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.
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.”
Yeah I was not serious, its horrible this could be reality someday
Drone operators killing people in foreign countries since Obama admin at least
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.
Still have SteamOS on it or some other distro?
Still SteamOS. I tried bazzite since I loved it on my previous desktop I had but it was super unstable on my deck , no clue why.
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
That’s really sweet. A very good friendship!
Yeah, the Steam Deck is kind of the middle ground between a too big laptop and too small phone screen.
Pron…
I also use it as a regular old PC. I work from home (design, illustration), and do all of it on a Deck plugged into a dock.
So much, that I slapped Bazzite on my 2 desktop PCs, and I have been thinking about Ublue Core for my server.
Thanks to Nixpkgs I’ve not had to worry about programs, but I sometimes miss having quicker access to DE and driver level stuff.
Does Bazzite have KDE 6 and fresher Bluez setup on the Deck?
I don’t use Bazzite on the Deck. I use it on my desktop rigs. Yes, Bazzite has KDE 6, it’s based on Fedora 41. As for Bluez, I don’t know, but everything I tried , worked flawlessly.
Basically everything. It’s my only PC right now.
I use mine to run VJ software and do light shows at music events.
Since the deck is a powerful computer, and the form factor is quite compact, I find it better than laptops for the task.I temporarily used it as a computer (mostly just firefox tbh) when my main computer was out of order, normally no.
I connect it to my projector to watch content.
Used mine as my main PC for half a year, doing everything from gaming (duh) to embedded development. Used RWFUS to install packages not available on flathub, but have recently started experimenting with the NIX package manager (I’m still running write-protected SteamOS).
My sister uses hers as a test and development machine for linux and Android applications.
Thought about using my SD in my model aircraft hobby, but never got around to that. Maybe I’ll use it when playing around with my car with the OBD2 adapter, since i can easily connect to it from my current main rig.
Streaming video to a TV
How?
Desktop mode, Steam Deck Dock, and whichever streaming service through Firefox or flatpak app or whatever
Got it, thanks. I somehow thought you stream it wireless to the TV.
Oh definitely not, I meant more just an occasional media PC
huh? it’s got a dock… just open your browser of choice and start streaming?
Thanks, I somehow thought he streams it wirelessly to the TV
Steam link app on a smart tv should work.
gnome network displays is on flathub and works from KDE Plasma
When I am travelling I use the deck and dock to order product (Libra office), Email, checking credentials of staff and watch video.
Only issue I have is the stupid jumping of frames when watching video in firefox due to not knowing how to turn of the stupid “smoothing” crap.
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!
Closest I’ve come is accessing the browser on desktop mode to transfer files (pretty much just games or files for games) and soon I hope to add custom boot videos. Otherwise, it’s just a game player/emulator player for me.
Random question, but does anyone know a way to make it so only custom boot videos play when you select random or have we not gotten that far yet?
I used it to watch anime for a month when I was away from my computer haha. It really made me want an oled monitor for my PC, but I realized they are quite expensive. I need to use my deck more in general to be honest.
