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Crono
Yeah but the Switch chip draws like 1~2 watts at idle
Yeah but the Switch chip draws like 1
~2 watts at idle
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A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:14 PM
asking the tough questions
J
jcnix
in desktop mode the screen will dim from inactivity and continue downloads
E
EsauFtgz
•
7/20/24, 3:14 PM
oh
, that
's a good tip
, thanks
!
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:15 PM
I think the switch has a dedicated low power coprocessor or something for downloading
+ background tasks
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:15 PM
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:15 PM
by the way
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:15 PM
flick that on
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:15 PM
He wants to turn off the screen completely while continuing downloads
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:15 PM
yeah but his device is gonna suspend after 15min otherwise
C
Crono
Yeah but the Switch chip draws like 1~2 watts at idle
C
Crono
OP
•
7/20/24, 3:16 PM
Plus Steam
's whole CDN serves some heavily compressed stuff
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:16 PM
That toggle basically just leaves the screen on the entire time
, no
?
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:16 PM
Oh that
, yeah
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:16 PM
i think you can still lock the screen and it will turn it off
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:16 PM
in any case
, this fancy si0x12 whatever is called
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:16 PM
is messing up the suspend and we still cant use it
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:17 PM
Is that the Ally ultra power saving mode thing
?
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:19 PM
yea
A
antheas
in any case, this fancy si0x12 whatever is called
C
Crono
OP
•
7/20/24, 3:21 PM
I thought that was leetspeak for a second
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:23 PM
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/socwatch/user-guide/2020/s0ix-states.html
no
, just a messed up joke
Intel
S0ix States
E
EsauFtgz
•
7/20/24, 3:26 PM
i wonder if more high end handhelds will ship with linux
thought the steam deck would trigger a wave of such but
.
.
. didnt quite happen
E
EsauFtgz
i wonder if more high end handhelds will ship with linux thought the steam deck ...
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:26 PM
It
's valves fault tbh
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:26 PM
They still haven
't publicly shipped SteamOS
C
Crono
OP
•
7/20/24, 3:26 PM
Some say they
're waiting on NVK
E
EsauFtgz
•
7/20/24, 3:27 PM
is steamOS that instrinsically tied to the hardware
?
C
Crono
OP
•
7/20/24, 3:27 PM
Not really
, just quirky
E
EsauFtgz
is steamOS that instrinsically tied to the hardware?
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:27 PM
It has some hard coded stuff for the deck
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:27 PM
So sort of
?
C
Crono
Some say they're waiting on NVK
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:27 PM
since i added support to other handhelds i can tell you
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:27 PM
it will never arrive for third party handhelds
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:27 PM
Though we
've seen changes from Valve that
's gradually removing the hard coded stuff
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:27 PM
unless there is an official agreement between manufacturers
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:28 PM
and valve
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:28 PM
its just not there yet
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:28 PM
any device that has been released with windows support can not have steamos pretty much
C
Crono
OP
•
7/20/24, 3:28 PM
Fair enough
, you need vendor support
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:28 PM
because the controller doesnt work correctly in linux
C
Crono
OP
•
7/20/24, 3:28 PM
Even the Legion GO
?
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:28 PM
They can
, it
'll just be semi
-broken
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:28 PM
Like you
'll be missing a few buttons
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:29 PM
especially the legion go
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:29 PM
Like back buttons
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:29 PM
Gyro
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:29 PM
gyro
, rgb
, back buttons
, front buttons
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:29 PM
But basic controls all work fine on LGo
C
Crono
OP
•
7/20/24, 3:29 PM
Oh
, right
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:29 PM
then all the vendor functions
C
Crono
OP
•
7/20/24, 3:29 PM
But the tablet portion I
've heard worked OOTB
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:29 PM
LGO controller is xpad
, no
?
A
Aru
•
7/20/24, 3:29 PM
It should be fine
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:29 PM
yes it is
, thats why it cant be supported properly
A
antheas
•
7/20/24, 3:29 PM
steam will not be able to fully read it
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