{"id":9571,"date":"2023-10-08T12:31:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T19:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9571"},"modified":"2023-10-08T18:17:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T01:17:44","slug":"steam-deck-tidbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9571","title":{"rendered":"Steam Deck tidbits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Valve is paying open source developers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Steam Deck<\/a>\u00a0is a wonderful bit of hardware. The software that underpins it uses open-source packages like the Mesa graphics driver, the Vulkan graphics API, and Valve’s own Proton compatibility layer. This means the Steam Deck only runs thanks to open-source developers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent chat with the Verge<\/a>, Steam Deck designer Pierre-Loup Griffais mentioned that the company is paying over a hundred open-source devs to work on the various bits of software for the Steam Deck. Valve has them working on stuff like Steam for ChromeOS and Linux, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Griffais said Valve’s corralling of open-source devs is part of “a larger strategy to coordinate all these projects and set up kind of an overall architecture” for gaming on Linux. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This also means the Steam Deck may never be \u201cstable\u201d like a traditional console. \u201cI don\u2019t think you should expect that,\u201d says Griffais. \u201cStable in terms of having a great experience for people? Yeah, absolutely. But I think we are always going to be pushing updates as long as there\u2019s people playing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For updates, the team is primarily working off two big lists, says Yang: \u201cthings we want to fix, and things we still want to make.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a fascinating and different way to develop a gaming platform. One I’m happy to play with since I own a Steam deck myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Verge article<\/a> also has more information from Griffais about hardware fixes, future plans, and other great tidbits of information and insights as to what Valve is planning. It’s worth a read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Installing Epic Games Store on Stream Deck<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Windows Central gives you instructions to show it’s possible to install the Epic Games store and it’s games on the Steam Deck<\/a>. You use the Heroic Games Launcher<\/a> to access and install games from not only Epic, but Good Old Games as well. It takes some work and jumping through a number of hoops but seems like a great way to get even more games on your Steam Deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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