I am using my PC for gaming 80% of the time. Instead of buying a new PC (mine is getting old), I was wondering if I can just buy a Steam Deck with docking station, to work as PC substitute.
How hard would it be to:
- Play strategy games with keyboard/mouse/screen setup.
- Mod steam games.
- Browse web through a browser that supports adblocking.
- Watch Netflix/D+/Twitch.
- Install random linux apps (e.g. Anki).
- Do some recreational python programming .
Yes, the only caveat to use it as a Linux PC is that it’s using an immutable distribution.
That means that if the software you want to install exists as a flatpak then it’s great, otherwise you’ll need to tweak a little bit. You’ll have to turn your filesystem read/write and have apps installed this way be wiped at each SteamOS update.