Oh right. Okay. Not sure why that acronym didn’t cross my mind.

What is WSL? I see it referenced all the time?

My up votes suggest otherwise.

Lol Im not sure I ever saw those.

Why are half of the comments in this thread talking about how the steamdeck isn’t a computer? What the fuck are you all on about? Do you just need to be contrarian to be different? It’s a fucking full computer, like has all the parts and functions a computer has…

I wrote a huge argumentative piece to that guy and then snapped out of it and deleted it all. It’s not worth it.

What does your whole compass look like for you? Cause Nintendo needs to be auth-left. And I’m assuming lib left for steam, and Xbox takes lib right.

I’m a systems engineer, I do sometimes forget common knowledge isn’t everyone’s knowledge with IT stuff.

Anecdotally: I worked from home today, my primary laptop is Linux mint. Helldivers 2 wouldn’t start, seems an update broke the settings I had. I tried a couple generic fixes through terminal and started getting huffy because everything would be easier if I just used windows. Non of this would be happening if I just took the blue pill…about 30 minutes in I turned off steam sync for saved games and suddenly it all worked again.

Moral of the story: sometimes Linux isn’t this complicated beast, and it’s as simple as something that even windows would have a problem with. It’s only difficult until you figure out the problem. Windows is a necessary evil some of the time but never all of the time.

Just keep swimming. You’ll figure it out. Not trying is being lazy and complacent.