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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by inigyou on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @09:03AM (#49168321)
Why not an actual Steam Deck? You can install any software you want on it.
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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by b3lvedere on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @09:13AM (#49168478)
You can and it actually works ok. For the sake of the argument you would/could be more 'free to do with your games what you want', because GoG does not do DRM.
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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by Uvix on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @09:15AM (#49168518)
You can but having to hook it up to a mouse and keyboard and monitor every time I want to install new games from not-Steam would be a pain.
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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by saghm on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @09:43AM (#49168889)
Out of curiosity, why not use desktop mode without an external mouse and keyboard for that?
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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by inigyou on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @10:20AM (#49169391)
You could write a game store interface that works on whatever its normal mode is.
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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by cautiouscat on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @09:22AM (#49168599)
Not saying this is a great solution either, though it beats the trackpad + on screen keyboard. I like to VNC into the deck and do these things.
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Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc by vadansky on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @10:46AM (#49169736)
Set up SSH!
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