Lapho i-Valve kaJulayi odlule kwethulwe su Umpheme wesitimu, inceku eyayingazi ngaleso sikhathi yacabanga ukuthi «Amarandi angama-400 ekhonsoli ezoba nekhathalogi elinganiselwe ngaphezulu kokuthi isekelwe kuLinux?“Kodwa ngokushesha nje imininingwane yaqala ukwaziwa. Futhi akuyona ikhonsoli evamile; kufana ne-PC futhi kuye sizokwazi ukufaka, isibonelo, iWindows. Ukwethulwa kwayo bekumele kuphele lo nyaka kodwa kube nezinguquko.
I-Valve ithi ukuthunyelwa kwe-Steam Deck izobambezeleka izinyanga ezimbili kanye izoqala ngoFebhuwari 2022. Isizathu salokhu kubambezeleka ukushoda kwezinto, futhi ayinikezi izinkomba mayelana nokuthi yini abangayitholi ngesikhathi ukuze bakwazi ukuhlangabezana nezinsuku zokugcina. Kuyaziwa ukuthi ezinye izinkampani zinezinkinga ezifanayo ngamaphrosesa/ama-SoC, ngakho-ke lokhu kungaba ngesinye sezingxenye ezingafinyeleli kuzo ngesikhathi futhi okungase kube necala kulokhu kubambezeleka.
I-Steam Deck izothatha izinyanga ezimbili ngaphezulu ukufinyelela amakhasimende okuqala
Abasebenzisi abagcine i-Steam Deck basohlwini lokulinda, emgqeni lapho amakhasimende awo okuqala azoqala ukuyithola ngaphambi kokugcina ukuze ayigcine. Konke lokhu kusafana ncamashi, akukaze kube nezinguquko ngale kokunyakaza ekhalendeni. I izinsuku ezintsha ezihleliwe sezibuyekeziwe kuwebhusayithi yeValve.
Ngokuqondene nekhonsoli, iValve yethule ilaptop, enazo zonke izinhlobo zokulawula, phakathi kwazo amaphaneli wokuthinta amabili afakiwe. Isistimu yokusebenza ozoyisebenzisa isekelwe ku-Arch Linux, futhi isixhumi esibonakalayo siku-KDE Plasma. Njengoba sesishilo, ungafaka amasistimu wokusebenza ahlukene, futhi endabeni yokufaka i-Windows ungakwazi futhi ukufinyelela ikhathalogi ye-Xbox ye-PC. Noma yini ofuna ukuyenza, kuzodingeka ulinde okungenani ezinye izinyanga ezimbili.