The Steam Deck's software is still broken. 10 fixes and features we need YESTERDAY.

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Published on March 25, 2022 11:00:37 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qstjQZJqHTI

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The Steam Deck is a brilliant little piece of kit. But as I sit here playing with my Deck all day, I get more and more frustrated by what it *could* be, but simply is not yet.

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# What are your machines specs?
Office Rig:
* AMD Ryzen 7 1800x
* MSI Pro Series X370 SLI PLUS
* AMD RX VEGA 64
* GSkill Ripjaw V DDR4 8GB x4 (32 GB)
* Fractal Design Define R9 Case
* Manjaro GNOME

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* NVidia Titan X (Pascal)
* DDR4 Corsair Vengeance RGB 8GB x8 (64GB)

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* System76 Thelio Minor
* AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
* DDR4 16GB RAM
* Zotac Nvidia GTX 970 4GB

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* ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
* AMD FX 6300 at 3.5 GHz
* Nvidia GTX 750 1GB
* DDR3 20 GB RAM

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00:00 - Intro
00:22 - 10 Configure Controller Defaults
00:55 - Steam Deck controller UI
01:05 - Gamescope and "Window" Decoration
02:01 - Better Task Switching
03:06 - Mangohud
03:39 - Fix "Recommended" tab
03:57 - Notifications
04:12 - Achievements
06:18 - UI Performance
07:31 - Automatic Night Mode
08:14 - Title-specific performance profiles
09:15 - "Deck Optimized" tier above "Verified"