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Steam Hardware

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A place to discuss and support all Steam Hardware, including Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and SteamOS in general.

As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title

The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Deck] - Steam Deck related.
[Machine] - Steam Machine related.
[Frame] - Steam Frame related.
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.

If your post is only relevant to one hardware device (Deck/Machine/Frame/etc) please specify which one as part of the title or by using a device flair.

These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.

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The community name has been changed, but the c/steamdeck part cannot be changed without creating a new community.

In the previous discussion on whether to include Steam Machine/Steam Frame/Steam OS, the majority of the responses wanted to include the new hardware, at least for the time being.

Part of this decision is that, right now, the fediverse isn't really large enough to support multiple hardware-specific Steam OS communities. However, if the community grows or it becomes apparent that the communities need to be separated, we can do that at a later time.

As always, feedback is encouraged and welcome.

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[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

the newly announced steam machine

Ah! I see Gabe Newell has finally perfected the combustion engine! Brilliant work from a brilliant fellow

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Pip pip cheerio and so forth, do send the children into the crushing machines for their next shift my dear fellow, for I shall be too busy doing laudunum and working on my pamphlet about the evils of masturbstion.

[–] mtlvmpr@sopuli.xyz 87 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Oh neat. I feel like it's going to be a good choice as long as people remember to use flairs.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

as long as people remember to use flairs.

Lemmy doesn't have flairs.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can still put it in brackets which system you're referring to

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, but as the sidebar says, it's only a non-binding recommendation.

[–] msage@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's almost as if the top comment suggested people don't forget that or something.

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[–] Xylight@feddit.online 4 points 2 days ago

There's not even close to enough content being posted that it'll get too disorganized

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago

Oh I could flair I guess.

[–] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"Steam Stuff" might have been better. That why not limiting the subject to hardware. I have a feeling that SteamOS is going to become a big talking point soon. Would be a shame to separate the conversations.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Here's an idea.

Just rename it to " Steam"

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Half-life 3 released as a Steam OS exclusive would be another nail in the Windows coffin and steroids for gaming on Linux.

[–] Pika@rekabu.ru 7 points 1 day ago

Having an exclusive game for Steam hardware would undermine the reason why users support Valve in the first place.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago

I suspect that if anything is going to become big enough to warrant its own community it would probably be steamOS rather than any of the hardware, after all in a few months the hardware will be out and there won't be as much to talk about.

But the OS is going to be getting updates I would assume, so there's always going to be new topics

[–] Lydia_K@lemmy.world 59 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I'm so hyped for the frame.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It may just be my first foray into VR. Stoked. :D

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Same! I'm planning to get one as close to launch as I can. I've been waiting on VR and this 100% seems like what I've been looking for. Super excited.

[–] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

Same! I don't have enough room or money to justify an Index, and I didn't want to get anything oculus/meta. Enter Steam Frame 😎

[–] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I had an original oculus dev kit and thought it was cool back then. Frame is gonna be an instant buy for me and I’m beyond excited.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was so excited for Oculus right up until it was bought by Facebook. I didn't have the funds right away and had been waiting, but I immediately wrote it off the day that news broke.

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[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Linux VR headset this sound gorgeous

[–] Lydia_K@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get to wear a linux box on my face, that can steam directly from my big linux box, oh also it'll do VR and games. Shut up and take my money.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, first time I got hyped for the release of something. I didn't expect the steam deck and that an amazing device. I got both version. I hope the frame will be thing kind of surprize

[–] PrinzKasper@feddit.org 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Based on previews it really looks like they solved wireless PC VR. I still have an ancient original HTC Vive that I use veeeeryyy rarely. I've been tempted to jump on the Big Screen Beyond 2, but I'm gonna wait to see how reviews for the Frame shake out

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

I have a vive and an index, and even just the difference between those two is monumental

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[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Me too. I prefer to be without VR than picking up a meta headset. So it's nice to finally be seeing a quality non meta option.

[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

me too, i have a meta 2 rn and its a pain in my ass every time i wanna play a steam game or install and app that isnt in the app store. i believe the frame will fix this

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

... You apparently can rename a community.

Huh!

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 31 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] mtlvmpr@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well you could say that all hands are on the Deck

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

could be worse man, all hands could be on the poop deck.

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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think the renaming is the right move, in order to not confuse anyone. Congratz "on the upgrade". And well done asking what the community thinks before doing this. I wasn't a fan of this, if the name was kept. But this way, it makes perfect sense.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 9 points 2 days ago

I would argue that having a display name that indicates something different than the true name could lead to confusion for people like me who always disable showing display names (for both users and communities). Though, I am not sure how common it is for people to use this setting like me.

With all that said, in the end, this is probably the best solution for the community. I can't be too disappointed.

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I still get numbness in my extremities when I think about Valve releasing 3 hardware products at once. But yeah splintering the communities for each hardware on such a smol platform makes no sense.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What's that symbol between "releasing" and "hardware"?

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Cool, makes sense to me.
I'm a little worried about the Frame since VR (and especially the whole x86 to ARM) might be too big a difference to this comm, but IMO it's fine to cross that bridge when we get there.
Maybe the Frame gets it's own comm and this stays for the more conventional (?) Hardware like the Deck, Machine and Controller since they're so closely tied together?

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

Proton was a big difference too. It seem to be really opening doors for more Linux stuff. You should dig into the config this thing can do much and the did the same for arm Linux. They reduced the work by conbining the part. I wonder if big company would pay a service to get steam-os with hardware customizations to ship with their handheld

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I think a migration to a properly provisioned community is a better idea. It seems Voyager and other clients don’t display whatever you supposedly changed by default. (I know, the display name).

Changing the display name isn’t enough. And I don’t think “the community is too small” is a good excuse to mangle this one.

No, all it would do is fracture the existing community, with some leaving for the new and some staying here unaware. Until there is an official migration tool in Lemmy itself this is the only way to retain the community that was built

[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I keep seeing the same name (Voyager for iPad) is there anything I need to do, or am I just fine?

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Looks like Voyager does not support it, and the developer is not eager to add the functionality. This is their most recent comment on the issue, commented an entire year ago:

My official stance on display_name is negative, specifically due to impersonation and UX concerns (you can see my full thoughts here: https://vger.social/comment/4447844)

While I won't support showing display_name by default, I would consider showing a future flair by default.

I would also support adding a setting to show display_name if it was off by default.

https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/issues/546

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[–] dom@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Excited to see the real world performance of the steam cube

It may be enough to sell my almost unused ps5

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[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It’s a shame that the c/steamdeck part can’t be renamed, but it’s also normal to encounter limitations from time to time..

Maybe it’s it’s the first community in need of such a change and it’ll be implemented at one point..

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 days ago

Dam you can rename communities? Thats an awesome feature.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

Yes, the frame is the one most likely to not fit. If it's an issue we'll deal with it then.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I think the comm name and display name not matching will make it a bit confusing for people to post to...

I suggest calling it "Steam Deck and Hardware discussion"

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