I use a deck to control robots at a theme park.
I saw someone doing this and geeked out so hard. Such a cool use of the Deck.
I use it as a general purpose computer. I set up an encrypted home partition by more or less following this guide: https://github.com/hirak99/steam_deck_encryption. I have a bag that nicely fits the deck, charging cable, dock, and a 60% keyboard for travel.
60% keyboard
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Same, I use it as my travel laptop. I like this keyboard + stand.
I just picked up a 144hz USB-C 16" monitor with a magnetic cover like a tablet. Paired it with a mini tripod and designed/printed a magnetic bracket so the monitor just snaps on. Slides right into my tiny 13L pack (barely).
Picture please!
Happily, but… Of what exactly? Not sure if you just want to see layout, or the details of the 3d model, etc.
See response to the other commenter in this chain. Posted a picture, and a Dropbox picture link to “everything”.
Damn, that’s pretty sweet. Nice job on the setup.
The setup would be very interesting. I guess its a mobile workstation for you?
All the pieces, and other views: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/fbmz7uc6om0phj7nce4ru/AGpFdSfbjvaVRp7VzVifx8U?dl=0&e=1&rlkey=myk045zn4yxpdsn3o0wk1bron&st=zp0lu71m
This fits in my Osprey Daylight 13L pack.
Thanks. But you don’t use a Steam Deck!?
Thats my main working setup, but I use it with the Deck, too. The Deck slides into the bag alongside that 😉
Works great as a desktop when I’m setting up to work and/or play.
And yes, it’s a mobile workstation for me. I typically use code-server, so I’ll have VSCode open in the top, and everything else on the bottom. Works well since it’s width-saving in a coffee shop. I tried one of those “triple monitor” setups that connect to the laptop screen, and the angle was awful, no idea how people use those. Love me some triple-curved at home, though ;)
I use it as my primary PC! It’s such an awesome and stable Linux experience
Same, I use it as a PC to learn English, browse the Internet, play music and videos, write, and manage my files.
Ukrainians using it to control machine gun, so they dont have to expose themselves in trench warfare.
Can I sign up outsidee Ukraine (legally, too)? Like its only extra latency. I cant go to space but I can blow up Russian armor a gazillion miles away so thats something
Warfare isn’t a video game. I’m also sure they’re not giving control to unvetted people.
Yeah I was not serious, its horrible this could be reality someday
So you’re saying there won’t be “Twitch does warfare” any time soon?
“I let Twitch chat control this machine gun mounted turret, and the first thing they did was draw dickbutt in the sand, after which they kept shooting at the passing heavy armor.”
My friend screenshares shows with me and we watch and talk to help me fall asleep at night ❤️ It works better on the deck than my phone
Yeah, the Steam Deck is kind of the middle ground between a too big laptop and too small phone screen.
That’s really sweet. A very good friendship!
I use it for 3D modeling using a BT keyboard and a drawing tablet. Works great with Blender and FreeCAD both.
Mine spends a lot of time docked to the television so I can torrent/stream things.
Producing audiobooks
What kind of workflow does this involve on your deck?
The Deck is plugged into a hub with a monitor, m+kb, and a focusrite Scarlett solo, and Reaper is the DAW I use.
It’s pretty much just plug and play, I may have had to finnick with the software to get the focusrite going right away but it wasn’t much time at all, if any. Other than that, recording and editing as normal!
For anyone wanting to take the deck to the next level and unlock more functionality I can warmly recommend https://bazzite.gg/
Can you elaborate in which use case bazzite is better on deck than stock steamOS? Whats the difference in terms of battery life? What are the tradeoffs?
Personally don’t have a deck… yet. I run Bazzite as my OS on my PC though. However, I read and see a lot of people running Bazzite on decks on forums and discord. This is also where i’d recommend going for answers such as you asked for. If I had to guess there isn’t much difference when it comes to battery life - they’re both running the same kernel. The reason you would want to switch, as shown on their website is to unlock the ability to run flatpak on your deck.
I kinda wished you were able to back up your claims. The Steam deck can install flatpacks through discover just fine.
Bazzite doesn’t support the 64GB version of the deck. It’s the version I own.
I run a rebased kionite to bazzite on my desktop pc, so its not like I hate Bazzite, I love it. All in all not a very sensible recommendation, in my opinion the risk of bricking far outweigh the aesthetic appeal to run Wayland apps.
Fair enough, I’ve only assumed Steam deck was “locked” to steam, but turns out its not. My bad for not having done proper research here.
