civilization VI gets a 'Leader Pass', breaks it on Linux and macOS
23 November 2022 at 2:57 pm UTC

It's unlikely to get fixed unless 2K/Firaxis explicitly pay Aspyr to do so. So in all likelihood probably safer in the long run to just play the Windows version.

A Plague Tale: Requiem gets Steam Deck support in a new update
11 November 2022 at 4:13 pm UTC

Not sure if any of this is related, but previously one had to use Proton Experimental to run it at all, and there was quite a bit of shadow map flickering in some places.

Return to Monkey Island gets a Linux Beta version
17 October 2022 at 10:23 am UTC Likes: 8

Quoting: subHope it supports cross-platform cloud saves.

Such a great game!

If you mean Windows-Linux then can confirm yes.

No more Steam Deck reservation queue — buy it now, plus Docking Station available
6 October 2022 at 7:08 pm UTC Likes: 12

Quoting: KacperTheLinuxGamerThe price of the docking station is absurd.
People who keep saying that Valve is "the good guy" will get a rude awakening once more questionable decisions will be made.
I will go with the JSAUX dock instead.

First off, the Deck itself is quite cheap, so it's not unreasonable to expect them to make other things more spendy.

Secondly, yes, you can use the JSAUX dock instead. They let you do that. Nintendo does not.

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