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  • Hmm, did you start fresh by removing the prior keys and pacman-keys --init again? (per Arch wiki)
    I had likely only used -S for installing what I wanted which worked fine.

    (Prior to that I had disabled sig requirements in pacman’s config, but don’t recommend doing that for obvious reasons.)





  • RJFerret@alien.topBtoSteam Deck@hardware.watchSteam deck vs budget pc
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    1 year ago

    The reason I went with 'Deck is I’ve already invested in newer video card for PC, but its CPU is the bottleneck, meanwhile that’s maxed for the motherboard.
    PC draws 10x the amount of power in use.

    A $500 PC isn’t going to perform like a Deck, the value is exceptional.

    Portability, battery backup, included display, are all included benefits.


  • Having used Gyro on another device in Spellbreak happily, I’d point out you can use the Deck as a controller docked with another monitor/projector, which is how I use it regularly. It obviously makes no sense to be tilting the screen and making it hard to see for shooting games. Using it for driving with just that one axis like a steering wheel works great though.

    In a shooter, like Deep Rock Galactic, I have the joystick set to flick stick, use the pad for gross turning/viewing, and gyro for precision aiming.

    Unlike the OP, I find it totally intuitive, it’s just like how we all move our arms/body/twist when we’re trying to track something naturally. As gamers we learn to suppress that movement and hold still while we just move our fingers, but this allows returning to natural subconscious movements so it’s less of a learning curve rather than learning the motor skills for mouse movement or suchlike.

    That said, and not really addressed, tweak the settings to work for you! Hop into AimLabs or similar and adjust settings so you land on targets readily.














  • The only thing the SteamOS lacks is the printing service, if that’s what you’re missing, it can be installed, but would need a refresh with each update that wipes it. No big, just rerun the scripts.

    Others print from different devices, so if your docs can go online, can print from there or phone or whatnot instead.

    Everything else can just run on it without need to boot another OS, I’m baffled what you found that wouldn’t.

    There have been comments/posts of folks using it for work, for software development, college students using it as their main machines, etc.