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[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Does linux even work on steamdeck? Has anybody tried?

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 17 points 1 day ago

Nah, Valve would never allow it

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Good joke, I did mean Linux on Desktop though.

[–] Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I bet you can get some version of BSD running

[–] dankm@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

More-or-less bog standard amd64 with amd graphics? Assuming the generic AMD video drivers work FreeBSD should be able to get to a graphical UI out of the box. Might not have controller or gyro drivers, but a keyboard and mouse should work fine.

Now I have a project. Thanks, Droechai...

I assume this is some joke about Steam OS I'm not understanding.