Everyone has its own favourite console. Whether it's Xbox, which might also be a handheld next year, or PlayStation, whose this generation sucks and it's way too expensive. But there is a console that I've been searching for good deals on: Steam Deck. Some backstory My previous console was Switch OLED, on which I mostly played Fortnite and some other games when I took it with me abroad. And I also had the original Switch that I gave away to my cousin. I also attempted to jailbreak it, but in the end it ended up in a repair shop. I requested a Switch OLED for Chistmas mainly because of its screen and faster CPU. When Steam Deck was released, I hadn't requested it as a Christmas gift mainly because it'll be way too expensive to import to Slovakia. I learned that the hard way when I ordered a keyboard from the U.S., which costs 184 euros. Our import threshold is 150 euros. So add the difference between the threshold and the keyboard price plus shipping to the final c...
I was browsing Lemmy in the morning as I usually do. And I stumbled upon a post called "To all EU/Europe Open Source/Linux Enthusiasts", which is basically a philosophical post about someone proposing a plan to push Linux phones to the mainstream. But I noticed several factual errors, which is fine (please do your own research before you post something), but I also noticed one single piece of information that's missing: allowing local e-shops, like the green alien one , to resell their Linux device on their site. Author's note: Some parts of this article are specific to Slovakia, but I'll try my best to provide the context needed. Why is this important? First we need to understand the importance of "local" e-shops (Alza is Czech, but we take it here as local because of historic reasons). Local e-stores have the infrastructure, warehouses and logistics, plus they are on the market long enough to know it. So what about selling it there? Companies like ...