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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[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
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Outside of gaming, how do you guys use your Steam Deck? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I love my deck because

it can play Steam games fairly well
it can play emulated game really well
but most importantly it's a linux computer, I can browse the web, watch a movie, even be productive on it, and I sometimes don't even need to plug in a mouse and keyboard or an external screen !

But I was wondering what kind of uses other people have with it, as a non gaming machine?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I plan to get a second dock for it, and use it in place of a stream deck for when I stream.

Then it will be serve these purposes for me

TV Media PC (my first dock is connected to my TV)
Gaming Handheld
Stream Deck
A productivity "laptop" in a pinch - I don't own a real laptop and don't see a need to get one

(replacing the tired old barely adequate first gen raspberry pi+touchscreen I was using until a few months ago)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I plan to get a second dock for it, and use it in place of a stream deck for when I stream.

Be careful if you have an OLED Steam Deck. Static images will burn in pretty quickly if the software you use does not have burn in protection built in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Good point, I might have to check that.