• Vertelleus@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Steam Deck is the only portable pc that can suspend a game thanks to being built with Linux, Windows based gaming portables can’t do this.

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      1 year ago

      This alone would have sold me on it over other handhelds, but I’m also a longtime Linux enthusiast and wanted to support Valve’s investment in the ecosystem. I’m still just so satisfied with it even a year after I got it because of how much it can do without Windows!

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      1 year ago

      And with KDE and Wayland development, dumping games with annoying save mechanics to disk might also become available.

      Save scumming ahoy!