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[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

the steam deck drivers are being upstream to mesa and the linux kernel, no?, meybe they are using a pre-build before the code get merged, but every steam deck fix is being merged(mesa, radv, even the kernel got a lot of fixes for it)

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's a list of the non-free software packages used in an older version of the OS.

Briefly: graphics, wireless drivers, firmware etc. The hardware is non-free although designed for to be user servicable, which is a great first step.

You're right that open graphics support exists, but they're using proprietary binary drivers.

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