• pycorax@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I would be interested if it also supported quick resume from sleep like the Deck does. Imo that’s the killer SteamOS feature that’s keeping Windows alternatives from being even a consideration.

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        18 hours ago

        But what for? Nothing makes it better, even if you would get this equivalent feature.

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          6 hours ago

          Compatibility for one. Also unpopular opinion here, but I actually like Windows and use it on my main desktop. So having everything run the same thing does add some conveniences. The only thing I really like about SteamOS right now is really just the battery life and the quick resume from sleep. If Windows gets those through this initiative, then I don’t really have any reason to stick with SteamOS.

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          15 hours ago

          I have an Xbox Series S for my little one and Direct Resume is such a nice QoL feature. Having 8 games always ready and only takes 3 seconds to resume even after you turned off and unplug the console is very useful. There’s some games on my handheld PC I didn’t bother playing since launching it can take a long time.

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            14 hours ago

            Right. But I meant if SteamOS or Bazzite had that feature already for the ROG Ally, why reinstall an objectively worse OS when it also gains that feature?

            I may be misunderstanding something.

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              7 hours ago

              Nope, Bazzite or SteamOS doesn’t have that functionality.

              Here’s a video showing how it works. If they managed to put this on Windows I’d be very tempted.

              https://youtu.be/L4L9pArceAE

              Mind that this is different from pausing the game. The OS is suspending the game state into the disk, so it’s more similar to emulator snapshots functionality.

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      1 day ago

      If they can’t do that then this thing is kind of DOA. I’ve just assumed for some reason that this is what they’re doing.