simply answer is crack the game. Origin and EA App are amongst the worst launchers

most people got it free already either from epic or amazon prime.

But for some reason dolphin will not open no matter what proton I pick.

this is the problem right here. the main ways to get emulators are either as flatpak or an appimage . neither of them use proton they are native apps if you set it to use proton it will break them.

the problem isn’t Steamos or even linux but instead its your understanding of the OS

If I want to use proton for it and either mount or extract a game ISO, that turns into another thing I have to look up and see if it even works for SteamOS.

its literally as simple as using ark to open the iso, extracting the files, and installing via the setup file in lutris.

As another added note: I don’t have the video or instructions, but if you are looking for the folder where the .exe program you installed through proton? Oh, boy.

you literally can set the prefix folder where it installs and the prefix folder has the same exact layout as windows C drive. its really not as hard as you are making it out to be.

right click on them and unpin them

I’ve spoken with him myself, and I can tell you now: He cannot explain why a 16GB swap file is necessary if it literally isn’t being used at all.

this is exactly my experience

Cryo himself said he tried to have a technical conversation with him back when CU came out but he was apparently being a total asshole.

wait is this the lie he is spreading to people? if so I’ll expose the chats and show that he could not explain what I questioned and gave basically “it just works” answer to my valid questions. even claims his proof is other people. so please show me where he said this shit and I’ll post the whole chat if its true because fuck him if he is going to play like that just because I call out his lies and showing he doesn’t know as much as he pretends his does.

this is why I just don’t play the newest games on it unless they are properly optimized like Lies of P. a majority of games made will run at 60fps on steam deck but nobody should expect it to run most new games well.

depends on how soon I plan to play it again. but either way I always save before putting it to sleep. rarely have had issues outside of a few rare games having audio issues that require you to restart the game. I even do it with emulators which I’ve seen people claim would crash.

the Ironic thing is is the ones with the “abrasive” attitudes and behaving like “assholes” are the ones who will attack and downvote anybody who doesn’t just believe cryos every word. no matter what excuse people like you wish to make the problem is the cryo followers not the people who try to explain the reality of the “tweaks”

Can SteamDeck substitute for a PC?

simple answer is yes it will be more powerful than any laptop/PC in the same price range. I have a gaming laptop and gamingdesktop but use my steam deck more because not only can it transform into a Laptop, a Desktop, a Console, or just be used as a handheld but I also like having all my data on one portable device instead of having to worrying about having to get it off my other devices. as for your questions

1. a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard will connect to it easily or if you prefer wired you can get a usb hub. for the screen you would need something with a USB-C to HDMI adapter such as a dock.
2. depends on the game as well as your knowledge working with files. if you know windows at all it works fairly similar though people for some reason act like it doesn’t.
3. you can just install browsers like chrome and opera. this isn’t a console and has a full normal Desktop mode
4. again it has full browsers and full desktop mode. there are also apps like Kodi if you prefer that
5. depends on the apps really flatpak is the main supported app but you can also use other app formats such as appimages or even .deb. there is also nix support now
6. as stated before it has a full desktop mode that will let you do that.

the only thing that stopped most of my stutters was Cryoutilities 2

guaranteed to do absolutely nothing.

Has SMT off, Governor on performance and capping CPU GHZ to 3.5 become obsolete or did I do something wrong?

SMT performance issues were fixed in 3.5. governor and changing clock speeds are still what will effect performance the most idk what makes you think they don’t but yet think a placebo app does. even a game like Mario Wonder will see a exponential difference when setting CPU to 3.5Ghz. GPU requirements would depend on the game which in the case of Mario Wonder doesn’t need to be touched

he says as if people won’t make excuses regardless of whats done. just look at the comments in this very they are trying to pull out any excuse they can to avoid the truth. hell nobody could ever even beat challenges I provided and for good reason. but lets pretend I’m the problem and not cryo misleading everybody

since I was now used to think that cu=better due to my OWN test under 3.4 and it’s precursors.

not you were wrong then just as you thought you were right at the beginning of this post.

yeah that is never going to change

I will add though : before the official release of 3.5.5 cu WAS improving performance.

it never did it was always a placebo but people went so diehard on it they are afraid to admit being wrong.

it was never useful in the first place.

been saying this shit forever now lol

If you go back 6 years, you’d see something similar on Android communities

funny enough these are all tweaks that you would find in build.prop files aside from the 4GB vram “tweak” which isn’t a thing on android . I’ve stated many times that just like those build.prop posts cryo is just a pretender.

flatpaks of emulators will always have worse performance no comparison needed flatpaks are bad. appimages are the fastest type of"package"

but am worried about my lack of knowledge leading to me getting overwhelmed and not enjoying the deck as intended. Any advice?

the real question is if you want to learn or not. realistically you will learn the best through trial and error while the internet will only teach you the very basics. most people here don’t understand most of what the device can actually do and get by with only that basic knowledge though. if you want to do something such as modding though then using google really isn’t the best resource and will make it seem far more of a challenge than it actually is.

it says " Usually ships within 2 to 5 weeks" wtf?

but then try to change controls for an emulator via the steam layouts and it will apply to every game until you change it back.