Getting my steam deck tomorrow. Already had Linux like steam deck on my laptop a while ago (didn’t work well because fuck Nvidia)

But wanted to know what you all think is important to put on a steam deck, that’s not something that’s not what duckduckgo says with the websites it has. (I worded that horribly)

What are some niche things can I could do/install/play on the steam deck that most people wouldn’t really do or think about doing?

I don’t know a lot about Linux as I wish but I know a ok ish amount. Just wanting to find anything really interesting or useful to do with my steam deck

Also anybody know any casual games I can play randomly on public transit and don’t have to sit down and play. Things that I can just easily stop. (Something like balentro kinda way you can just stop whenever)

  • Stampela@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    16 days ago

    A thing about the official dock, maybe it’s just my setup BUT: it drains the battery. It doesn’t look like it, but if it’s off or suspended, the Deck loses charge while connected to the dock, then you grab it to use it (and the battery is like 97%!) but within 5 minutes it’s completely dead. Again, it might be just my setup, but now I unplug the Deck from the dock once it’s off.

    • thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      16 days ago

      Thank you, I will look out for that. If it does I’ll just return it as defective and get a dock somewhere else. Much appreciated, thank you.

      • Stampela@startrek.websiteEnglish
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        16 days ago

        It takes days to actually drain the battery a significant amount, you’re not going to notice it during the honeymoon phase :P

        I noticed it because my Deck lives most of the time on the dock.