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Steam Deck

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$80 USD, includes

  • 6-in-1 Connectivity: Equipped with a gigabit ethernet port, multiple USB connections, and HDMI out, enabling a comprehensive gaming setup.
  • 100W Power Passthrough: Designed to charge devices quickly, keeping them ready for action at any moment.
  • Rugged Portable Design: Constructed from durable aluminum, the dock is foldable for easy transportation.
  • Razer Chroma RGB Lighting: Features customizable RGB lighting options for added flair.
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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Please sign into your account to edit your settings. You must have Razer Synapse started with sudo permissions to edit your settings. You must be connected to the internet to load configs onto your Razer device. Please agree to the terms and conditions so that this app.may collect and analyze data about your usage.

Average Razer experience. Fuck that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 minutes ago

where did you find that text snippet?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds like you’ve never heard of open razor before

https://polychromatic.app/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I haven't. Thats dope. My current mouse needs no app.tho, and my keyboards use QMK.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Even without that Razer's quality control is dog shit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

sudo

Yeah I'm out

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

thanks. I almost was going to waste some time looking into it but eff that shart.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It mostly is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

So far most controller/mouse/keyboard dongles seem to still be usb-A, so I'm not super against that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Bit late and way more expensive than either of the docks I actually own. In fact I own two docks and together they cost less than $80.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

Yes actually. I wish they did not.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Plus they're way ahead on the enshittification curve. I wouldn't trust anything from them at this point.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I seriously do not understand PC gamer obsession with light and color pollution. Unnecessary lights are so fucking obnoxious to begin with, why optionally add MORE that don't do anything?

Like super cool looking light up PC's. I don't get it beyond showing off. I'm looking at my SCREEN! Not the dock or the tower. Why the fuck would I want these distracting colors flying around polluting my space?

Ridiculous. My stuff has always been minimal lights, black tape over other lights, especially fucking blue lights, black colors for towers and consoles, nothing shiny, inconspicuous as possible. Function over looks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The plus side of RGB is that you can control it at least. So set it to white or some other soft colour (or turn it off completely), which is at least an improvement over blinding blue LEDs. Of course, the software and driver support on Linux isn't perfect.

In any case, the gaudy stuff sells, so that's how they advertise it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There’s a massive difference between rainbow vomit RGB and using a more tasteful soft color pallette. Ultimately just do what pleases you though! It’s your shit, if you bought 16.8 million colors you’re free to use every last one lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was buying a PC case and was surprised to find out it's actually not trivial to find one without a transparent side panel.

I don't want to see the inside of my PC, ideally it should be hidden away as much as possible. My ideal setup would be to have the tower in a separate room with cables going through a wall so that only peripherals are anywhere near my desk.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Agreed. Been through the same issue and especially last time I built a pc I noticed this. Finding basic stuff that doesn't have unnecessary components like glass or excess lights is difficult, much less in a size/shape/configuration that functionally works for what I want to do.

The visual aesthetics pc gamers are obsessed with have steered the supply and made it literally harder for those of us that don't care about all that.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Let me guess, I need to log into my Razer cloud account or it reverts to default settings.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Feels good to have never owned a razer (or logitech) product

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

As far back as I can remember razer has had the reputation of expensive unreliable junk that breaks down. Not sure if they've improved in reliability but it's why I always stayed away from their products.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I don't understand the appeal of most of their products, but I do love their blade laptop lineup. There are few viable laptop competitors with the quality build and integrated gpu (AI/ML stuff rather than gaming for me).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

They can fucking keep it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wonder if this means they'll release a linux version of their software so the steam deck can control the RGB

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

and the RGB lighting is customizable via a dedicated hardware button so no need for extra software.

From the article. It seems they completely avoided that question.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

That would be really nice, I hate how most mouse/keyboard brands don't offer Linux configuration software.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

15 bucks on Aliexpress lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wonder if supports CEC like the Steam Dock

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As far as I know, only the official dock supports CEC. If anyone knows of a different dock that supports it I hope they'll let me know

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Indeed, but since they're trying to be competitive on price here, I wonder if they're competitive on features...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

True, but who needs CEC when you can instead have RGB?

/s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

It does make the frames go faster 🔥