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Steam Deck

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[–] Residency9664@feddit.de 22 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Check out Bazzite. Works pretty well on Desktop in my opinion.

[–] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

Welp, there go my weekend plans.

[–] Satelllliiiiiiiteeee@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

I've been loving it on desktop, personally

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

I tried Chimera. It doesn't work too well.

[–] Gabagoolzoo@kbin.social 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At this moment in time, Bazzite is just straight up a better experience than SteamOS. Fedora backend with rpm-ostree is way better than what Valve has going on. And for Steam Deck, GNOME just makes more sense for touch interfaces.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I was puzzled why Valve chose KDE to be the default desktop for a touchscreen device. Ultimately though I figured they just wanted a Linux desktop that would be more familiar to Windows users.

[–] bear@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

I would bet the main reason is that KDE is way more willing to accept features and contributions outside of the typical use case than Gnome is.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You guys are using the touchscreen? You know there's a perfectly serviceable trackpad you can use, right?

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 0 points 10 months ago

The trackpad is the only way to really use the desktop, but if the touchscreen was better KDE still wouldn't allow a good touchscreen experience.