simply answer is crack the game. Origin and EA App are amongst the worst launchers

most people got it free already either from epic or amazon prime.

But for some reason dolphin will not open no matter what proton I pick.

this is the problem right here. the main ways to get emulators are either as flatpak or an appimage . neither of them use proton they are native apps if you set it to use proton it will break them.

the problem isn’t Steamos or even linux but instead its your understanding of the OS

If I want to use proton for it and either mount or extract a game ISO, that turns into another thing I have to look up and see if it even works for SteamOS.

its literally as simple as using ark to open the iso, extracting the files, and installing via the setup file in lutris.

As another added note: I don’t have the video or instructions, but if you are looking for the folder where the .exe program you installed through proton? Oh, boy.

you literally can set the prefix folder where it installs and the prefix folder has the same exact layout as windows C drive. its really not as hard as you are making it out to be.

right click on them and unpin them

I’ve spoken with him myself, and I can tell you now: He cannot explain why a 16GB swap file is necessary if it literally isn’t being used at all.

this is exactly my experience

Cryo himself said he tried to have a technical conversation with him back when CU came out but he was apparently being a total asshole.

wait is this the lie he is spreading to people? if so I’ll expose the chats and show that he could not explain what I questioned and gave basically “it just works” answer to my valid questions. even claims his proof is other people. so please show me where he said this shit and I’ll post the whole chat if its true because fuck him if he is going to play like that just because I call out his lies and showing he doesn’t know as much as he pretends his does.

this is why I just don’t play the newest games on it unless they are properly optimized like Lies of P. a majority of games made will run at 60fps on steam deck but nobody should expect it to run most new games well.

depends on how soon I plan to play it again. but either way I always save before putting it to sleep. rarely have had issues outside of a few rare games having audio issues that require you to restart the game. I even do it with emulators which I’ve seen people claim would crash.

the Ironic thing is is the ones with the “abrasive” attitudes and behaving like “assholes” are the ones who will attack and downvote anybody who doesn’t just believe cryos every word. no matter what excuse people like you wish to make the problem is the cryo followers not the people who try to explain the reality of the “tweaks”

Can SteamDeck substitute for a PC?

simple answer is yes it will be more powerful than any laptop/PC in the same price range. I have a gaming laptop and gamingdesktop but use my steam deck more because not only can it transform into a Laptop, a Desktop, a Console, or just be used as a handheld but I also like having all my data on one portable device instead of having to worrying about having to get it off my other devices. as for your questions

1. a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard will connect to it easily or if you prefer wired you can get a usb hub. for the screen you would need something with a USB-C to HDMI adapter such as a dock.
2. depends on the game as well as your knowledge working with files. if you know windows at all it works fairly similar though people for some reason act like it doesn’t.
3. you can just install browsers like chrome and opera. this isn’t a console and has a full normal Desktop mode
4. again it has full browsers and full desktop mode. there are also apps like Kodi if you prefer that
5. depends on the apps really flatpak is the main supported app but you can also use other app formats such as appimages or even .deb. there is also nix support now
6. as stated before it has a full desktop mode that will let you do that.

the only thing that stopped most of my stutters was Cryoutilities 2

guaranteed to do absolutely nothing.

Has SMT off, Governor on performance and capping CPU GHZ to 3.5 become obsolete or did I do something wrong?

SMT performance issues were fixed in 3.5. governor and changing clock speeds are still what will effect performance the most idk what makes you think they don’t but yet think a placebo app does. even a game like Mario Wonder will see a exponential difference when setting CPU to 3.5Ghz. GPU requirements would depend on the game which in the case of Mario Wonder doesn’t need to be touched

comments like this are a prime example of “hey guys look and me come on agree with me come on he is wrong because I brought up his name come on look at me” its really low brow and further exposes how little you actually know about the subject.

well if you for example use cryo it causes insane ram inaccuracies. a bad update could also possibly cause such an issue.

I kept telling people not to panic, that it was just a borked update, and that the next update would fix it.

so I’m confused does it actually not boot or are controls just broken? if it just doesn’t boot how do you know controls don’t work? or does the bios still load but not the OS?

this is some insane paranoia. update to 3.6 and stop freaking out over nothing.

no I’ve never upgraded to a refresh version of any device for any reason. thats right I kept my Phat PS2, Phat PS3, Phat PSP, Phat VITA, etc you get the picture. its kind of insane to me that people go crazy for such small changes.

Now, the placebo guy really hates Cryo and will go everywhere and hate on it. I don’t understand why. Might be his full time job. He should just make a youtube video with performance comparisons to show off how it doesn’t work.

this shit always makes me laugh “here let me insert shit to try and discredit anything he has said even though he himself has posted videos showing that cryos bullshit is a lie” man people are really desperate to make me look dumb its funny

people want to fall for dumb shit thats on them but the shit I say unlike cryos false claims are easily researchable. like shit he tries to claim a swap file is faster than zram that alone should be a huge red flag to ANYBODY. but if people want to be dumb and continue to think things such as turning off ram defragmentation is a good thing then there is no helping them

What’s the process again to not get screwed over by no internet?

load up with tons of non steam games or emulators. none of those will require internet unless its actually an online game obviously.