Lokacin bazara Valve na ƙarshe talla ya Steam Deck, akwai ƙarin tambayoyi fiye da amsoshi. Ga masu amfani kamar uwar garken, da farko yana da ɗan tsada (ma) tsada, musamman idan muka yi la'akari da cewa taken Steam kawai za a iya buga. Bayan lokaci mun koyi cewa a'a, wannan na'urar ta fi na'urar wasan bidiyo da yawa, har ma Ana iya shigar da tsarin aiki daban-daban. Wanda ya zo shigar ta tsohuwa shine Steam OS 3.0, da Simon McVittie, na Collabora, yayi mana bayani kadan yadda yake aiki.
Amma kafin mu ci gaba, dole ne mu yi gargaɗi cewa wannan ba "bita" ko gwajin kowane mai amfani ba ne. McVittie yana aiki a Collabora, waɗanda suka yi haɗin gwiwa tare da Steam don yin wannan duka. A wasu kalmomi, bayanai ne daga wani wanda ya shiga cikin aikin, amma bayanai duk da haka. Yana farawa da bayanin wani abu da muka riga muka sani, cewa SteamOS 3.0 shine dangane da Arch Linux, Rarraba Sakin Rolling tare da goyan bayan sabuwar sigar Mesa.
SteamOS 3.0 ya dogara ne akan Arch Linux, yana barin Debian a baya
McVittie ya ce na'urar irin wannan tana buƙatar sabbin tsare-tsare, kuma wannan shine ɗayan manyan gudummawar Collabora ga SteamOS 3.0, yana taimakawa yin sabuntawa cikin sauri da sauƙi. Ya kuma bayyana cewa tare da tsarinsa na "A/B", akwai yanzu guda biyu tsarin aiki partitions tare da nau'ikan SteamOS guda biyu daban-daban. Lokacin haɓakawa, za a shigar da sabon hoton tsarin akan ɓangaren da ba a amfani da shi kafin a sake kunna tsarin. Tsarin bootloader na musamman yana zaɓar sabon sigar tsarin aiki ta atomatik kuma ya fara shi. Idan sabuntawa ya yi nasara, za a yi amfani da sabon tsarin aiki, kuma za a maye gurbin tsohuwar da sigar SteamOS ta gaba.
Wannan shimfidar "A/B" yana da ban sha'awa domin yana tabbatar mana cewa babu abin da zai yi kuskure. Wato idan an sabunta tsarin aiki kuma bai fara daidai ba, bootloader zai koma ga abin da ke kan sashin aiki, kuma za mu iya sabuntawa daga baya.
KDE Plasma shine tsoho da aka shigar
Kamar yadda muka ambata, ana iya shigar da tsarin aiki daban-daban a kai, kuma saboda a zahiri tana kama da kwamfuta nau'in “mini”. Lokacin da muka fita software na wasan, SteamOS 3.0 ya bar mu a cikin kde plasma Desktop wanda aka shigar ta tsohuwa. Ƙari ga haka, an ƙirƙira shi duka don ya zama da wahala a lalata:
A cikin amfani na yau da kullun, ɓangaren OS mai aiki ana karantawa-kawai, don kiyaye Wurin Wuta mai ƙarfi kamar yadda zai yiwu. Koyaya, ba kamar yawancin consoles game ba, na'ura ce cikakke buɗe, kuma ana iya canza shi zuwa yanayin haɓakawa inda ake karanta/rubutu da gyare-gyaren ɓangaren OS. Ana samun manajan fakitin "pacman" na Arch Linux don amfani a yanayin haɓakawa.
Ba tare da manta cewa muhimmin abu shine wasanni ba
McVittie ya ƙare ta hanyar tunatar da cewa kusan babu ɗayan wannan da zai yi ma'ana ba tare da wasanni ba, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa suka ƙirƙiri Steam Deck. Game da wannan, ku tuna cewa muna da samun damar yin amfani da duk wasannin Steam don Linux da sauran da yawa don Windows, godiya ga Proton da software kamar WINE ko DXVK.
Tabbas, babu ɗayan waɗannan da ke da ban sha'awa sosai ba tare da wasu wasanni ba, kuma ban da taken Linux na asali da ake samu akan Steam, Steam Deck kuma na iya gudanar da wasannin da yawa waɗanda aka gina don Windows. Yana yin wannan ta amfani da Proton, tsarin daidaitawa da aka gina a kusa da WINE da DXVK ta Codeweavers, Valve, da kuma al'ummar WINE. Proton ba kawai don Steam Deck ba ne: godiya ga barga, yanayin kwantena na tushen Debian wanda Steam Linux Runtime ya samar, kuma ƙaddamar da kayan aikin matsa lamba da Collabora ya haɓaka, yana iya gudana cikin daidaiton yanayi akan yawancin rarrabawa. Linux tebur, kama daga sabbin abubuwan mirgina kamar Arch Linux, zuwa tsoffin rabawa na LTS kamar Ubuntu 14.04.
Steam Deck shine samuwa daga karshen Fabrairu. Masu amfani da farko da za su karɓa su ne waɗanda suka ajiye ta, kuma za su yi hakan ne bisa tsarin da suka nema ta hanyar tsarin layi.