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Zippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 11 months ago

Valve released Windows drivers for Steam Deck OLED but no official support

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Valve released Windows drivers for Steam Deck OLED but no official support

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Zippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 11 months ago
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While it is not in any way officially supported by Valve, they have now released Windows drivers for the newer Steam Deck OLED model.
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  • KomfortablesKissen@discuss.tchncs.de
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    11 months ago

    More drivers = more good

    , but I really would like the karmic justice of telling windows users to write their own kernels drivers if they want them. Let them cook for a few years.

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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      Why is this karmic justice? How exactly have all Windows users offended you?

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        How do you involve the users in there? My gripe is with the OS. And the special treatment it gets from the hardware’s driver developers.

        Edit: Ah, I get it. I was referencing the windows users because that’s what the Linux users get told. Thank you to all the driver developers, btw!

  • helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    Is Valve releasing drivers not the definition of “official support”?

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      Valve’s support team isn’t going to assist with troubleshooting a borked Windows installation, so no.

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        So in order to have “official support” Valve has to hold your hand through installation?

        • Ptsf@lemmy.world
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          Official support implies that they will do whatever necessary to take the device from an unworkable state to a workable one.

        • NewNewAccount@lemmy.world
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          I was attempting to provide clarification between what they mean between the difference of “Official Support” and something like effective support.

          Clearly this a step towards them more officially supporting Windows, but it stops short of “Official Support”.

  • Hestia [she/her, fae/faer]@hexbear.net
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    First off: why?

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      I think this is another one of those things that sets Valve apart from the competition. I imagine the answer is: “because it’s what our customers want.”

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        ok but… Why?

        • helenslunch@feddit.nl
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          To play games that just won’t run on Linux.

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            Fair enough, lol. Anti-cheat software does seem to dislike linux

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    Who is this for?

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