Valve's latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out now for December 2023, and it shows that Linux and Steam Deck overall finished 2023 on a very positive note.
At the time, I think I had uncommon hardware. I was trying to get Linux going on the cheapest little notebook you can imagine. I also got the same retort from support forums at the time, so my problem obviously wasn’t widespread. It was just the most definitive effort into Linux I had made, and I was just getting rebuffed by what I saw as silly little problems.
That was close to a decade ago now, though. After so much faffing around on the Steam Deck I think I’m ready to give Linux another stab.
Wi-Fi drivers? Most should be supplied by the kernel. Do you have obscure Wi-Fi hardware?
Laptops with Realtek wifi often sucks monkey balls. I swapped mine for an Intel one to get rid of dropped packets.
At the time, I think I had uncommon hardware. I was trying to get Linux going on the cheapest little notebook you can imagine. I also got the same retort from support forums at the time, so my problem obviously wasn’t widespread. It was just the most definitive effort into Linux I had made, and I was just getting rebuffed by what I saw as silly little problems.
That was close to a decade ago now, though. After so much faffing around on the Steam Deck I think I’m ready to give Linux another stab.