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Considering a steam deck
(lemmy.world)
A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.
Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.
As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title
The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.
Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.
These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.
Rules:
Others here have probably mentioned it, but I've heard the Deck is fantastic in situations where you use a main powerhouse PC to run a game (especially at the Deck's resolution of 800p), then stream it through your local network to the Deck.
I don't do that, but I daily drive a Steam Deck and can attest that it's a fantastic device handheld. It'll play a TON of stuff at low/medium settings natively, and you have a big PC to handle the top tear graphics-card-melters, which you can stream from (in that scenario the Deck is fine as it takes very little of the load).
My only caution point is the small screen. It's 7 inches diagonal, so small print in games can be tough, especially if you have 40s eyes like me. Otherwise, it's exceeded wildly beyond my expectations.