529: Changing the Game

Even if you don't game, the data is in, and the impact of the Steam Deck on Linux is massive. We'll go into details and then share our long-term review of the Deck.

Special Guests: Alex Kretzschmar and Listener Jeff.

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• Valve: don’t expect a faster Steam Deck ‘in the next couple of years’
• How SteamOS is Contributing to the Linux Ecosystem - OSS EU 2023 [YouTube]
• Open Source Summit Europe 2023: How SteamOS is Contributing to the Linux Ecosystem
• Igalia — Open Source Consultancy and Development
• Valve Is A Wonderful Upstream Contributor To Linux & The Open-Source Community — Alberto Garcia of the open-source consulting firm Igalia, which continues to collaborate with Valve on some of these Linux ecosystem improvements, talked at length around how SteamOS is contributing to the Linux ecosystem.
• Docking Station for Valve Steam Deck Dock
• The Steam Deck wasn’t born ready, but it’s ready now
• Awesome Deck List
• Steam Deck
• Steam Store
• Valve Corporation
• Alby 🐝 on X — Humble reminder: In August, Alby accounts have processed over 1 million transactions! 😊😊😊 And it’s all thanks to… you! 💙 Our users, partners, wallet holders, contributors!
• [YouTube] Walkthrough of Nix Install and Setup on MacOS
• GeneBean's dot files
• RetroDECK — RetroDECK is an emulation and retro gaming solution to catalog and play your game collection directly from Linux in one unified application.