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.
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I temporarily used it as a computer (mostly just firefox tbh) when my main computer was out of order, normally no.
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.
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Ukrainians using it to control machine gun, so they dont have to expose themselves in trench warfare.
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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?
Basically everything. It's my only PC right now.
I use a deck to control robots at a theme park.
I saw someone doing this and geeked out so hard. Such a cool use of the Deck.
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.
I use it as my primary PC! It's such an awesome and stable Linux experience
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.
Last Weekend I installed GNU Octave in Desktop Mode to plot a mathematical curve
I use it as a general purpose computer. I set up an encrypted home partition by more or less following this guide: https://github.com/hirak99/steam_deck_encryption. I have a bag that nicely fits the deck, charging cable, dock, and a 60% keyboard for travel.
60% keyboard
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I just picked up a 144hz USB-C 16" monitor with a magnetic cover like a tablet. Paired it with a mini tripod and designed/printed a magnetic bracket so the monitor just snaps on. Slides right into my tiny 13L pack (barely).
Picture please!
Happily, but... Of what exactly? Not sure if you just want to see layout, or the details of the 3d model, etc.
The setup would be very interesting. I guess its a mobile workstation for you?
I have it connected to my TV so I can stream sports.
Ah yes, "sports", I got ya ;)
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.
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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.
I use it for 3D modeling using a BT keyboard and a drawing tablet. Works great with Blender and FreeCAD both.
Same I have been learning blender and using it on my deck! Super cool to hear about others doing so!
Also kdenlive is a nice linux non linear video editor available on flathub/the discover app browser.
I have been using kdenlive to browse, edit and compose gameplay videos right on the deck, it is a really nice easy experience.
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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.
Mine spends a lot of time docked to the television so I can torrent/stream things.
I connect it to my projector to watch content.
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