The Steam Deck OLED.

[sillysimon]

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.

[microsoftwordmaster]

A dankpods video a week keeps the depression weak

[mransom]

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"

Long live Valve. Long live Gaben.

[NEStefan_com]

Love the fact that the deck allows you to emulate and does not require some elaborate hacking setup to do so. Bless this thing.

[ATMUR]

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*.

Ironically, everything they've done has also made it easier to play GOG/Epic/DRM-free games on Linux too. Isn't it great when a big company isn't being terrible?

[piratebear]

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.

This thing can even handle Switch emulation, never mind every retro system you could ever want. Top tier emulation device.

[CeoofAlcorp]

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.
Foot Note: I love my 1st gen Steamdeck!

[Beegdeej]

Idk if anyone has mentioned this yet but
The steam deck S M E L L that comes out the fan hole
So nice 👌🏼

[Dan_the_tinkering_man]

Everyone complains about the 800p screen but its still got a better PPI (pixel per inch) than most gaming monitors due to the size of the panel.

[seanbrent]

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

[fotnite_]

This is the exact reason I switched over to Linux for my main PC, not having to deal with all the bullshit Microsoft is trying to rope you into with the AI copilot, news sidebar, ads in the start menu and search, etc. is fantastic.

[PHAZER]

Its such a crime that Valve refuses to sell the steam deck in Australia

[Zesuto]

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.

[mypradasatthecleanerss]

Never heard of Snakeybus, but it’s exactly how I imagine a game developed by DankPods to be, right down to the fact you can just squeeze the bus under itself and carry on

[knexfan]

Thanks to the OLED release I was able to buy the LCD model that week with a 1tb sd card for $270.... I thought the "weak battery life" would bug me, but I've never actually run out of battery using it during downtime at work.

My biggest issue with the steam deck (both LCD and OLED) is the type C port is permanently soldered to the motherboard like a few inches away from the APU.... Literally everything else was swappable, but the thing that breaks just as often as the display on other consoles (Nintendo switch type C ports are almost as common as PS5 hdmi repairs in my shop for example).

Anyone that has ever done a switch type C repair: the deck type C is even more annoying to repair, this board requires a metric asston of heat to get going.

Valve should've given us a board that connects with a standard ribbon connector or gave us some kind of board that connects with pin-pad contact with screws to keep it aligned and solid.... better than risking bricking the entire unit because max temperature on your hot air station wasn't enough, you accidentally cooked the APU, low melt/heat got to other components and now you gotta make sure they're all good, and btw you lifted a couple pads time for the old scrape the PCB and tiny wire/lug trick.

[Kevc-wmyi]

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.

[Interference]

That space in the bottom of the case is for putting your charger into. I got the 512GB original model and the charger comes in a little draw-string bag you pop it into then slide it under that elastic band. It works surprisingly well.

[CaptainRex]

I originally came to this channel for the iPod content but after all these years I keep coming back to it because of all the great reviews and videos

[PlanetLinuxChannel]

The fact that 34 out of the 43 games in my Steam library work on Linux either straight out of the box or with minimal tweaking is really impressive and a testament to just how good Linux gaming is getting. Even a couple years ago, you’d have been lucky if half of your games would work and now it’s nearly 80%!

[SwissAvgeek]

Mate, I've been loving your videos ever since I started watching you

But today

You introduced me to Snakey Bus. I've never heard of the game before, but as soon as I saw it in the video I just bought it on steam. I've been having an absolute blast with the game... genuinely, thank you so much, I love it. I've been playing it non stop for the past half hour and I can already say it's some of the most fun I've had on a game! I absolutely love it! Simple, straightforward and entertaining