Hey #Linux gamers here is your chance to tell ASUS we want a Linux-based ROG Ally gaming handheld 🐧

@twistypencil me too

Agreed 100%, I’m happy with my 4th quarter 64gb Deck (after the ssd upgrade XD ), however choice and diversity is good. If Windows is considered a selling point, and a Linux version would have to be a separate SKU, reducing availability? Giving the option to buy the single Windows SKU, and maybe downloading an official tool that installs Linux with all the necessary drivers would be better than having to justify a separate, likely less popular SKU. Plus while neither of us is interested in the Ally, other people will have different tastes. Let companies make all shapes and performance/price options for everyone :D

I would rather not waste money on a Windows license I am not going to use.

(Not that I would buy an Ally, I already have a SteamDeck.)

Charging to unlock the bootloader on the Zenfone 10 after dragging their feet on the promised solution was the last straw for me. I completed the survey putting good customer service level with SteamOS support

Nothing. I did this with two different handhelds. The main problem that I've run into is that the built in controls don't work as well as if they had been natively supported and I would be more than willing to have a fix for that with an official steam OS distro if one was available. The point is, a closed mouth don't get fed. If they don't think people want this they aren't going to dedicate time and resources to it.

Other than some of them having some really... *quirky* drivers (which is a big deal), nothing.

But most people don't like installing OSes, and it's still better to have official support than no support, so I think it's still a benefit to the user to have it as an official option, and still benefits us to have a larger SteamOS userbase in general.

There are some in this community who are willing to go into "2008 web forum user in a PlayStation vs Xbox thread" over basically any consumer electronics they buy. Not just in terms of PC handhelds, but stuff like graphics card vendor too. It's wild.

Bought a steam deck? Well then everything else is utter *SHIT* and those people are *MORONS*. Anybody that doesn't buy a Steam Deck should be Windows only, even if that disadvantages me too!

We should be welcoming of people running whatever OS they want, and welcoming of manufacturers giving the option of SteamOS. Even more so when it will benefit Linux (and by extension Steam Deck) gamers.

Same. I don't see how this could be a bad thing for steam OS and the naysayers are out in force.

Nobody's forcing you to buy one.

It would still be beneficial to have more people gaming on Linux/SteamOS.

Unless it has support for Steam Game Mode and Steam Input, then it’s not the SteamOS I want.

As for the "poor Linux support" - that's exactly what people are talking about reversing. If it officially supported SteamOS and had up-streamed drivers in the kernel, it wouldn't have poor Linux support.

As for the other stuff, sure, perhaps you're right. But nobody is saying you have to buy it. It's still a benefit to you as a SD user to have more people using SteamOS.

Lacklustre hardware, poor Linux support, and anti-consumer business practices.

These are the things that Asus are all about and it’s why I dismiss their product.

Honestly I'd the Asus built an x16 capable open standard connector, and preinstalled a Linux OS on the Ally I would buy it over the Deck.

That I feel would be a truly innovative product that pushes forward the status quo and the least common denominator for the portable market.

I tried to express that in my survey

Sure, as long as it’s not made by ASUS. I used to always buy ASUS. My last gaming rig had an ASUS motherboard and GPU. Nowadays, I’m not interested in ever buying anything from them again after hearing about their RMA controversy. I need to know that if I get a component that’s DoA or fails under warranty, that the company that makes it has my back.

@TheGrandNagus you get it!

This is a steam deck forum though.

Rising tide lifts all boats, my dude. More people using Linux means Linux gets better.

The more devices running Linux, the more games and launchers that will support Linux. I wouldn't want to buy a SteamOS ROG Ally, but I definitely want it to exist.

@theunknownmuncher agreed

I play most games on my streak deck at high settings, not sure I get where you are coming from

I love my Steam Deck, but I can barely play most games on low settings and I get like 40-50 FPS with a 90Hz screen.

We need more powerful hardware. I'd prefer that it comes from Valve, but I'll take what I can get, as long as it's optimized for SteamOS/Linux.

The egpu would be compelling if it didn't lock you in to proprietary hardware.

I could ditch my gaming PC if I could dock it and play at 4k.

@endeavor exactly

To everybody dismissing this because they already have a steam deck: do you not think more SteamOS devices is a good thing for Linux/Proton gaming? This benefits Steam Deck owners too.

I have a deck and would 100% buy a Deck 2 assuming the price isn't crazy, but I *absolutely* want more SteamOS offerings from other companies too.

@hardpenguin13 @gamingonlinux @nuclearmonster @boilingsteam @steamdeck

It's called Steam Deck!

I'm good with the steam deck

Done, thanks. I hit them pretty hard on Linux but moreso on customer/warranty support. They have a longstanding and well-earned reputation for trying to screw their customers after sale.

Just completed it.

Honestly it blows my mind they would run windows on a device like this in the first place.

I'm not planning on getting a handheld, but filled it anyways with linux-pilled answers ;)

I’m doing my part!

Done, thank you for sharing!

After their shit about the Phone unlock tool I would rather not buy Asus in the first place..

I pointed out that the OS, trackpads and ergonomics are my main focus. Honestly, more Linux devices would be a win! Even if it ships with Windows but there’s an easy, official way to get Linux on the thing that’d be great.

Unless it has touch pads, at least four back buttons, and runs SteamOS, I do not want any such thing.

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Probably going to happen regardless of survey, since Lenovo is doing it

But...but...but...linux gamers are haxors

/s