alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agoValve adds CD-ROM drive support to Steam Frame kernel, took less than ten minutes — update comes one day after user requests for capability in the Steam Community forumwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up137
arrow-up137external-linkValve adds CD-ROM drive support to Steam Frame kernel, took less than ten minutes — update comes one day after user requests for capability in the Steam Community forumwww.tomshardware.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareAxolotl.cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days agoUhm, they just did not thought of enabling the kernel module because it’s an embeeded system that has no CD/DVD/BlueRay reader…
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days ago… it’s intended to have stuff added to it. It’s like having a modular pc without the drivers for controllers or a keyboard and mouse.
minus-squareAxolotl.cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoNo one though of adding a CD drive to a VR apparently, which makes sense considering you are supposed to move with a VR
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoCd drives have been usb powered for decades now, people use them on the deck, why wouldn’t they use it on VR? It’s a feature they essentially chose to remove from one device to the next.
minus-squareAxolotl.cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoDo you walk around while playing a game on the steam deck?
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoI use it to transfer cd ISOs to it while I’m not actively gaming.
Uhm, they just did not thought of enabling the kernel module because it’s an embeeded system that has no CD/DVD/BlueRay reader…
… it’s intended to have stuff added to it. It’s like having a modular pc without the drivers for controllers or a keyboard and mouse.
No one though of adding a CD drive to a VR apparently, which makes sense considering you are supposed to move with a VR
Cd drives have been usb powered for decades now, people use them on the deck, why wouldn’t they use it on VR? It’s a feature they essentially chose to remove from one device to the next.
Do you walk around while playing a game on the steam deck?
I use it to transfer cd ISOs to it while I’m not actively gaming.