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[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

and you can do everything on the steam deck that you can on any other pc

Ok, how do I use rsync on the deck then? (/s, but I'd still love to know)

[-] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Are you not aware of "Desktop mode"? Hold down the power button for a few seconds, click "switch to desktop mode," and you're literally using a fully functioning Linux PC.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 7 hours ago
  1. Turn on
  2. Open desktop mode (in power menu I think)
  3. Open terminal
  4. Type rsync <source> <destination>
  5. Press enter
[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Wait, its installed by default? I assumed I had to install it, which would not be possible, because its immutable and there is no rsync flatpak (I think).

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 41 minutes ago

SteamOS is immutable, so you can't install system-wide apps on there, only flatpaks, appimages etc.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 16 minutes ago

You can install system wide apps by turning off immutabe mode and configurating something. I might be talking out my ass though cause I have done this but I don't remember if it persisted across updates.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 minute ago

(IIRC) the changes are reverted after each update so you'd have to re-install every app.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 minutes ago

You can for sure! It’s just I wouldn’t go around recommending that to just any person because they then might get a little crazy with the freedom, brick their Steam deck install, and then try to say that the Deck is a POS.

Bad word of mouth is always a lot more damaging than spreading the good word that it’s a solid system.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 8 hours ago

Just... do it? It's just a normal Linux underneath.

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