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People will put more effort in installing Windows on the Steam Deck than learning how to use Linux (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by revampeduser@kbin.social to c/showerthoughts@kbin.social

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[–] effingjoe@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't it pretty easy to get windows on a steam deck? I'm familiar with Linux so I haven't looked into it but I thought you could just boot it from an SD card.

[–] atocci@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is relatively easy, and I've done it from an SD card too. But it does kinda suck and its even easier to just leave SteamOS (edit: leave SteamOS in place instead of replacing it with Windows). Windows runs terribly slow from the SD card and just generally is not optimized for the form factor.

You can use Steam Big Picture mode to make most games work, untill you want to do anything outside Steam. Then it became a mess of installing compatibility programs, drivers, UWP hooks for Game Pass games, etc... It was a generally unpleasant experience.