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Impulse buys are bad, we all know, but what was an impulse buy that proven to be a really good decision to you? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 days ago by limoncia@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Steam deck. OLED. Linux. Not locked down to hell. Nuff said.

[–] jimd@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

arent you locked down to Steam now? ie the games you buy are only through steam

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You can pirate on the deck. It's like two extra steps compared to PC, but you can.

If you're not a Linux weirdo there are subreddits and people have made it easy, though you do have to use desktop mode to download games afaik.

If you're already a big linux weirdo, just ssh in and look at htop while playing any steam game in deck mode and figure out how the magic works yourself, trust me it's a lot of fun and the thing is really nice to explore because it's not locked down at all.

[–] count_duckula@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am planning to buy a Deck when I can afford it. I've been a PC player all my life but this is going to be my way of supporting Valve for all the good things they have done for Linux gaming. I mostly play Paradox strategy games, so I'm not sure how that will work on the Deck without a mouse. But maybe Terraria and Stardew Valley might be playable using controller style keys.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

You're in luck, the deck runs those fairly well in my xp.