112
SteamOS 3.5.5 rolls out to all Steam Deck owners, plus new Steam Client update
(www.gamingonlinux.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2023
112 points (99.1% liked)
Linux Gaming
15834 readers
16 users here now
Gaming on the GNU/Linux operating system.
Recommended news sources:
Related chat:
Related Communities:
Please be nice to other members. Anyone not being nice will be banned. Keep it fun, respectful and just be awesome to each other.
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I'm not sure if a steam laptop would be successful. You can install steam on most laptops on the market (with some exceptions like ARM-based laptops or chomebooks). Same applies to a "steam console", just pick any small PC and put steam in autostart.
However, the deck features innovative controls and a rare form factor. There is just no device that has the same feature set as the steam deck.
This is a pretty small niche though. I feel like (except for dev boxes and single-board computers) there aren't too many small PCs that would fit well near a TV. Even something like a steam deck SOC in a case around the size of a Mac mini would be great. Bonus points if they gave it a more powerful GPU
There's Frameworks AMD laptop mainboard which should perform even better than the Deck (better cooling, newer chip).
Yep you can put Manjaro onto a laptop and get just about the same experience.