Cura is fully available on Linux, as well as PrusaSlicer (my preferred slicer). For modelling there's Blender of course, and I know people have had success getting Fusion360 to work with some effort (may not be a good option for a newer linux user though). I personally use OpenSCAD, but that's very functionally different than Fusion360 and probably won't be what you're looking for.
I think very few people have overclocked their memory since it's so risky. It probably helps, but idk if you'll be able to find anyone who can compare overclocked memory to non-overclocked memory performance.
I haven't noticed most of those issues since upgrading to SteamOS 3.5, so I think fixes are incoming.
Unfortunately 3.5 has an equally annoying bug where the steam overlay and QAM overlay sometimes stop opening when a Bluetooth controller is connected. Swapping games or changing QAM settings will require turning the extra controller off and using the deck's built in controls instead. Not sure if USB controllers are effected, I should probably check those next.
Only one way to find out.
I'd be happy with a second usb-c on the bottom, similar to the switch.
My understanding is that systemd goes against traditional unix philosophy, but that from an end users perspective it will generally be a much better experience.
I've heard some init systems are maybe faster, but it's a very minor improvement if true and you're giving up a lot of features for it.
Honestly performance is a big selling factor for PC games for me. I was more interested in Immortals than Armored Core 6 pre launch, but Armored Core apparently runs great on steam deck and will be a good experience on any PC I own, while I'm not sure Immortals would run acceptably on my main PC.
I think that's a great option for end users, but I'd really like to see it as an officially supported OS for these devices when purchased.
If nothing else, the companies could offer a version of the device without an included license for a discount, I think saving 50+ dollars up front and getting a better user experience would be appealing to a lot of people.
They might just mean that ProtonDB has a much higher number of games marked as playable or (or playable with tweaks) than Valve's verified system.
You have my sympathy. If I could change two things about Valve's handling of the deck, I would make it available in more regions and make SteamOS available for other handheld PCs.
Understandable, but the beauty of open source is the code is available for review if you're concerned.
I've heard that the newer versions of the gulikit thumbsticks (the ones that support types a & b with no soldering required) have also fixed the square output zone issue.
I don't personally have them so I can't confirm if this is true though.
edit: did some searching and couldn't find the post I remembered saying the output zone was fixed. I did find a post saying the top half of the new thumbsticks still has a square output, but the bottom half is a circle. Overall I'm not sure, proceed with caution.