What OS you put on your steam deck?
DualNand hack\mod,it's same dual boot but via hardware mod,but i'm not sure it exist already,advantage is that leave the original nand to be 100% original sw|os,and use second for your os,without disturb with dualboot,would be nice if someone invent it (if is not already has been done by someone,probabily).
anyway i vote for dualboot in this pool,and thank you for let me know that is possible to do dualboot,i ignore it until today because i can't afford "consoles" \ "new systems" so i not much read about them...but i'm very happy to know this ,who know maybe one day i need,thank you.
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Whenever i get one, i'll stick with steamOS and then dualboot, only reason for me to get windows 10/11 in the deck is for emulating older systems.
Essentially steamOS would be the main thing, windows for emulating. I don't see much use for windows outside of that, if steamOS allows emulating (which i have no clue if it does). But i'll explore this subject whenever i get to buy one, for now, i'll be sitting back and watching things from a distance.
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I'm not familiarised with linux based OS's on pc, i'm literally 95% windows, 4% apple, 1% linux at this point in terms of experience with computers. Which is why i consider dualboot as a possibility just because of emulation incase steamOS fails that task.
I would like to keep the machine in it's original OS if possible. I haven't been enjoying windows for a while now. Windows 7 was the last windows OS i enjoyed. Windows 10 was a forced change just to get the benefits of windows 10 games. Windows 11, i will only jump towards that one when support is dead for W10.
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http://www.classicshell.net/ and your got old windows look back.
I feared 10 too, but had to switch because of a new pc/new cpu but now it just feels like 7.
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It's not about the looks, but the overall stability and functions the OS has compared to W7. There are alot more restrictions with windows 10 compared to 7, i used W7 pirated my entire life, never had issues with it. Bought an official key from microsoft directly to upgrade to 10 (essentially it is a lifetime key associated with my account, whenever i use my account on a system, it activates windows), this came at like 10-15x the cost of course compared to the OEM keys from certain websites. Other issues with W10 is excessive use of resources when idle, and alot of extra processes that slow down your pc when it comes to gaming or heavy duty work. Windows 10 in general used too many resources and that made an impact on my rig instantly. I lost like 10-20% performance in some games from "upgrading".
Windows 7 felt like a continuation of XP, which was another great OS imo. Windows 10 does not feel like it continues the trend, but instead went for something different. Windows 11 is trying to be different again and i don't know if i will like it either, some people report even more performance drops in windows 11 vs 10. This is the main reason i am delaying windows 11 as much as possible. My pc is ready for it, just need to activate TPM and i can move to 11.
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I was using an i7 3770k, 16gb ddr3 1600mhz, asrock z77 xtreme6. This hardware is still relevant for gaming, the cpu could still handle alot of games. The issue is that windows 10 uses alot more stuff in the background, more processes and keeps track of things you do. All of this slows down your hardware. The mobo supposedly was officially supporting up to windows 8.1. But i doubt that would be the reason why my rig got slowed after upgrading OS, my brother was using until recently a similar build to mine with an old MOBO with windows 8.1 support max and he had no issues. One of the first things i noticed after moving to 10 was my CPU usage going up when sitting in the desktop doing nothing. There were processes used by windows that were slowing down the system, i had to google and mess around with some of that stuff before. I've had to google many things for windows 10, because the OS was locking my out of folders as an administrator, or locking me out of some options. I understand they made changes like this for security reasons and to avoid casuals messing stuff up. There are other things you can do to fine tune windows 10 for a better and smoother experience. Xbox game bar for example, turn that thing off, it causes alot of performance issues and it comes on by default. Same with windows recording your sessions, it comes on by default, it is using resources for no reason. Overlays are a thing of the devil when it comes to gaming, causes performance issues, crashes and at times can even lead you to damaged/corrupt files.
Of course, the older the hardware is, the more likely it is to slow down when facing stuff like this. I7 3770k isn't that bad of a CPU still, despite the age. But consider all these "extras" windows 10 has on by default that windows 7 does not have. At the end of the day, windows 10 would be more taxing, causing worse performance in general.
I've changed last month my hardware because i was having issues with the old stuff for around 2 years, i still have yet to pinpoint the issue with the old hardware, but it is either a power supply issue or mobo becoming faulty. I'll try building something with the old hardware at some point, then put my 1080ti in it and buy a new gpu for my new rig. Now i'm using an asrock b550m pro4, 32gb 3200mhz, r5 5600g, new gold 80+ corsair psu. I've done a good amount of research to buy these new parts on a budget. As i had no plans of buying stuff all of a sudden, i just had to because i got tired of buying 1 part at a time and seeing if it fixed the problem. Wasting money bit by bit, might aswell just buy half a setup and upgrade and solve the issue instantly.
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You really don't need Windows for emulators. There already are tools to help you turn your Deck into emu-heaven.
https://www.emudeck.com/
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Thanks for the link, i did not research the linux factor vs emulators. If that is the case, then no reason to go windows with the deck. That was the only reason i would ever plan on having windows on a steam deck. I plan on getting one, but not right now. I prefer waiting a bit more and see where it goes.
I'm a little bit of a steam hardware fanatic. I've even considered buying a second hand steam machine overpriced for what it is right now, just to have it. But i ended up not doing it. Got myself link, controller and complete vr set, so deck will no doubt come to my hands at some point this year or the next one probably.
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It used to be Debian, but its based on Arch now from what I have read (I don't own one).
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I really don't see why I'd want to install Windows just because some games don't run. Unless Steam Deck is the only gaming PC for some people; then it would make some sense.
For myself there are plenty enough verified games in my library to enjoy the Deck, once when I get mine ...
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I intend to use steamOS and learn a bit of linux. Later on I will likely dual boot for a bit just to try it out because I can. I expect the stock OS will do everything I want and more. Ifs a full OS after all and its come a long long way since I last used linux. Not to mention that this version is built for the SteamDeck.
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If I ever get one (they never offered the steam controller in my region) I'll most likely just leave Steam OS as is, I've used Linux in the past so I know it isn't as complicated as some say. That said dual booting does sound like an interesting option for the specific games that simply won't run on Proton.
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So far I´m really loving SteamOS and I will probaply keep it as my main OS, but I´m planning to do Dual Boot.
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Don't have mine yet (Q2 also!) but SteamOS all the way. I have enough games I haven't played yet that I don't really need to increase the pool of games to choose from (especially since most are multiplayer games anyway) and I don't plan on doing anything else with it. Add to that all the overlays, optimizations and whatnot and the fact that you can still install Linux stuff and it seems like an easy choice, for me at least.
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I don't think I'll go for a Dualboot, but that may be my second option. I'll probably stay with SteamOS for the simple fact that I only plan on using that console for gaming and nothing else. I don't like tweaking on small devices unless I start using it every day. Which I'm not sure if I will. I have a Switch and I'm not always gaming on it. In fact last time I did was months ago. The SteamDeck on the other hand will be an exception because it holds some of my favorite games there.
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Linus already put Windows on A Steamdeck. it did not work well at the time.
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I am not sure myself yet.
https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/X6AAcNl emudeck for emulation on steamos.
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