Universal Blue•2y ago

of these handhelds which is the better option for a all-round device that can run steamos/bazzite -

of these handhelds which is the better option for a all-round device that can run steamos/bazzite

GPD Win 4 (2023)
ROG Ally X
Ayaneo Air 1S

halva•6/8/24, 8:46 AM

isn't ally x not even out yet

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 8:48 AM

the best option from a reliability standpoint is probably the legion go, or at least in how easy it was to get Linux working on it from the beginning

charOP•6/8/24, 8:48 AM

I am not a fan of the size of it

charOP•6/8/24, 8:48 AM

if they made a mini version and removed the tablet stuff I would be a fan

Hhalva isn't ally x not even out yet

charOP•6/8/24, 8:49 AM

yeah but I will think of something to replace it in july

Cchar yeah but I will think of something to replace it in july

halva•6/8/24, 8:49 AM

i mean like nobody knows how well it will run linux lol

charOP•6/8/24, 8:50 AM

it's the same chipset

charOP•6/8/24, 8:51 AM

I had the original Ally and barely any issues w it aside from short battery life

charOP•6/8/24, 8:52 AM

sold it and bought the OLED SD

charOP•6/8/24, 8:52 AM

horrible decision

charOP•6/8/24, 8:52 AM

the OLED SD is going back after < 1 day of ownership

charOP•6/8/24, 8:52 AM

I cannot use it for literally more than 5 minutes

Cchar it's the same chipset

halva•6/8/24, 8:55 AM

yeah but it's rarely the chipset/apu that's the pain point of support lol

charOP•6/8/24, 8:55 AM

I mean it worked on the original model mostly fine

charOP•6/8/24, 8:56 AM

and the new model only improves battery capacity, analog sticks and RAM

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 8:58 AM

when did you get an Ally

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 8:58 AM

Because let me tell you it was not fine on Linux at launch lmao

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 8:59 AM

until someone tears one down or asus supplies exact specs with model names it’ll be hard to tell how they work without people with devices in hand first

charOP•6/8/24, 9:00 AM

like December

charOP•6/8/24, 9:00 AM

I had it for a few months but the steam deck oled got released and I stupidly fell for the FOMO

charOP•6/8/24, 9:01 AM

great device, but I never want to ever come into contact with one again for sake of not having another migraine

Cchar of these handhelds which is the better option for a all-round device that can ru...

asen23•6/8/24, 9:07 AM

doesnt ally have qc issue? and they still denied it to this day

Aasen23 doesnt ally have qc issue? and they still denied it to this day

halva•6/8/24, 9:08 AM

that's just ashush in general

halva•6/8/24, 9:08 AM

lmao

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 9:09 AM

they didn’t deny it for RMAs but they were certainly not as forthcoming with info for the community as Lenovo

Aasen23 doesnt ally have qc issue? and they still denied it to this day

charOP•6/8/24, 9:09 AM

idk I'll take minor QC issues over the SD OLED anyday

asen23•6/8/24, 9:09 AM

aint ally straight up killing sd card? from what i heard atleast

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 9:09 AM

Mine died on week 5

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 9:10 AM

I never got around to sending it in to get fixed. I put a larger ssd in like two days before it failed lol

charOP•6/8/24, 9:10 AM

ngl i didnt really care because it had 512 GB storage

charOP•6/8/24, 9:11 AM

it was an issue w the controller tho

asen23•6/8/24, 9:11 AM

yeah i mean other than the issue ally x seems solid to me

asen23•6/8/24, 9:11 AM

also i put 2tb ssd to my steamdeck lol not that i will have sd card issue

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 9:12 AM

I tried to open my OLED Deck one time and gave up halfway through, that thing was clamped way tighter than I felt like I could handle

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 9:12 AM

had the toolkit and everything :buuTux:

Mmatt_schwartz I tried to open my OLED Deck one time and gave up halfway through, that thing wa...

asen23•6/8/24, 9:14 AM

sometimes you just need sheer brute force to do thing, i didnt expect force needed to properly seat ram or pushing cpu lever

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 9:14 AM

I didn’t want to scuff the LE case

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 9:14 AM

although of course I ended up RMAing it anyway for an internal crack

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 9:15 AM

hopefully I get it back soon…

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 9:15 AM

same exact spot as some Reddit posts, seemed like a known defect

Mmatt_schwartz I tried to open my OLED Deck one time and gave up halfway through, that thing wa...

charOP•6/8/24, 9:15 AM

I miss the weight of it but i do not miss its display at all

asen23•6/8/24, 9:16 AM

also anyone tried 32gb mod on steamdeck? is it even worth it

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 9:16 AM

I don’t think the APU can do enough with that

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 9:17 AM

maybe some marginal gains

Cchar I miss the weight of it but i do not miss its display at all

charOP•6/8/24, 9:19 AM

Maybe just the display size

charOP•6/8/24, 9:19 AM

But its like 0.5 inches

DevilFish303•6/8/24, 9:20 AM

on bazzite desktop, is the default that grub is never hidden?

DevilFish303•6/8/24, 9:20 AM

for some reason i thought i had it hidden when i reimaged my desktop, i updated, then suddenly i started seeing it, got confused

DevilFish303•6/8/24, 9:21 AM

but i also don't remember going out of my way to hide it... lol

matt_schwartz•6/8/24, 9:21 AM

it’s in the setup portal I think

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