Hey #Linux gamers here is your chance to tell ASUS we want a Linux-based ROG Ally gaming handheld 🐧
(the survey closes today)
@gamingonlinux @nuclearmonster @boilingsteam @steamdeck
https://futurenet.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey?tt=I0YSL23nbtgi7B5TNkPYGQ%3D%3D&custom1=PCG
I’m not planning on getting a handheld, but filled it anyways with linux-pilled answers ;)
Done, thank you for sharing!
Done, thanks. I hit them pretty hard on Linux but moreso on customer/warranty support. They have a longstanding and well-earned reputation for trying to screw their customers after sale.
We don’t, I already have a steam deck. Touchpads.
@theunknownmuncher agreed
To everybody dismissing this because they already have a steam deck: do you not think more SteamOS devices is a good thing for Linux/Proton gaming? This benefits Steam Deck owners too.
I have a deck and would 100% buy a Deck 2 assuming the price isn’t crazy, but I absolutely want more SteamOS offerings from other companies too.
Honestly I’d the Asus built an x16 capable open standard connector, and preinstalled a Linux OS on the Ally I would buy it over the Deck.
That I feel would be a truly innovative product that pushes forward the status quo and the least common denominator for the portable market.
I tried to express that in my survey
Lacklustre hardware, poor Linux support, and anti-consumer business practices.
These are the things that Asus are all about and it’s why I dismiss their product.
As for the “poor Linux support” - that’s exactly what people are talking about reversing. If it officially supported SteamOS and had up-streamed drivers in the kernel, it wouldn’t have poor Linux support.
As for the other stuff, sure, perhaps you’re right. But nobody is saying you have to buy it. It’s still a benefit to you as a SD user to have more people using SteamOS.
Good thing would be people realizing most good modern distros are the steam os they want
@TheGrandNagus you get it!
I’m doing my part!
Same. I don’t see how this could be a bad thing for steam OS and the naysayers are out in force.
There are some in this community who are willing to go into “2008 web forum user in a PlayStation vs Xbox thread” over basically any consumer electronics they buy. Not just in terms of PC handhelds, but stuff like graphics card vendor too. It’s wild.
Bought a steam deck? Well then everything else is utter SHIT and those people are MORONS. Anybody that doesn’t buy a Steam Deck should be Windows only, even if that disadvantages me too!
We should be welcoming of people running whatever OS they want, and welcoming of manufacturers giving the option of SteamOS. Even more so when it will benefit Linux (and by extension Steam Deck) gamers.
Whats stopping you from slapping a linux distro on any of the other handhelds? Especially with steamos, which is made with that in mind, on the way?
Nothing. I did this with two different handhelds. The main problem that I’ve run into is that the built in controls don’t work as well as if they had been natively supported and I would be more than willing to have a fix for that with an official steam OS distro if one was available. The point is, a closed mouth don’t get fed. If they don’t think people want this they aren’t going to dedicate time and resources to it.
@hardpenguin13 @gamingonlinux @nuclearmonster @boilingsteam @steamdeck
It’s called Steam Deck!Probably going to happen regardless of survey, since Lenovo is doing it
I don’t really see what it would do that SD doesn’t.
The egpu would be compelling if it didn’t lock you in to proprietary hardware.
I could ditch my gaming PC if I could dock it and play at 4k.
I love my Steam Deck, but I can barely play most games on low settings and I get like 40-50 FPS with a 90Hz screen.
We need more powerful hardware. I’d prefer that it comes from Valve, but I’ll take what I can get, as long as it’s optimized for SteamOS/Linux.
@endeavor exactly
Bsods and user tracking.
