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A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

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Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You need WSL to run it on windows /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What is WSL? I see it referenced all the time?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Windows Sub-System for Linux - a utility that allows you to run Linux Commands / Programs (limited in scope) on a Windows Machine, for e.g.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Since WSL 2, it is a full VM connected through RDP, or at least that is what I learned somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Oh right. Okay. Not sure why that acronym didn't cross my mind.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Does the /s mean that you don't need WSL to run it on Windows?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Well, I suppose it works on windows, but I’m not an expert 🤷🏻