Comment on Free Talk Friday - November 14th, 2025
snooting@wetshav.ing 1 week agoDefinitely sounds like it’s time to find another job!
I’m definitely interested in the Steam Box, but I’ll likely not buy one for a while since I have a Deck and don’t really have too much interest in gaming on our living room tv. 🤷
Certainly an interesting device though. I also think it’s another substantial step forward for Linux gaming. Hopefully it helps make game devs take the platform even more seriously!
DaveWave94@wetshav.ing 1 week ago
Yep, it definitely is the right time for it 👍🏻
The box is what interests me the most. Currently I have an Xbox Series X that I got while they were on discount - unfortunately that’s connected to Microsoft and their shady practices. Unfortunately I don’t have the funds nor the time to go deeply into PC gaming, so it’d be the perfect device for me. The only downside is no physical media whatsoever, but I fear that’s dead in gaming anyways. If I buy a disc nowadays, I have only a few hundred MBs on it and then the whole rest is downloaded from the XB Store. I’d need a new Blu-ray/DVD-Player for my growing movie collection, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make. The Steam Deck reminds me of the Sony PSP I used to have, handheld gaming certainly would be a welcome thing in my single household again. How do you like your Deck so far?
+1 on the Linux front. IMHO, SteamOS together with distros like Bazzite, CachyOS and Pop!OS that are already very welcoming to gaming needs will probably help to firmly establish the Linux platform in gaming. I still plan to change my OS on my laptop to a Linux distro soon, even though there will be a a steep learning curve…
snooting@wetshav.ing 1 week ago
I love the Steam Deck. It’s a very impressive device, and ultimately is just a small Linux computer with decent specs. I don’t use it a ton unless we’re traveling, but I’ve been very happy with it.
For what it’s worth, a distro like Mint or Pop really doesn’t have too much of a learning curve as long as you don’t have oddball hardware. They’re very user friendly.
DaveWave94@wetshav.ing 1 week ago
Thanks for the help and infos! I’ll surely check out the Zulip server soon anyway 👍🏻