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This is an amazing bit of kit for the price, and it's just a normal PC running Arch Linux! I hardly ever even play video games these days, but I'm absolutely b

This is an amazing bit of kit for the price, and it's just a normal PC running Arch Linux! I hardly ever even play video games these days, but I'm absolutely buying one of these just to have a nice little portable PC.

linspace 5y ago
I have both Steam on a PC (Windows) and a Nintendo Switch and I mostly use the Switch for gaming for the convenience, although it sucks to see the price difference on so many titles. So, great news!
- moooo99 5y ago
  > although it sucks to see the price difference on so many titles Thats what I always think when considering a new Switch game as well. They're so incredibly expensive, Breath of the wild is still 50€ although it was released 4 years ago. Having a handheld device with all my Steam titles playable is huge!
  - uncoder0 5y ago
    If you want to see something heinous look at Skyrim's price. 10 years old... $60...
5Qn8mNbc2FNCiVV 5y ago
Yeah I can imagine this being super nice to have even just lying around at home to connect to as a remote development environment or better: Plug it into the TV like a switch and have a powerful PC that fits behind the TV. At least for me it's super convenient since I wanted to play old games on emulator anyways (but not on a underspecces raspberry)
- yellowapple 5y ago
  > Plug it into the TV like a switch Speaking of: I wonder if it'll work with a Switch dock? Probably would require some physical modification of the dock itself, but it'd still be neat if they're interchangeable and I can stick either one into any dock.
  - seba_dos1 5y ago
    I wouldn't bet on the Switch dock working with any non-Switch hardware since Nintendo didn't really care about following USB specification there, but you can easily get a third-party USB-C hub that works with Switch and which should work with Deck too (and also other stuff such as laptops or phones like Librem 5 as well).

linspace 5y ago

I have both Steam on a PC (Windows) and a Nintendo Switch and I mostly use the Switch for gaming for the convenience, although it sucks to see the price difference on so many titles. So, great news!

moooo99 5y ago
> although it sucks to see the price difference on so many titles Thats what I always think when considering a new Switch game as well. They're so incredibly expensive, Breath of the wild is still 50€ although it was released 4 years ago. Having a handheld device with all my Steam titles playable is huge!
- uncoder0 5y ago
  If you want to see something heinous look at Skyrim's price. 10 years old... $60...

5Qn8mNbc2FNCiVV 5y ago

Yeah I can imagine this being super nice to have even just lying around at home to connect to as a remote development environment or better: Plug it into the TV like a switch and have a powerful PC that fits behind the TV. At least for me it's super convenient since I wanted to play old games on emulator anyways (but not on a underspecces raspberry)

yellowapple 5y ago
> Plug it into the TV like a switch Speaking of: I wonder if it'll work with a Switch dock? Probably would require some physical modification of the dock itself, but it'd still be neat if they're interchangeable and I can stick either one into any dock.
- seba_dos1 5y ago
  I wouldn't bet on the Switch dock working with any non-Switch hardware since Nintendo didn't really care about following USB specification there, but you can easily get a third-party USB-C hub that works with Switch and which should work with Deck too (and also other stuff such as laptops or phones like Librem 5 as well).