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It's not the gotcha that they think it is. Increasing share of Linux, steam deck or not is progress. Any development or considerations made for the SteamDeck and its Arch based OS benefit the non SteamDeck Linux gaming scene too.

Mostly a stab at Reddit PCMR, Lemmy PCMR has a different vibe.

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[–] kender242@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Year of the Linux Desktop may never be a relevant measure, but it was Steam Deck and Proton that marked the transition for me.

The deck is awesome because it's Linux

I'd argue it's awesome because it's a great product that lets you play games on the go.

The huge win is that its running on Linux, and valve contributes to open-source with Proton!

[–] TeNppa@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago

Bought my child the Steam Deck and that convinced me to switch to Linux. Games were the biggest reason I didn't make the switch earlier and seeing how well they ran on SD helped me realize most of the games I play, will run just fine.