- DLSantini ( @DLSantini@lemmy.ml ) 10•1 year ago
Currently, just when I have to use it to install anything that I can’t install via game mode, and when I need to tweak the system or game files, copy roms from my NAS, etc.
- Dandroid ( @dandroid@dandroid.app ) 10•1 year ago
I almost exclusively use desktop mode. One of the main reasons I got a steam deck was to have a Linux PC connected to my TV at all times. I watch a lot of sports via pirated streams, and those only really work well in a web browser. A raspberry pi 4 was not quick enough to keep up with it, but the steam deck is more than capable.
- Corroded ( @CorrodedCranium@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 6•1 year ago
Mostly for tinkering. If I’m setting up an abandonware game or modding a game I prefer to do so in Lutris. It makes it easier to hop back and forth.
I also use desktop mode for a lot of indie games I may only be playing for small amounts of time
- TheHalc ( @TheHalc@sopuli.xyz ) 5•1 year ago
I mostly use desktop mode for messing about with things like emudeck and creating and forgetting an su password.
- SteleTrovilo ( @SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org ) English4•1 year ago
I put the Nix package manager on my Deck and use it for software development. You definitely want a BlueTooth keyboard to use it this way.
- Mtrad ( @Mtrad@lemm.ee ) 4•1 year ago
There was a period of time where I was too lazy to re-hook up my main PC to everything. I just hooked up my Steam Deck instead via a USB C hub.
It was then that I realized I don’t really use my main gaming PC anymore. I just play on the Steam Deck and almost everything else is just general use most of the time.
Since then, I found I still prefer to do some tinkering on a way the Steam Deck isn’t very good at, so I been thinking of selling off my PC and buying a capable laptop to have that extra ease as I found I don’t need the extra performance anymore.
Not frequently, I tried to use it to launch gog games via lutris but they were not performing as well as within the steam app.
- Diurnambule ( @Diurnambule@lemmy.sdf.org ) 3•1 year ago
Mostly installing games from outside the steam shop.
- Synctrex ( @Synctrex@feddit.de ) 3•1 year ago
Mostly I play games or browse the web / watch videos - But I do all of this with a dock and mouse and keyboard.
- IntentionallyAnon ( @IntentionallyAnon@lemm.ee ) English2•1 year ago
Setting up emudeck
- Fubarberry ( @Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ) English2•1 year ago
There are some movies/websites that don’t work well with Chromecast. Being able to play them on my steam deck while docked is often the easiest way to play them.
- CalcProgrammer1 ( @CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year ago
Tinkering with settings, web browsing, coding, file management, terminal, DistroBox, YouTube watching, using multiple monitors, installing flatpaks, installing emudeck, installing cryoutilities, compiling code, Qt creator, etc.
- petrescatraian ( @petrescatraian@libranet.de ) 1•1 year ago
@Moxvallix copying files, basically 😂😂😂 I’m still yet to buy a dock - afterwards it will be more useful.
- Sabin10 ( @Sabin10@reddthat.com ) 1•1 year ago
When my wife uses steam link to play my pc on the tv I connect my dock to my keyboard, mouse and monitor and go about my business uninterrupted.
- moormaan ( @moormaan@lemmy.ca ) 1•1 year ago
For viewing and commenting on this post, reading books and PDFs, doing Coursera courses, playing Minecraft Java edition…