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Steam Deck

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A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Ukrainians using it to control machine gun, so they dont have to expose themselves in trench warfare.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I use it as my primary PC! It's such an awesome and stable Linux experience

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Same, I use it as a PC to learn English, browse the Internet, play music and videos, write, and manage my files.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Still have SteamOS on it or some other distro?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Still SteamOS. I tried bazzite since I loved it on my previous desktop I had but it was super unstable on my deck , no clue why.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago (2 children)

My friend screenshares shows with me and we watch and talk to help me fall asleep at night ❤️ It works better on the deck than my phone

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

That's really sweet. A very good friendship!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Yeah, the Steam Deck is kind of the middle ground between a too big laptop and too small phone screen.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I also use it as a regular old PC. I work from home (design, illustration), and do all of it on a Deck plugged into a dock.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

So much, that I slapped Bazzite on my 2 desktop PCs, and I have been thinking about Ublue Core for my server.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Basically everything. It's my only PC right now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

I use mine to run VJ software and do light shows at music events.
Since the deck is a powerful computer, and the form factor is quite compact, I find it better than laptops for the task.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I temporarily used it as a computer (mostly just firefox tbh) when my main computer was out of order, normally no.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

I connect it to my projector to watch content.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Used mine as my main PC for half a year, doing everything from gaming (duh) to embedded development. Used RWFUS to install packages not available on flathub, but have recently started experimenting with the NIX package manager (I'm still running write-protected SteamOS).

My sister uses hers as a test and development machine for linux and Android applications.

Thought about using my SD in my model aircraft hobby, but never got around to that. Maybe I'll use it when playing around with my car with the OBD2 adapter, since i can easily connect to it from my current main rig.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (8 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

When I am travelling I use the deck and dock to order product (Libra office), Email, checking credentials of staff and watch video.

Only issue I have is the stupid jumping of frames when watching video in firefox due to not knowing how to turn of the stupid "smoothing" crap.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Closest I've come is accessing the browser on desktop mode to transfer files (pretty much just games or files for games) and soon I hope to add custom boot videos. Otherwise, it's just a game player/emulator player for me.

Random question, but does anyone know a way to make it so only custom boot videos play when you select random or have we not gotten that far yet?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I used it to watch anime for a month when I was away from my computer haha. It really made me want an oled monitor for my PC, but I realized they are quite expensive. I need to use my deck more in general to be honest.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Last Weekend I installed GNU Octave in Desktop Mode to plot a mathematical curve

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Mostly decking about.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I watch movies and TV shows with Kodi

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