Friend of mine bought a refurbished OLED model, it’s on its way and I wanted to provide them with some links so that they can have a smooth setup and options / ideas of what they can do on the Deck, I’m thinking of sending them the following :

- https://www.protondb.com/ for checking game compatibility - https://www.emudeck.com/ and - https://retrodeck.net/ for emulation i’ll just let them choose for themselves - https://lutris.net/ and - https://heroicgameslauncher.com/ for games not on steam - https://decky.xyz/ for plugins and whatnot

Do you guys have other suggestions? They like to tinker so even more obscure stuff is welcome!

Forgot to read the pinned post my apologies for the redundant post

  • @triptrapper
    2•24 hours ago

    So I got a flash drive to install Windows and (attempt) to install COD, but I have a Mac computer. To move anything to the flash drive, I had to format for MacOS, but to move anything to the deck I had to format for Linux. Am I misunderstanding something?

    • @[email protected]
      2•23 hours ago

      Mac should be able to read Fat32, and so should the Deck. You should use a universal drive format when possible, not whatever each one recommends (probably HFS or APFS for Mac and ext4 for Linux).

      If you’re trying to install Windows on the Deck via Mac, you might need to create a virtual machine first with Windows on it:

      https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/

      Or possibly Linux (which you could probably do via the Deck, too):

      https://linuxiac.com/how-to-create-a-windows-bootable-usb-on-linux/

      I did read that the WoeUSB program mentioned in that article might also work on Mac, but I can’t verify if that’s true. Option three is to ask a friend to create a Windows Media USB for you.