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Carsten Frauenheim

== Background and Identification ==
-The Steam Deck is a handheld, portable gaming console made by Valve. It’s very reminiscent of the [[Topic:Nintendo Switch Lite|Nintendo Switch Lite]], AYA Neo, or OneXPlayer, with its 7-inch display bookended by two non-removable controllers that feature thumbsticks and haptic trackpads on both sides, with a full suite of triggers, bumpers, back buttons, and menu buttons—plus the standard ABXY and D-pad.
+The Steam Deck is a handheld, portable gaming console made by Valve. It’s very reminiscent of the [[Topic:Nintendo Switch Lite|Nintendo Switch Lite]], [[Topic:Asus ROG Ally|Asus ROG Ally|new_window=true]], AYA Neo, or OneXPlayer, with its 7-inch display bookended by two non-removable controllers that feature thumbsticks and haptic trackpads on both sides, with a full suite of triggers, bumpers, back buttons, and menu buttons—plus the standard ABXY and D-pad.
The Steam Deck runs [guide|147811|a custom AMD APU|stepid=303180|new_window=true] on the 64-bit x86 CPU architecture and is designed to play your entire Steam library of games. The console runs SteamOS v3.0, which is a modified version of Arch Linux that supports Proton, allowing most Windows games to be played on SteamOS. The console also supports multi-boot with a user-accessible BIOS menu.
And for all the tinkerers out there, you can [link|https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/SteamDeck/hardware|find 3D files (STO, STL)] if you want to print your own case or just want to experiment with the geometry/surface topology.
-The [link|https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Game-Console/Steam-Deck|most often replaced Steam Deck parts] include the fan, thumbsticks, bumper button assemblies, and back plate.
+The [link|https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Game-Console/Steam-Deck|most often replaced Steam Deck parts] include the fan, thumbsticks, and bumper button assemblies.
== Specifications ==
***Dimensions and Weight***: 298 × 117 × 49 mm (11.7 × 4.6 × 1.9 in), 669 g (23.6 oz)
-***Display***: 7-inch multi-touch IPS LCD (1280 × 800 px, 60 Hz)
+***Display***: 7-inch multi-touch IPS LCD (16:10, 1280 × 800 px, 60 Hz)
***Operating System***: Steam OS 3.0 (based off Arch Linux)
***Audio***:
-* 3.5mm headphone jack
+* 3.5 mm headphone jack
* Left and right speakers
* Dual microphone array
-***Expansion***: microSD: UHS-I supports SD, SDXC, and SDHC
+***Expansion***: microSD: UHS-I (supports SD, SDXC, and SDHC)
***Connectivity***:

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