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[–] furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i won't be buying one, but if it grows linux popularity i'm all for it!

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Same! I love the steamdeck and think it’s almost perfect. So I’ll just wait for the next one to upgrade. I’d probably just upgrade to show support for the project.

But firstly, I’m happy to see Linux growing.

[–] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's Valve so I'm calling it now. There will be a Steam Deck 2. It wil be awesome.

There will be no Steam Deck 3. The market will take over and Valve will lose interest after the innovation is finished.

[–] monstoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

After Steam Deck 2, there will be Steam Deck 2 Episode 1.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

I can see valve pulling out once steamos/ linux has become a major OS. That’s kind of their goal it seems.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

Pre-configured hardware with pre-installed Linux is the best way to expand. The technical side of driver support and gaming support is solved already (besides one specific kind of games, but thats another topic for another day). The biggest hurdle for people is to try Linux and set it up themselves. Only a few nerds go this far. It's amazing right now!

[–] hackerwacker@lemmy.ml 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

New Go's won't have detachable controllers? That's unfortunate. I use mine like a tablet. There's no other small Linux-capable tablet that I know of.

edit: actually onexplayer makes similar ones.

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

Detachable controllers are one of the good points of the switch as well. Definitely think that idea should spread.

[–] mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] hackerwacker@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Ah ok (:

But they made the bottom chin bigger for some reason? The old go is symmetric.

Also I don't like OLED

[–] datendefekt@feddit.org 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Read that the battery life of the Go isn't remarkable. How is it used as a tablet?

[–] hackerwacker@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Around 10 hours of light web browsing on quiet mode.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

That is longer that expected. But I don't know what I even expected. Laptops can reach those times too (although laptops have bigger batteries).

[–] Gadg8eer@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

The Go S is basically the OneXPlayer F1 (a.k.a the "OneXFly"). I've also noticed that sales of the F1 series had occured frequently and they no longer seem to promote it now that the F1 Pro is out for a while. I can only guess the two companies are having a de facto handoff, trading the market share by swapping the roles of their primary devices.

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] foxitixation@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago

LINUX HANDHELD?

[–] MXX53@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

MASTER OF DISGUISE ON VHS

[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 9 points 9 months ago

Wonderful news!

Linux is the future of gaming and manufacturers are starting to realize.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago

It would be nice to have direct comparison between Windows and SteamOS on same hardware, performance wise and also how many purchases.