User talk:Pongo1231/Arch on Steam Deck

Is the guide still up to date with current arch/kernel/steamOS update in 2024 ?

I was wondering since it had not been updated in the last 15 months if anything had changed for the guide. I am sure the drivers used in the Steam Deck had been pushed to the kernel upstream, and saw a lot of the SteamOS modification have been put on AUR. I am mainly wanting to be sure that i would get the bios and firmware update if i was to replace the SteamOS install on my SSD with a true Arch Vanilla without having the SteamOS's script fuck my install. Thank you, i know you had moved to another thing in life since the last update, since your github repo seem to be having update on new project, sorry if that make you loose time in other project. HerbalNekoTea (talk) 04:31, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

The LCD deck will work fine on the latest upstream kernel, only the color management options from Steam itself and SteamOS' fan control daemon will not work without the vendor kernel. The OLED model is a different story however and requires the vendor kernel due to missing drivers atm. As for the SteamOS package situation, I am not aware of the current situation as I don't use Arch anymore (switched off to NixOS along with Jovian for a SteamOS' like experience on top of that distro). Pongo1231 (talk) 21:22, 25 February 2024 (UTC)