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  • If you have a storage device larger than the deck M.2 drive you want to clone (like a portable hard drive), you can download a live USB Linux image, write it onto a USB stick, then boot the original deck with it. Once inside Linux you can copy the entire original device onto your secondary storage. Then repeat the same but in reverse on the target deck.





  • I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Assuming you don’t uninstall the KDE packages, you should be able to revert by just changing the default desktop session back to KDE if you run into any issues. You’re probably looking at needing an external keyboard before you manage to get everything set up right, mind.

    That said, are you aware of Kando? It is supposedly written by the author of Fly-Pie and is not tightly-knit to GNOME the way Fly-Pie is. There is an AUR package for it, so installation might actually be fairly easy (untested).






  • You want the specifications in watt-hours (Wh), not mAh. The International Air Transport Association sets its limit at 100 Wh, but your rules may vary. source, section 1.1

    mAh makes for good marketing as it is a big number, but you can’t infer the watt-hour effect of a powerbank given only ampere-hours; you need the voltage too. Many powerbanks are internally 3.7 V but you can theoretically have a powerbank with an internal voltage of 20 V. Applying the 24,000 mAh to the equation would make that it a complete beast of a power source and nothing you would be even remotely allowed to bring onboard an airplane.

    So check Wh numbers. If your powerbank is 100 Wh or below you should be good, assuming IATA rules apply. Ask your airline company to be sure.



  • zorael@alien.topBtoSteam DeckMicro SD died in steam deck
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    10 months ago

    If you enter desktop mode and start the KDE Partition Manager (found in the applications menu under System), does the card show up to the left as /dev/mmcblk0, or is only the internal /dev/nvme0n1 listed? You can eject and reinsert the card and press Refresh Devices to be sure.

    If it’s not there then the card very likely failed. If it is there it may be that you only need to do a filesystem check.