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SteamOS now runs on every AMD handheld, and Valve didn't even make a big deal about it
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So you could run in on an AMD based PC as well? ๐ค
3rd party Steam Machines inbound!
I basically have one (based on DeskMeet X300), although it runs on Bazzite.
Dunno if SteamOS would've worked back when I set it up.
I preferred Bazzite, because it provides full disk encryption out of the box whereas there's only a kind of workaround for encrypting the user profile on SteamOS - unless you want to risk breaking all by SteamOS updates.
With current prices building 3rd party Steam Machines is about as appealing as it is for Steam releasing Steam Machines.
I would't have that "Steam Machine" if it weren't for repurposing the DeskMeet X300 that I already had and which I no longer needed for its formerly intended purpose (it was in the end a waste running the Proxmox Virtual Environment there and I moved the PVE to a Dell Wyse 5070).
Well, that's gone quite off-topic. What I wanted to say was simple:
current hardware prices are such a pain in the ass and make building Steam Machine no fun!
I should probably worry more that Firefox on my Steam Deck is basically logged into everything. If it were to be stolen....
You should worry about all personal data/accounts.
I worry about credentials saved in Firefox, Thunderbird, Nextcloud and my Steam account.
Just playing devil's advocate - if steamos is supposed to be for a console-like experience, why would you care if your console is FDE?
I want a console-like experience for games and a laptop like for non gaming.
I understand this might be niche, but for a handheld device were the risk of theft or losing is not insignificant, some protection seems needed.
Spot-on!
That's what I have (gaming and working unified) both at my Steam Deck running SteamOS (with profile encryption) and my laptop running Bazzite (with FDE).
My DeskMeet is off most of the time, although it has the most beefy GPU (sporting a PowerColor Radeon RX 9060 XT, which I just managed to fit in the case) - yet it also has the highest power consumption and I rarely need that power for the games I play most often. Btw. it runs Bazzite with FDE ๐
Like @Railcar8095@lemmy.world already explained, having some strong protection of data on a device like the Steam Deck, that can easily be lost/stolen seems to be warranted.
Aside from the saved login credentials of my Steam account, there are a lot more credentials saved on it, because I love to use the desktop mode as work environment.
Having someone getting access to several accounts saved in the browser or email client would be not very great to say the least.
I'm running the official steamOS on an AMD computer (cpu+gpu) and it works great. Sometimes switching between desktop and gaming mode messes up the audio (no audio) but I use desktop mode rarely so it's a non issue to me. I can always fix it by manually reconfiguring the audio output device or restarting the computer. It's a great experience otherwise :)
I mean they've had every opportunity to make a SteamOS handheld. And yet after all these years there's only been one.
There were ROG Ally X and Lenovo Legion Go S, with official SteamOS support.
There was never a SteamOS version of ROG Ally
SteamOS officially supports ROG Ally X. Installing it on it is like a first class experience, as if you would have purchased a preinstalled device. Legion Go S was sold with SteamOS preinstalled. Steam Deck is not the only device with SteamOS.
This is categorically not the same thing as a "3rd party Steam Machine". You can make your own today with virtually any PC, that's not what's being discussed though.
Go Legion S is officially listed on site but I guess you're just ignoring that part.
I already said there was 1 in my initial reply.
I guess there is some misunderstanding or confusion here then, as we thought you referred to "there's only been one" to the Steam Deck. Because there are at least two, if you don't count ROG Ally X.
You consider the Steam Deck to be a 3rd party product?
As said, there seems to be a misunderstanding of your original message, because you were not precise. And you never mentioned "3rd party product" in your initial message. I can only reiterate what I said before, we assumed you forgot other devices than the Steam Deck existed. No need to dig deeper, its all just a misunderstanding.
You keep saying it's a misunderstanding and then blaming me because you didn't pay attention to the context of the conversation. If there's a misunderstanding, it's on you.
From context your statement could be interpreted as "no there were no 3rd party products, that's why Steam Deck remains the only one". Just accept the fact that you can be misunderstood, because the statement was not 100% precise and has wiggle room in understanding. Judging by the downvotes, I am not the only one who did not pick up your original intend.
Again, no need to dig deeper. It is a misunderstanding. Instead complaining others not understanding you, after pointing out exactly what the issue is, you can just add that to your original reply to clarify things. Just a suggestion.
Just accept the fact that that you misunderstood me because you did not read thoroughly. No need to dig deeper. It's just a misunderstanding.