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Steam Deck

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A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

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[Meta] - Discussion about this community.

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[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 56 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Add a keyboard, mouse and monitor, which are already required for every other pc, and you can do everything on the steam deck that you can on any other pc. The steamdeck just has the additional functionality of working without those if you so choose.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

and you can do everything on the steam deck that you can on any other pc

Ok, how do I use rsync on the deck then? (/s, but I'd still love to know)

[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)
  1. Turn on
  2. Open desktop mode (in power menu I think)
  3. Open terminal
  4. Type rsync
  5. Press enter
[–] needanke@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wait, its installed by default? I assumed I had to install it, which would not be possible, because its immutable and there is no rsync flatpak (I think).

[–] Sas 5 points 1 week ago

You can just install a distro of your choice on it that might or might not be immutable if you want. In the end, yes, it is a PC

[–] termain@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] SeekPie@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

SteamOS is immutable, so you can't install system-wide apps on there, only flatpaks, appimages etc.

[–] sanpo@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 week ago

Just... do it? It's just a normal Linux underneath.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Are you not aware of "Desktop mode"? Hold down the power button for a few seconds, click "switch to desktop mode," and you're literally using a fully functioning Linux PC.