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What a weird world it is where the paid option (Windows) has ads, yet the free one (Linux) doesn't. I can't buy a steam deck here either but as a Linux user I'm still getting all the benefits from Valve's efforts with Proton.
Fun facts: It came with an egg bag for your charger so you can put it in the back where the elastic handle is and the case separates to reduce the physical size of it.
Personally I love how valve made the handheld market more accessible for people who willing to take it to another level. Gotta give them props for hitting it out of the park.
A little tip for you: that wasted space in the case is meant for the charger. On the largest model, it also comes with an eggbag to put the charger in.
As someone who has been playing games on Linux since I made the switch back in 2008, Valve have been an absolute saviour. Things were getting progressively easier over the years, and Valve stepped up and turbocharged it. We've gone from "sure yeah it might work if you spend some time tinkering" to "yeah 90% of the time it'll just work straight away as long as there's no anticheat bullshit"
The yellow caution circle sating it’s “partially compatible” usually means you have to use the keyboard occasionally or it has the wrong button prompts. Valve’s standards are really high for Deck Verified, and I’ve even had “incompatible” games work fine.
It is horrendous that we (Aussies) get shafted on valve products, I'm prepared to by a Index but nobody sells them (that aren't ripping you off for 3x price increase) and the Steam deck i got is a grey import and is likely not covered by any warranty. it sucks to be an Aussie when valve sell such awesome products.
As a Linux nerd, my favorite thing about the Deck isn't just that it runs Linux, it's that Valve is a massive and super friendly contributor to Linux as a whole. They've been pushing HDR development super hard for a like a year and we didn't really know why until they announced the Deck OLED. They've had their hands in everything from the Kernel to KDE to Proton/Wine, and it benefits *everyone*.
From the thumbnail I was worried you were going dislike the deck but was so happy after you started singing its praises. I love the deck so much it’s been an amazing experience and glad you were able to get your hands on one finally
The outter shell and intershell also seperates on that carry case so that you have a light weight shell to use that doesn't have the "wasted space", which someone pointed out is for storing your power brick. Using the inner case will mean that you have to store the cable seperately, but it gives you the flexibility to choose which is nice.
