• Vahtos
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      4 months ago

      I saw someone doing this and geeked out so hard. Such a cool use of the Deck.

      • @[email protected]
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        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.

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      Same, I use it as a PC to learn English, browse the Internet, play music and videos, write, and manage my files.

  • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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    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

    • LadOP
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      134 months ago

      That’s really sweet. A very good friendship!

    • SeekPie
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      Yeah, the Steam Deck is kind of the middle ground between a too big laptop and too small phone screen.

  • @[email protected]
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    254 months ago

    Ukrainians using it to control machine gun, so they dont have to expose themselves in trench warfare.

      • @[email protected]
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        144 months ago

        Warfare isn’t a video game. I’m also sure they’re not giving control to unvetted people.

          • Ekky
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            “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.”

          • sunzu2
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            Drone operators killing people in foreign countries since Obama admin at least

  • Sigilos
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    I use it for 3D modeling using a BT keyboard and a drawing tablet. Works great with Blender and FreeCAD both.

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      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.

      https://kdenlive.org/en/

      I have been using kdenlive to browse, edit and compose gameplay videos right on the deck, it is a really nice easy experience.

    • fmstrat
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      14 months ago

      How does the drawing tablet work for FreeCAD? And is it one with or without a screen?

      Curious on the use case.

      • Sigilos
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        It essentially is a replacement for a mouse, I set FreeCAD to use Blender input settings since I’m used to those. It’s one without a screen, just a USB that I use with a kickstand hub on my Deck. I picked it because it was cheaper then a screen style drawing tablet and it would help most with Blender for modeling organic sculpture. It was a simple plug-and-play, although the software to enable some extra features was available for Linux and was a snap to add. I experimented using it with FreeCAD and it’s pretty similar to using a mouse, so I don’t need both inputs taking up table space.

  • @[email protected]
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    154 months ago

    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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      54 months ago

      So much, that I slapped Bazzite on my 2 desktop PCs, and I have been thinking about Ublue Core for my server.

      • @[email protected]
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        24 months ago

        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?

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          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.

  • Auster
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    Though I have yet to get a Deck for myself, I’d probably use it a lot to read comics. Having used the Vita a lot for that, being able to control the comics with a physical controller was fantastic, and the far greater processing power of the Deck should also avoid pages taking a long while to load (loading Humble Bundle’s ebooks in measly 512 MB of RAM is an experience).

    • fmstrat
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      This is a place where tablets, even really low-end ones, are far superior. Hard to beat not having to zoom.

  • @[email protected]
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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.

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        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!