I’m impressed by how well my Steam Deck plays even unsupported games like Estival Versus.
I just wish they bundled it with a browser. Any browser even Internet Explorer would have been better than an “Install Firefox” icon that takes me to a broken store. I had to search for and enter cryptic commands to get started. I’m familiar with Debian distros and APT, what the hell is a Flatpak? Imagine coming from Windows or macOS and your first experience of Linux is the store bring broken. It was frustrating for me because even with 20 years of using and installing Linux, at least the base installation always comes with some functioning browser even if the repos are out of sync or dead.
The most recent version of Steam on the Deck addresses this if you go to the “Non-Steam Game” page. It gives you the option to install Chrome and add it as a non-steam shortcut with one click. It also has a short note about how you can easily do it with any app in Desktop Mode, and that they’re working on a way to do that within the Gaming Mode interface.
Not ideal, but they’re working on it. Also, would prefer Firefox obv.
What store was broken?
Edit: I ask which store, because while I prefer CLI for updating and maintaining packages on my main device, the Discover store has always worked perfectly fine for me. And if you’re using it on the Steam Deck level (SteamOS is immutable), then you don’t really need to understand what a Flatpak is any more than you understand what an .exe is. Think if them as literally the same thing for your purposes.
And if anything, maintaining and updating programs is way easier than Windows as it does it all automatically.
I’m impressed by how well my Steam Deck plays even unsupported games like Estival Versus.
I just wish they bundled it with a browser. Any browser even Internet Explorer would have been better than an “Install Firefox” icon that takes me to a broken store. I had to search for and enter cryptic commands to get started. I’m familiar with Debian distros and APT, what the hell is a Flatpak? Imagine coming from Windows or macOS and your first experience of Linux is the store bring broken. It was frustrating for me because even with 20 years of using and installing Linux, at least the base installation always comes with some functioning browser even if the repos are out of sync or dead.
The most recent version of Steam on the Deck addresses this if you go to the “Non-Steam Game” page. It gives you the option to install Chrome and add it as a non-steam shortcut with one click. It also has a short note about how you can easily do it with any app in Desktop Mode, and that they’re working on a way to do that within the Gaming Mode interface.
Not ideal, but they’re working on it. Also, would prefer Firefox obv.
What store was broken?
Edit: I ask which store, because while I prefer CLI for updating and maintaining packages on my main device, the Discover store has always worked perfectly fine for me. And if you’re using it on the Steam Deck level (SteamOS is immutable), then you don’t really need to understand what a Flatpak is any more than you understand what an .exe is. Think if them as literally the same thing for your purposes.
And if anything, maintaining and updating programs is way easier than Windows as it does it all automatically.
there is chrome now