Valve have confirmed that SteamOS support for non-Steam Deck handhelds is ticking along - unlike dual booting, which will elude Deck owners a while longer.
  • figjam@midwest.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    What is the use case for dual boot? Do you really want windows telemetry on your device?

    • grubbyweasel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      i get we’re on lemmy so this sentiment might be amplified, but just a reminder that most people unfortunately do not give a shit about this sort of thing

    • Feydaikin@beehaw.orgEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      What about dual-booting a switch? Having to both Nintendo and Steam library on the same device.

      I don’t know about Consoles, but a neat thought would could be dual-booting a Playstation.

      I don’t use any of the above, just thinking out loud that there’s other stuff that could do with a dual-boot option than a Windows machine.

      • figjam@midwest.socialEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I think the hard part with using the os from a playstation or switch instead of an emulator would be getting the hardware running with drivers and whatnot. While it may be possible I can’t see it as very practical unless you are that kind of coding nerd and you want to do it as a challenge.

        • Feydaikin@beehaw.orgEnglish
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          3 months ago

          People have done wierder stuff just out if curiosity.

          I’m just thinking that if someone asked Valve about it, they probably have something in mind. Even if it is just dual-booting with Windows.