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To be clear, while the article says this is "official support", this is only drivers provided by valve.

Per valve:

We are providing these resources as is and are unfortunately unable to offer 'Windows on Deck' support.

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[–] Muffi@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Great! Like installing square wheels on my bike

[–] soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

I would rather trust GamingOnLinux here:

While it is not in any way officially supported by Valve, they have now released Windows drivers for the newer Steam Deck OLED model.

(emphasis mine)

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago
[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

who would use it when Linux just works in addition to Microsoft's continued enshitification of Windows?

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago

The only reason to use Windows over Linux is compatibility with certain games (or even applications). Also the price of the device is pretty low. That means people who are interested into handheld PCs who want to use it as a sort of laptop for cheap and don't care about Linux, can still install Windows on it. I'm not recommending it, but I'm glad people have this option and Valve is not actively trying to stop people (unlike other companies).

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some games have security software that requires Windows. Destiny 2 for example.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago

Well, at least for me the solution is simple: don't buy those games.

[–] LexGear@mastodon.gamedev.place 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Some games have security software that requires Windows. Destiny 2 for example.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Weird that the drivers are that dramatically different for the OLED version.

The standard Steam Deck Windows drivers have been out for ages, I have a Win11 external SSD and it works fine.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm actually shocked and disappointed by this. Why valve? You made a sick operating system. Dedicated countless hours to development on Linux. All this to get away from the Microsoft monopoly. Now, you're dedicating more hours to the support of Windows? Will this be installed on the Steam Decks by default? What is your plan?

[–] offspec@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's literally just drivers that enable user choice. Steam OS is great and nobody reasonable is switching, but for those that do it's good that they have support for the hardware.

[–] coronach@lemmy.sdf.org -1 points 2 years ago

User choice is great and all but it comes at a cost. They could be using the engineering power and time to work more on steamos