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Bazzite as an alternative to SteamOS? (self.steamdeck)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Qual to c/[email protected]

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Hey folks. I have been playing with my steam deck oled 1 TB version for a few weeks now and I absolutely love it. Very nice device on the go. The thing is I would like to use the device as a backup workstation for some quick important work on the go when I don't have my laptop handy.

I would like to ask if Bazzite is a viable option for this. I know the deck is primarily a game console, but I want to use this beautiful thing to the best of my ability.

But what do you guys think if I replace the Steam OS with Bazzite? Should I just use Tails OS on a flash drive and then use Tails OS for work? Or is the Steam deck not yet ready to be used as a laptop backup?

Thanks in advance and I'd love to hear what you all think.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

FWIW I've been daily driving Bazzite on the deck for several months and it's been smooth sailing, no complaints here. You'd think it's stock if I just handed it to you with no context. I did it mostly because I could tbh, but I love the extra functionality!

That all said, last I checked it wasn't fully functional on the OLED model. Not sure that's changed.

[–] Qual 2 points 9 months ago

Yeah. That hasn't changed. So I would need to wait till the problems with the oled model are resolved. In the main time I'm just going to use Tails OS for work related things.