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Got a Steam Deck on the way, anything I should know before I dive in when it arrives?

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[-] cron@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Play games, not just tweak all the settings.

[-] Andrew3331@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even if you don’t want to use it as a computer having a Bluetooth keyboard is almost a must-have because otherwise configuring non-steam games in windows mode is a real pain.

[-] codus@leby.dev 1 points 1 year ago

In a similar vain, enabling ssh and using that for config or moving files around has saved me a lot of typing.

[-] MisterT@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

If you want to play retro games check out Retrodeck AND Emudeck. Read up on how they both function before deciding which one to use. One is kind of a bunch of scripts that downloads and installs emulators all over the place and one has them all contained in a flatpak.

I forgot which is which

this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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