I love my deck because

  • it can play Steam games fairly well
  • it can play emulated game really well
  • but most importantly it’s a linux computer, I can browse the web, watch a movie, even be productive on it, and I sometimes don’t even need to plug in a mouse and keyboard or an external screen !

But I was wondering what kind of uses other people have with it, as a non gaming machine?

  • @[email protected]
    9•8 months ago

    I sold my laptop and used my Steam Deck as my main PC for a couple of months (till the parts for my new PC arrived). Worked out great. Convinced me to install Arch Linux on my new PC.

    The Deck works well as an HTPC too. Works great with Plex, etc.

    • @BananaTrifleViolinEnglish
      3•8 months ago

      I’ve dual run Linux and Windows for ages on my main PC but the Steam Deck is what moved me over to Linux as my daily driver and started me using KDE. Since switching from Mint to OpenSuSE on my PC I now very rarely use windows - I basically use it for occasional games that don’t run on Proton well yet.

      And agree on the HTPC use - I use my deck mostly plugged into my TV.

      • @[email protected]
        1•8 months ago

        What’s OpenSUSE like?

        I know nothing about dealing with issues in terminal and it takes a lot of internet searching to solve problems. The Steam Deck uses Arch and KDE so that made me try EndeavourOS on the PC, but it’s too complicated and too dependant on terminal and giving trouble with flatpak apps. Do you find OpenSUSE simple to use? If that’s complicated too I might go to Kubuntu or back to Linux Mint.