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Steam Deck does this. It's a touch screen + joystick (btw I love the double-trackpad onscreen keyboard, better even than using the touch screen), that becomes a
by IggleSniggle 3y ago
Steam Deck does this. It's a touch screen + joystick (btw I love the double-trackpad onscreen keyboard, better even than using the touch screen), that becomes a KDE desktop when docked.
Well, sort of. Under normal operation it requires a (fast) system reset to switch between desktop and "handheld" modes. However, you can open Big Picture (the handheld mode) from desktop mode, it's just not as gaming-focused when you do it this way.
Anyway, I would install SteamOS on a tablet form-factor in a heartbeat if I was looking for this experience.
- jwells89 3y agoYep, I have a Deck and think it’s a cool feature, though not one that I’ve personally gotten a lot of use out of yet. It’s mainly been nice for getting a keyboard and mouse to do more involved emulator setup with. A Linux tablet with hardware that doesn’t suck would be pretty interesting, especially if the manufacturer integrated Waydroid as well as WINE/Proton is on SteamOS.
- vundercind 3y agoThe Steam Deck is real janky in desktop mode. Way more so than I was expecting. Any time I have to switch over to it, I sigh and grit my teeth as I prepare for a bad time. Killed my highest hopes for the device dead ("hm, maybe this could double as a light-duty Linux workstation?")
- IggleSniggle 3y agoIt matches my experience with Linux as a desktop experience. What distro /desktop environment do you usually use?