• ximtor@lemm.ee
    2·
    8 hours ago

    After their shit about the Phone unlock tool I would rather not buy Asus in the first place…

  • secret300@lemmy.sdf.org
    8·
    15 hours ago

    Just completed it.

    Honestly it blows my mind they would run windows on a device like this in the first place.

  • Stampela@startrek.websiteEnglish
    2·
    11 hours ago

    I pointed out that the OS, trackpads and ergonomics are my main focus. Honestly, more Linux devices would be a win! Even if it ships with Windows but there’s an easy, official way to get Linux on the thing that’d be great.

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    291·
    1 day ago

    To everybody dismissing this because they already have a steam deck: do you not think more SteamOS devices is a good thing for Linux/Proton gaming? This benefits Steam Deck owners too.

    I have a deck and would 100% buy a Deck 2 assuming the price isn’t crazy, but I absolutely want more SteamOS offerings from other companies too.

    • bitwolf@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      17 hours ago

      Honestly I’d the Asus built an x16 capable open standard connector, and preinstalled a Linux OS on the Ally I would buy it over the Deck.

      That I feel would be a truly innovative product that pushes forward the status quo and the least common denominator for the portable market.

      I tried to express that in my survey

    • BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org
      21·
      1 day ago

      Lacklustre hardware, poor Linux support, and anti-consumer business practices.

      These are the things that Asus are all about and it’s why I dismiss their product.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        22 hours ago

        As for the “poor Linux support” - that’s exactly what people are talking about reversing. If it officially supported SteamOS and had up-streamed drivers in the kernel, it wouldn’t have poor Linux support.

        As for the other stuff, sure, perhaps you’re right. But nobody is saying you have to buy it. It’s still a benefit to you as a SD user to have more people using SteamOS.

    • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      24 hours ago

      Good thing would be people realizing most good modern distros are the steam os they want

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    11·
    22 hours ago

    Done, thanks. I hit them pretty hard on Linux but moreso on customer/warranty support. They have a longstanding and well-earned reputation for trying to screw their customers after sale.

    • wingsfortheirsmilesEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      Charging to unlock the bootloader on the Zenfone 10 after dragging their feet on the promised solution was the last straw for me. I completed the survey putting good customer service level with SteamOS support

    • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      24 hours ago

      Same. I don’t see how this could be a bad thing for steam OS and the naysayers are out in force.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        21 hours ago

        There are some in this community who are willing to go into “2008 web forum user in a PlayStation vs Xbox thread” over basically any consumer electronics they buy. Not just in terms of PC handhelds, but stuff like graphics card vendor too. It’s wild.

        Bought a steam deck? Well then everything else is utter SHIT and those people are MORONS. Anybody that doesn’t buy a Steam Deck should be Windows only, even if that disadvantages me too!

        We should be welcoming of people running whatever OS they want, and welcoming of manufacturers giving the option of SteamOS. Even more so when it will benefit Linux (and by extension Steam Deck) gamers.

        • endeavor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          21 hours ago

          Whats stopping you from slapping a linux distro on any of the other handhelds? Especially with steamos, which is made with that in mind, on the way?

          • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 hour ago

            Other than some of them having some really… quirky drivers (which is a big deal), nothing.

            But most people don’t like installing OSes, and it’s still better to have official support than no support, so I think it’s still a benefit to the user to have it as an official option, and still benefits us to have a larger SteamOS userbase in general.

          • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            17 hours ago

            Nothing. I did this with two different handhelds. The main problem that I’ve run into is that the built in controls don’t work as well as if they had been natively supported and I would be more than willing to have a fix for that with an official steam OS distro if one was available. The point is, a closed mouth don’t get fed. If they don’t think people want this they aren’t going to dedicate time and resources to it.