Hi there! I don’t own a handheld yet, and therefore I don’t really know what I would miss buying a steamdeck. I’m eyeballing the OLED and I think I might get it.

So are there any big downsides to not having windows that you have experienced?

I know there’s workarounds to get windows if I want it, but do I really need it?

Thanks!

  • Wietecha@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You CAN run almost anything so you most likely will never need Windows, but some apps just don’t work, even with proton/bottles/etc. There are workarounds for stuff like other game launchers or Xbox Game Pass, but they don’t work perfectly.

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    Personally I recommend installing Windows To Go on an external ssd if you ever need to run something that you can’t use on Linux.