Edit: As of five minutes ago, I am aware that there is no official ui for the elgato stream deck which is a huge disservice to the users of this expensive piece of hardware. I was under the impression that streamdeck-ui was the official (and very outdated) official version, which is false. Those who bothered to explain this, thank you very much. To those piling up on someone who just hasn’t as much knowledge as you do: feels bad man. Maybe consider that this is not reddit and schooling someone does not have to be aggressive.

Hi folks!

I have switched to my Linux daily driver this week and after some starting issues, it’s working quite well.

But a few bits and bobs are quite annoying, such as streamdeck ui. The windows version looks and feels like a spaceship compared to the barebones version I have on ubuntu 23.04

Here’s what the windows version looks like.

Additionally, the windows version has plugins and stuff that pretty much make giant scripts that can do pretty much anything and everything. The Linux version doesn’t even have it’s own pictures that come with it.

If you’re curious I just used apt install streamdeck-ui instead of the complex stuff that is on the web (and doesn’t work anymore because outdated).

Am I just using a really outdated version or is the linux version just trash?

TL;DR: Linux version of streamdeck ui looks 20 yrs old while the windows version looks like photoshop.

Thanks for reading. Have a good one!

  • RandomLegend [He/Him]English
    2•1 year ago

    Blender, obs, firefox, element, libreoffice all have big open source backgrounds and philosophies. Steam just went full on linux mode with the steamdeck - So that those all look and feel fantastic are no wonder. VS Code; Obvious aswell - Linux is the most popular OS to program on and even Microsoft uses it… so that they make a nice version of it also no wonder. Linphone, idk

    But all of these comes from big markets and the companies you listed here (besides microsoft and steam) are the “alternative”. Firefox the alternative to chrome, element to discord, etc.

    The streamdeck, is a niche market. It’s not used by “that” many people. Yes it’s popular, but far far far away from being as often used as firefox for example. So that the company that has closed-source backgrounds in a niche market where literally no alternative exists doesn’t provide a nice UI for the alternative OS… no wonder.

    And btw, you were dogpiled on because you called the project trash… Not because you were asking yourself why it doesn’t look as good as on windows.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      -1•1 year ago

      Thanks for elaborating. That makes sense.

      And in the last part comes what I don’t understand. I never called the project trash, even before editing. I asked if it was trash or I was missing something (which I was, and someone could have just said so).

      I assumed (wrongly) that is was abandonware or something since it literally looked like the windows version stripped of all but basic functionality.

      And this is why people don’t like to come to computer centric, and especially linux centric communities. Being frustrated and maybe even out of line does not give anyone the right to dogpile.

      • RandomLegend [He/Him]English
        2•1 year ago

        I agree with you, but on the other hand i can see why people might think you call it trash…unlucky wording.

        • @[email protected]OP
          1•1 year ago

          Thanks. It actually means a lot to me that you get me to an extent. I was born like this. My thinking is harshly different and most people agree with me after long winded explanation but the initial reaction is often hostile. It even gets to a point where people get violent. These days more emotionally but also physically when I was young. It’s how I experience autism.

        • Privatepower42
          0•1 year ago

          @RandomLegend @Haui steam deck needs to be more open. Have the option to go into desktop mode without having to sign into steam and drm free games be automatically be free of steam engine.

          • Solar BearEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            It is open; if you want that, just install Linux on it yourself. Valve explicitly left it open so you can do that. The version Valve ships on the system is tailored for the Steam Deck. Obviously it’s going to prioritize Steam for ease of use. But nearly all of their work is open source and already merged upstream. You can just put regular Linux on in it.

            Anyways, I think you’re on the wrong thread.

          • RandomLegend [He/Him]English
            1•1 year ago

            I understand where you’re coming from with this, but i disagree.

            The steamdeck as it is right now, doesn’t have to do that. It’s not meant to be a PC. It’s meant to be a handheld console that can also function as a PC. It’s main purpose is to open steam handheld, and play games from your steam account.

            The people who would use this thing as their main PC would have the technical know-how to configure it to boot into desktop mode without steam open.