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

Say more. I need to convince my friend to do this. I just bought a Steam deck after seeing his garbage os (for a handheld at least). Love to hear more about how it's working for ya? Especially if you have any frame of reference between it and Steam deck performance first hand.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Better battery life, for one. Less background processes. There's also a big performance difference between a general purpose OS and one specifically designed for a device.

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Well. As an example, no man's sky ran worse in windows. I also hated their armoury application