The sense of surprise in having the near exact physical appearance.

From what I’ve read, you just need to start the CUPS service.

sudo systemctl start cups.service

Start on boot:

sudo systemctl enable cups.service

You should be able to play just fine with Arch Linux… The SteamOS is based on arch after all.

I guess it depends on what you’re going to do with it. I own a Steam deck and love it, but the screen is too small to work.

I would rather buy a small laptop, install arch and go wild. To each their own.

What’s the point of having a gaming handheld and not game? Get a laptop instead

Sure, nvidia drivers suck and I haven’t had the best experience migrating to Wayland. However, it’s important that people know this “limitation” in using SteamOS, especially since many other Linux distributions run both steam and Nvidia video cards just right.

SteamOS is a distribution that is great for a gaming device but I see people believing this is going to be a generalist Linux distribution and it’s not. Having a clear idea of what SteamOS is, what is good for and what are the current limitations is very important. Linux is amazing, Valve is amazing but SteamOS is not replacing Windows. Which is fine, that’s not the goal. I can recommend a bunch of distros that do replace windows if you want…

When it happens I will. Currently, installing SteamOS with a nvidia card just borks.

It borks when you try to install SteamOS. It does not work. Bazzite just added beta support for nvidia, so check that out if out really want something as close to SteamOS as possible.

Or just use a generalist distribution because gaming on Linux is in an amazing state right now. Install steam, boot games.

No, their Micro-compositor was written exclusively for AMD cards. The SteamOS setup just borks if you try to install it with nvidia. People coming from Windows won’t really care who is to blame, they’ll just be baffled it doesn’t work.

It makes sense since steam deck only has AMD cards. SteamOS is targeted at gaming devices, not as a generalistic distribution.

I understand that people are hyped about a Linux distribution developed by a company they really care about. However, please be aware that SteamOS is focused at being an (almost) exclusive gaming OS with very limited hardware support. It doesn’t support NVIDIA video cards, for instance.

Steam already runs perfectly fine in most generalist distributions and you’ll have a wonderful time if you install them.

Is there a (Linux) command I can run to check my power consumption?

I can’t believe I never thought of this. Is there any model in particular that you recommend?

If you can manage to run Ethernet cable to a central point,

Unfortunately running Ethernet cables across 2 divisions is not an option :/

The office room is 16.55 square meters, the entire house is around 100 square meters.

SpiritFarer is an amazing deal if you haven’t played it yet. Super recommend it.

I finally bought Kingdom Hearts. The price is steep, let’s see if it pays off.

I read a bit about it, seems great. I should probably give that one a go!

Are you playing the N64 version?

The event is honestly pretty bad. Why even bother to go to these Nightmare Dungeons? There really is no novelty or theme factor. You click a shrine and get a goblin or a butcher that drop absolute garbage. Wow.

Rent must be incredibly affordable in the US from what I’m reading here.

This is really nice for games optimized for the touch screen such as Football Manager or Magic the Gathering. Holding the deck with one hand and playing with the other is uncomfortable after a while.