Im curious if anybody uses their steam deck for something other than gaming? I saw a dude use it as a kareoke machine. I also saw a dude use it as a teleprompter (weirdest by far). With all the software you can buy on steam, what are creative uses for the steam de k that isnt gaming related?
It’s my main PC. I pay bills on it. Check my email. Budget. Appointments with my therapist.
OP you got one thing wrong: it’s not because there’s stuff on steam it can do so much things, it’s the free linux apps on the desktop mode side.
Same, all you need is a dock and regular pc accessories
This is encouraging to someone who may switch to steam deck 2 as my primary gaming platform instead of upgrading my pc again.
Steam Deck 2 why not get a current steam deck and just use it now along with your current computer?
I thought that my graphics card was getting long in the tooth but I got the steam deck instead of upgrading it and I never touch my computer unless it’s to play something that I want to play on my computer mostly FPS.
I’m sure most of them could run fine on the Deck but I just want to play on the PC at 1080p max settings at least 60fps with a Steam controller.
There are games that I can’t get working on the Steam Deck and so I usually just give up and don’t play them even though I could play them on my computer. Lol.
The only game I can’t run on my computer is Fortnite because Epic updated it in such a way that it doesn’t support my graphics card anymore (not that my graphics card is weak r9 390). I’m talking like flickering flowers and framerate that jumps from 144 to like 13 etc. It doesn’t matter though cuz all my friends stopped playing.
TL DR You can get a current Deck and play on that instead of upgrading your computer and you can keep your current computer and just play whichever one you want depending on the game or just the vibe you are in at the moment.
Oh I agree! I was more implying when I hit that personal inevitable upgrade window (typically when consoles switch gens) I get a new rig but maybe just not depending on how the steam deck 2 looks all of this is obviously wild speculation. I currently own a steam deck lcd and a fairly modern gaming pc (3080 / 5600x)
Depending on network availability and your phone, another option would be to buy OLED AR glasses.
You can install Moonlight/Sunshine on your pc&phone for remote desktop, using the AR glasses connected to your phone as the screen for a big, crisp display anywhere.
But again, it’ll really depend on your situation.
Do you use any encryption on it? I couldn’t find an easy way to have everything behind encryption, that’s the biggest stopper for me from going all in with my SteamDeck.
We might actually be able to fully encrypt user directories thanks to systemd-homed soon. Gnome is working on this and KDE also relies on accountsservice, which means Plasma users might benefit from this as well one day
Full disk encryption, I don’t think so. But kde comes with something called vaults, which are basically just encrypted folders that can be mounted after entering a password. You can also access them without a GUI because vaults seem to be a frontend for gocryptfs. That should be enough for sensitive personal files.
I’ll give it a try then, thanks for the tip!
Do you use the onscreen keyboard or an external one?
Try writing documentation or source code on an onscreen keyboard… Even for longer emails or chats, i’d prefer a mechanical keyboard. No, also not chiclet/island keyboards.
But, these days, there are very good and small mechanical keyboards available, for the superior (to almost all modern notebooks) typing experience.
Did you get it to work with the printer? I had issues with a popular model
As it’s a Linux machine, it uses CUPS/IPP (and some other things like hplip) for managing printers. Totally, uuh, works™ with almost every printer out of the box.
^(Most of the time, when used correctly. No warranty. Black cat and cauldron downloadable separately. Use a compatible printer. Post may contain sarcasm, irony and decades of frustration with printer manufacturers.)
Care to elaborate on the model? Is it a USB printer? A Wi-Fi printer? Are you sharing it via a desktop?
Uh, are you trying to remote debug CUPS now? Thumbs up! Doing the goddess’ work! ^(Good luck, mate! Hope your username’s not going to be the program here XD)
Fair enough, XD. I thought I’d give the question an ask, " a popular printer" is not exactly the most helpful thing in the world, Even if it’s something for future, note that you just need to avoid.
If I’m traveling I use it as my work pc. As long as I’m not doing anything too heavy it honestly works a charm