A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.
Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.
As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title
The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.
Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.
These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.
Rules:
I was just excited for a portable, powerful Linux based machine and wanted to see it succeed so we could get more of them as time went on.
I use the thing daily docked and portable for gaming, 3D modeling, coding away from my main PC...it's been great. If it broke today I'd buy another. Or even better, I'd just pick up the easily available replacement parts and fix it.
I use mine just about every day. I still have a great time with it and use it as my main gaming machine. No regrets here.
I use it more than I have any previous hand-helds
That is to say, occasionally haha but still love it
I had an initial period where I played it a bunch, then I decided I have a few more Switch games to get through and then that will become a dust collector mostly, until I want to replay something many years from now. After this year or so I imagine it will be seeing tons of usage.
I suppose I could say I bought it a bit prematurely, but given that I have been using it and so has my son its been a fine purchase
I bought a decent dock for it so it kinda spends more time plugged into TV than not but yeah had one for about 6 months still use it.
I use it several times a week usually. But I use it almost exclusively docked. I got mine to be a bridge to a newer laptop or pc. I have an old gaming laptop that I primarily would just hook up to a TV. I play almost all games with a controller if I can.
So it works like the Switch for me. I can easily move it from the living room tv to the bedroom if I want.
Allowed me to catch up on pc games I missed as a console gamer. Well worth it for me. After 8ish months it’s not being played daily but used based on games I feel like playing at the time.
Probably the best gaming hardware purchase I've ever made. Play weekly, take it with us on vacation so we can hook it to hotel tvs and not put up with cable or smart tv BS. Absolutely love it.
Almost every day. Its my primary way to play games or sometimes ill watch something on it. Its a game changer when traveling too. I bought it to support Linux gaming in general and due to its open nature.
Very happy with it. $400 MSRP feels right, I don't think I would feel so positively if it was more. I'm on vacation right now and using it a lot to wind down in the evenings.
It's my only PC, so I've used it quite a bit, although not as much as I thought I would?
I got it day one and played it a fair bit last year (about as much as my PS5), but recently I've been playing on PS5 (and Series X, to a lesser extent) a lot more. It hasn't been collecting dust too much, as I'm still using it as a regular old PC, but certainly not daily.
Missus doesn't let me near it. Overall, it was a good purchase but next time I'd go for one with smaller breasts... and no gaming addiction 🤭
I mean I knew about the breast at the time of purchase, but gaming addiction...
I use it as a steam link when I'm home and load it up with emulators in case I'm away from my gaming PC.
the proton support this great, I just love having less fan noise and pleanty of battery.
Once a month, on average, I’d guess. I just thought it’d be a nice way to game in the living room. It is, and I’d buy it again. Prior to opening it I would go months between times that I play. I wish I had more time to customize it, really, as the control scheme offers so many possibilities. But I can game or I can bind, and not both.