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Lenovo Legion Go S official: $499 buys the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheld (www.theverge.com)

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[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean, this is neat, but I really enjoy the features of my original Legion Go. The removable controllers are just awesome, and it works wonderfully as a 'I want to play my Steam games but I can't be at my PC right now' machine. I've been streaming to the thing since I got it, and it's powerful enough to run relatively modern games on low-medium settings at 800p. I ran through God of War on it decently enough. Only downside is that the SSD heats up and can screw with the WiFi card directly underneath, but I don't mind the noise from the fan because most of the time I'm using headphones with the thing anyways. It's got USB4 as well, so I wanna get an external GPU dock eventually. As for now, a powered hub is doing great at essentially turning it into a console at my TV. The touchpad on the right controller is really handy for navigating Windows.

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

I agree, I hope this means that Steam OS will be coming to the main legion go.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

What I'm really waiting for is a Steam box that I can hook up to my TV. I'd buy that in a heartbeat. I really don't understand why they haven't come out with one of those yet. Should be much easier to do than a handheld.

[–] elekitty@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

is that not steam machine?

I liked steam link too but they killed it very sad.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Box, machine, whatever.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

There's an app, i think it only works for android TV, or Google TV, or whatever they call it. Same basic functionality, just dependent on your tv (or whatever thing you use for watching shit on your tv) hardware.

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

With any luck SteamOS will be installable on most pcs and then you can build or buy a steam machine.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yes, I could just use Bazzite. But i want something that works out of the box.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What doesn't work out of the box for bazzite? Or do you mean literally unpacking a device out of the box and hooking it up to the screen?

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, that is what I mean. Installing an OS is just too hard and/or too much bother for most people. If Linux is finally to achieve mainstream acceptance, the product needs to be ready to run as soon as you unpack it. You know, like the Steam Deck. And yes, I could do the install myself, but I can't be bothered.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Understandable and agreed. Having a steam console to hook up to the TV is probably what most people would buy and find easiest to use. They did try it a decade ago, but it was too early.

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[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I think in some aspects Bazzite are better than SteamOS. It literally started as an alternative to SteamOS for the Deck.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Linux with steam installed running bigscreen mode, auto login(optional), steam launch on login, bluetooth controller.

Done.

I have it setup exactly like this atm and its amazing. Dont have the suspend resume luxury, but everything else like steam link all on a very small n95 tiny pc.

[–] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

I have the setup you described as well as a steam deck. The deck is a more polished experience with mangohud, game scope, auto updates, and other things I’d have to setup and maintain.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What I'm really waiting for is a Steam box that I can hook up to my TV.

You can already do that though??? You just need a dock.

I sometimes connect Deck to TV via dock and play using Xbox controller.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Sure. But the Deck is a bit underpowered for a 4k TV. It would have to be powerful enough to play most games at 4k with some frame generation.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That touchpad is tiny so I'm not sure how useful it will be (probably just for cursor usage on desktop). Good to see 120hz and hopefully with VRR support.

Seems that ootb Linux support is a few months after initial release.

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've never seen the Legion Go irl but the old one looked like the touchpad was just the right size too be unobtrusive but still practical. The new one looks like a thumb print reader.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if it works like the Lenovo red dot mouse thing they've had on think pads for decades. Honestly, they shouldve just done that

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://xkcd.com/243/

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Got a good laugh out of this, because I was very very close to typing nub originally.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago

Year of the Linux ~~desktop~~ handhelds!

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[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No touchpads?

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Believe it or not, that minuscule fingerprint reader looking thing on the bottom right is a touchpad. I really don't know what they were thinking.

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Eh, I kind of get it. I've had my Deck ever since it came out and used the touchpads maybe two or three times in total. They are pretty pointless in my eyes.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

First, that's your personal usecase. Second, they're very handy in some games were you have to select an area for example or when you're in desktop mode. I haven't used them that much either but they are useful.

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you used both or just one of them like you would a laptop touchpad? I think the tiny touchpad of the Lenovo can probably do this as well.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I use both very often. Especially as a custom menu for emulator settings, or in older PC games or games with a lot of Keyboard/Mouse controls, they help me make things far more comfortable with various custom popup menus, or sometimes jumping to a mouse region to select UI options while playing. They are also helpful for games with horrid controls/hotkeys that won't fitnon a traditional amount of controller buttons. They also help with mouse precision when an analog stick won't do.

I also use the back buttons a lot. I use the entire Steam Deck and the custom controller settings are basically a necessity.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

while retaining the dual USB 4 ports.

Now I'm interested. I'd probably own a steam deck by now if I could plug it into a "real" dock and get dual high res displays and/or an eGPU.

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

ROG Ally with its extreme apu isn't enough for me. I'm going to wait for something significantly stronger before buying one of these hand helds.