Just got my 512 GB Machine today. Its hostname is steamdeck and the default Linux user is deck. I would have expected them to at least change the hostname in SteamOS. No wonder all the Deck ready games use a Steam Deck profile if not even Valve bothered to rename the thing.

Wonder if it also sets the steamdeck environment variable.

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[–] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Surely games don't check the hostname. (Maybe some, but checking the env var is more reasonable)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I don't know what they check but my Bazzite desktop is often detected as a Steam Deck, which is infuriating because they apply all the wrong settings, and will even remove others until you reboot the game with 'steamdeck=0' and it doesn't even give you any indication that it's happening.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Couldn't run baulders gate with my wife on our beelink in the living room due to the same thing. Bazzite big picture mode thought it was a steam deck and bauldera gate 3 disabled multiplayer for the steam deck so you have to disable it in the commands.

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