I was wondering how much you are using your Steam Deck? And did the games you play on it change since you bought it?

I find that I used it a lot when I first got it, but my usage has gone down in the mean time. That’s mostly because I play games that are not a great fit for the Steam Deck (strategy, building, etc.) and I prefer to play those on my PC.

  • NeryK@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    61·
    6 months ago

    It was setup as a desktop PC for my kid, (official dock, 1080p display, kb+m) for the last year and a half. Bit of an experiment on my part here, because I was curious to know if it was really viable.

    The short answer is: yeah, kinda, but with big caveats.

    The long answer is:

    • It’s alright to watch youtube, browse the web and such.
    • It’s perfectly fine for creative tools (GIMP, OpenShot, Libreoffice, etc).
    • It’s unsuited for games kids actually want to play (no Fortnite, no more Roblox as of this year, no Valorant, etc).
    • It’s surprisingly unreliable. We have had frequent issues (once every two weeks or so), with peripherals suddenly stopping to work for no apparent reason, or the system being slowed waaaay down. Turning it off and on again worked most of the time, but that is not something I expected from a Linux-based machine.
    • MajinBlayze@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 months ago

      It’s surprisingly unreliable. We have had frequent issues (once every two weeks or so), with peripherals suddenly stopping to work for no apparent reason, or the system being slowed waaaay down. Turning it off and on again worked most of the time, but that is not something I expected from a Linux-based machine.

      I think this might be an issue with the official dock. I’ve got a third party dock that’s a lot more stable. The biggest problem I have here is that the port not being thunderbolt or usb-4 limits your dock options a lot