Hey I didn't know TF2 was so active!
I think I had it in my Steam Wish List for a while, but I can't remember if I chose to abandon it because I had heard the game was dying or something. Had no clue about the private servers and stuff.
Maybe I'll try it out! Thanks!
Oh interesting. I wonder if I'd need to go the path of the GitHub link I shared in my post, then this method after.
Honestly tho, these hoops that have the potential to brick my already custom setup don't seem worth it, and that's coming from someone who's not a tech guru but could at least learn the basics.
Appreciate you taking the time! Do you know of any cases online where people tried your approach and it worked for them?
Oh yeah, apparently I updated W10 a few months ago accidentally (not even knowing the implications to this) and it wiped GRUB. The only way I'm able to boot into SteamOS now is to power the Deck from OFF into W10, shutdown, boot into BIOS, and select one of the EFI files. Not ideal, but it still works. That's all I'm looking for for now, that my Steam Deck still functions.
One of the things that's concerning me long term is that it seems like the Steam Deck can't fully restart to do system updates. When it does, the Deck boots straight into W10, cancelling out any progress on the updates. There might be a way to fix this, but I'm not a tech guru! (Even though I'm an engineer).
Appreciate the protection recommendations btw. The more I live in a dual boot world, and the more games that release on Steam, the more I'm willing to completely scrap W10. I still enjoy the BFs tho, and Delta Force isn't a good alternative. As my taste in games change, who knows.
Thanks for the help
Yeah, big same. I mean, I've had a lot of fun on the older games like BF1 & BF4. I'll probably keep playing those for as long as I can.
And if EA ever kills those, I hope StopKillingGames in the EU someday reverses it
Yeah I figured this is the end of the rope for Steam Deck Secure Boot. I bumped the Steam post that the creator of the GitHub guide made to see if things have changed since 2022/2023, but I'm not betting on it.
Honestly if I go through with any troubleshooting to fix Secure Boot, it just means I'll be bending the knee to EA who are a shit company in the first place. I'd rather boycott one of their games for these shitty practices and play some of the older BF games that at least still have server browsers and don't require Secure Boot (yet).
Risks absolutely outweigh the rewards on this one, 100%. Hate to see so many EA and M$ shills out there defending all this
Interesting, hadn't seen this quirk in my research. Thanks for sharing.
I may be willing to wipe my partitions clean and do a fresh W10 install, but there would need to be a video guide from Bald Sealion or others.
Honestly the more and more I look into this mess, as you rightfully put it, it's not worth it for 1 game.
I am an alien vegan
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I feel like I have to at work, 100p. Many of my coworkers use it, and I just can't bear it myself. I don't think I've ever used AI in a professional context.
Now, in a non-professional context, like a Twitch stream, hell yeah I use AI. They can say some funny shit!
FAFO. No animal deserves to die according to the pleasure of some jackass human.
Avenger: Infinity War
I'm starting to see how much of a trap it is!
I'm interested in multi booting different distros. Any guides on how to wipe my current deck and start over? I've heard Bazzite and PopOS are pretty slick, and I still want to keep SteamOS.
Yeah fuck corpos!!!
I saw that comment. I'll look into it!