Post #2979437
2026-05-15 18:25 UTC
Huh. I wonder if this is maybe related to the Steam Machine? It would be a good use case for it, and the timing makes sense. I know the Deck boots into Steam Big Picture at boot, but you can get to the desktop, and I think it's KDE. I've only used someone else's Deck for a short time, but I remember it working fine because it has a touch screen. Without that, you need something like this.
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@MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2026-05-15 18:33
I don't think so. It's been around for a while but was unmaintained for a bit so it wasn't compatible with Plasma 6. That's why it was removed from the Debian repositories. It's just been a case of someone who wanted to maintain it coming along. AFAIK it's mainly aimed at Smart TVs.
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@melfie@lemmy.zip 2026-05-16 20:57
I assume Valve would prefer everyone use Steam.
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@Canuck@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-05 18:55
It has to be. Can you imagine shipping a HTPC without a decent interface? And the fact that it is just a different mode within Plasma Desktop rather than a distinct shell means seemless switching like the steam client without having to log out then back in