I recently sold part of my inventory to buy my very own deck (yes, I know what happens on the 16th but I’m not in NA and I’m quite content with what I’m already getting for the discounted price) and I wanted to be ready for the day it eventually arrives, so my question is: what tips would you give to a total newbie like me? Any must have apps, settings? Any kind of advice is welcome really.
Don’t forget about desktop mode. You have a full computer there. For a while it was my main computer. It’s Linux, but that isn’t been a huge issue for me. It’s generally easier to download programs as you can find most of what you need by searching on the discover app and downloading directly from there.
Decky Loader is awesome. It gives you access to a lot of little tweaks themes and other cool and useful stuff for gaming mode.
Steam Input is amazing. It lets you remap every button to whatever you want it to be. There are a number of games that I didn’t think would be good experiences on the Deck that were absolutely amazing once I to advantage of the extra back buttons and trackpads. Many people have uploaded their own controller profiles so you often don’t even have to do it yourself.
Lastly, don’t forget to actually install and play games.