Veraxus

joined 1 year ago
[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes.

The thing that has struck me the most is how much lighter it is. Nobody seems to be mention that, but that one small thing makes such an outsize difference.

The battery life is also very noticeable, and you can multiply the benefit by using energy conserving settings.

The other big difference is control responsiveness. If you play fighting games or other games with intense timing and accuracy needs, you WILL notice the difference.

The OG Steam Deck is still great, but the OLED is just better in so many little, meaningful ways.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

It is unwatchable. Down there with Rob Zombie’s Munsters movie. Don’t do it.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

Oh, did GM just step in it this time. Being stupid and removing important features is one thing, but straight-up defamation like this is another.

Google and Apple’s lawyers must be salivating a river right now.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Are you implying that there is anything else that matters?

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

Cope harder, Hollywood. Your business models are parasitic and predatory, and it’s nice that at least one governing body on this planet is looking out for consumers.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Debian is my go-to. So long as you’re already comfortable with Linux, you can get gaming working with a tiny bit of elbow grease… and unlike some other distros, Debian is rock-solid.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 12 points 11 months ago

Well, of course. We can't let people make their own electricity and cut into the privately owned, for-profit utility company profits!

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Jetbrains IDEs have “Live Templates” that I use extensively.

For little notes and snippets (especially CLI snippets) I use an app called Stashpad, which I LOVE.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had 3.18 running on my Deck, just as an exercise in my own curiosity. 10-15fps on the lowest settings wasn’t great, but it worked. Credit where it’s due, that’s damn impressive for a PC that fits in your palm.

The only real blocker was that gameplay isn’t feasible on that tiny screen; the game just isn’t intended to played like that.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

With the increasing popularity of these different form factors and device types, it seems like people are finally starting to realize just how horrible Windows is… especially for gaming.

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I really like Orion, which is based on WebKit... but it's Mac only. 😢

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 78 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Remember, Firefox is great and has no dependency on upstream Google code.

Use Firefox.

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