2026-10-05 15:47 UTC
Maybe I oversold it but I definitely noticed a difference in both performance and battery life. Windows has no profile for handheld devices and assumes they’re a laptop. With SteamOS it seems to have better battery management, with the added bonus of not being spyware vibe-coded garbage.
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@TheSporkBomber@lemmy.world 2026-10-06 01:36
The ally has its own set of utilities for controlling power that works pretty well. It’s not windows native but then again it’s not native for vanilla Linux either. I looked at installing Linux on my ally z1 when I first got it. It’s just not a performance boost and you do lose some device specific items as well. It makes some sense with niche specific devices like that. All that said, if it works for you then great!