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Valve’s Good Guy Image Makes Up For The Steam Deck’s Problems

Forbes blogger misses the point completely. News at 11.

Here's the thing, horsepower means nothing if that's the only thing the device has. People don't want just raw performance, there are other soft factors in play, like comfort, convenience, build quality, easy of use, etc. The simple fact that the competitors come with Windows and have no trackpads is already a major turn-off, this by itself makes them inferior products, since Windows notoriously bad with touch-screens, especially when said screen is as small as 7", then there's the windows updates... Ughh...

Then the compatibility issue. Sure, in theory Windows should be more compatible, in practice... try to run some really old games, like the author casually mentioned. Many will run better with Proton then on Windows itself, if you can make them run at all. Linux already have two excellent library managers, Lutris and Heroic, that make installing non-steam games easier than in Windows, without the need of several resource hogging launchers constantly on the background, so it's a moot point.

Sure, some multiplayer games don't run because of the anti-cheat software, but then again, is this really such an issue ? My answer is a big fat NO ! Why ? One word: Gyroscope. Or the lack thereof. Of all 3 devices mentioned in the article, ROG Ally, AyaNeo 2S and Steam Deck, only the deck has it, and guess what, it's pretty freaking hard to aim properly with sticks in shooter games. Without a gyro, the Ally the 2S players will always be at a disadvantage, which makes the whole endeavor an exercise in frustration, so why bother ?

All in all, a pretty bad, even trollish article. Pretty much what I learned to expect from those Forbes bloggers.

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The Linux coders turning the ROG Ally and other handhelds into Steam Deck clones

But if you wanted to justify wiping your $700 gaming handheld because you'd rather never see a Microsoft Teams notification again

That's reason enough. I won't even try to list the other reasons why windows should be listed as malware, because they're too many at this point, so wiping any device that comes with it and installing something sane is, IMHO, a civic duty.

Yah, I know, I'm preaching to the choir...

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Linux Desktop Share keeps increasing, 3.13% now. Narrowing the gap to ChromeOs 3.24%

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To dislodge an incumbent, a product needs to have an enormous advantage, a killer feature that makes the hassle of changing worth it. Up until now, Linux didn't have it. Well, it did, but Windows had it too, but Microsoft dropped it: lack of ads baked on the OS.

Now that Windows is turning into yet another Ad delivery system, people are looking for an escape. Many are going to Macs, some are coming to Linux.

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How safe are my data if my hard drive isn't encrypted?

Safe in what context ?

If the drive is mounted and data accessible, in case your computer is compromised by some kind of malware, well, the data will be easy to exfiltrate. Now, if the computer is turned off or the drive unmounted, that's what encryption comes in to protect it.

So, basically, encryption will protect the data in case of physical theft of the drive or in case of remote hacking if the drive is un-mounted.