Valve's latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out now for December 2023, and it shows that Linux and Steam Deck overall finished 2023 on a very positive note.
a year and a bit spent on the steam deck makes me wonder if daily driving linux would be all that hard. i’ve tried before but was always bounced off by the stupidest little things, like not being able to find wi-fi drivers or whatever. but nowadays i’m starting to think all that is worth it to be off windows
At the time, I think I had uncommon hardware. I was trying to get Linux going on the cheapest little notebook you can imagine. I also got the same retort from support forums at the time, so my problem obviously wasn’t widespread. It was just the most definitive effort into Linux I had made, and I was just getting rebuffed by what I saw as silly little problems.
That was close to a decade ago now, though. After so much faffing around on the Steam Deck I think I’m ready to give Linux another stab.
a year and a bit spent on the steam deck makes me wonder if daily driving linux would be all that hard. i’ve tried before but was always bounced off by the stupidest little things, like not being able to find wi-fi drivers or whatever. but nowadays i’m starting to think all that is worth it to be off windows
Wi-Fi drivers? Most should be supplied by the kernel. Do you have obscure Wi-Fi hardware?
Laptops with Realtek wifi often sucks monkey balls. I swapped mine for an Intel one to get rid of dropped packets.
At the time, I think I had uncommon hardware. I was trying to get Linux going on the cheapest little notebook you can imagine. I also got the same retort from support forums at the time, so my problem obviously wasn’t widespread. It was just the most definitive effort into Linux I had made, and I was just getting rebuffed by what I saw as silly little problems.
That was close to a decade ago now, though. After so much faffing around on the Steam Deck I think I’m ready to give Linux another stab.