Can the Steam Deck replace your Desktop PC?

[@Robodob0]

Yes. I gave my steam deck to my son as his first PC, and he's using it for school work, for gaming, web stuff, etc. He loves the gaming side of it, of course. Desktop mode on the steam deck is no joke, it does everything you need that doesnt require rendering 2 hour videos or building-side posters.

[@Arch-Propagandist-Sage]

Plus he is getting familiar with Linux.

[@DaManCave123]

@@Arch-Propagandist-Sage always a plus! as windows aint rly doing anything for kids except those pesky ads

[@talesthesalesman3106]

Genuine question: what do you do for security? With steam having access to bank accounts, and google chrome/email having access to sensitive data, what are your security measures against hackers?

[@PeterAntonioGamez]

​@@talesthesalesman3106, really you don't have to do nothing The Linux OS are pretty safe, so you can do it without many issues

[@jeffrodrequez]

Linux user here (and proud SD Oled owner!). Great video, no criticism at all, well done! One of the things that really drew me into Linux initially was the customization. In Windows you can change the wallpaper and go between light and dark mode, but that's pretty much it (there is more you can do but it requires "hacking" into Windows, basically, not recommended for most users). In Linux you have built in settings to theme your desktop. The deck is running KDE Plasma (one of the standard Linux desktops). Within the settings, you can search for Global Theme. Within the global theme settings area there is a get new button at the top of the window that will allow you to browse thousands of themes created by other users. You can either search for something specific or just leave the criteria blank and scroll through. Find the one you want, click Install, then back out to your settings screen and select it to set the theme. Most of the themes will change your wallpaper, icons, colors, menus to look really nice - tons of dark and light themes. There are even themes folks have created to look like a Windows desktop.

[@TechDweeb]

Awesome tip! I'm trying this.

[@janX9]

I'm not trying to sell you on Windows or anything, but would you please explain how Linux is more customizable than Windows. I used Ubuntu for a while in the late 90s early 2000s ish? Nice OS 👍 but I've used windows since the mid 90s so, I'm just comfortable with it a software's. Fonts, wallpapers, sound schemes, colors. Customized windows such as thickness and color of edges. Rounded or square edges and corners. Adding a thick or thin trim with any color and thickness. I know I'm not explaining this well 😮 moving the bar at the bottom to other screen sides and making it hidden or not. Is there something Linux does better here? 🤔 Genuine question. I'm not trolling for an argument LOL or change your mind about Linux😊

[@frankysour]

​@@janX9to long to explain, look at it this way: if 98% of internet and cloud infrastructure,together with 100% of the 500 world's most powerful super computers run on Linux there is probably a reason... Regarding the desktop experience though... Late 90's you say.... Believe me... You REALLY need to give Linux another run.......

[@Lestibournes]

Just be careful with widget and login screen themes. Choose ones that are widely used with lots of good reviews. The reason is that they contain code that can do anything, including wiping your home directory. It's rare, but it happened at least once.

[@4theluvofmusic]

Since I'm a Mac user, I actually made my Deck Desktop appear and function a bit more like MacOS so interfacing with it would be more familiar to me. It blows me away how customizable linux is. If I ever give up on MacOS, I know I'll be settling on Linux before bothering with windows.

[@Jose-ue3bu]

Deal breaker for me was the Deck doesn't replace your car and washing machine. I wanted the full package all in one, couldn't justify the purchase.

[@TechDweeb]

That's fair

[@markalexander5578]

Tech Dweeb is experiencing springtime. Ignore the anime. It is natural.

[@Zero]

when the steam deck came out my gaming pc died and I ended up using it as my work/ personal computer until I could afford a new one. I had a windows partition and steam os. I would use window partition during my work day while I had it docked to monitor and keyboard/ mouse then just boot into steam os after work and pick it up and head over to the sofa and game all night. It was honestly all I needed and I could see myself going back to this setup if I need to. Great device valve has made here.

[@ToyKeeper]

If I had to pick just one cool Linux thing worth learning, I'd have to say... the command line. It's incredibly powerful, fast, and pretty universal across almost every Linux-based device. Unlike GUIs which get reinvented every few years, the command line is timeless, so you only have to learn it once and then it works basically forever. And if you need a feature it doesn't have, it's really easy to just add stuff via a script or something.

[@mercyblack0101]

❤️ I am so in love with my new SD. And yes I was a little bit scared bc of linux. But just take your time and explore your device, watch some YT videos and you'll be just fine. This thing can do so much like TD just showed you. I wish I could go back in time and show this device to myself as a kid. Telling: "Your life is gonna be pretty bad with a few nice moments inbetween BUT LOOK AT THIS! HA!" ...Luckily I can't go back I guess.

[@TechDweeb]

Well said buddy. Hope the nice moments are more and more frequent for you.

[@SensibleChuckle]

I wanted to program Pico-8 games and test them, but I couldn't get it to do it (gracefully). I figured I'd try it again later, but life got in the way of coding. That was a year and a half ago. I'll be revisiting this soon.

[@nesthorn1098]

Valve was super smart choosing KDE Plasma for the DE, making coming from windows easy!

[@raganx7108]

So jealous of your steam deck, when I grow up I wanna be like you.

[@jamesahhh4506]

Linux user here! I use Fedora linux on my laptop, and it works great. I have heard there's a steam os distro called bazzie the runs on top of fedora and not arch but still has the steam deck ui and stuff. I have heard that it works great on the steam deck, so that may be something to try if you want to see a different desktop environment (gnome in specific is used in bazzite) I also want to say great video covering how user-friendly linux is now. You did a great job showing how caught up and even better it is compared to Windows, like in the appstore section.

[@MartindeBoer2]

Tips from a fellow Linux geek, you will likely have a blast playing around with different desktop environments on an old spare laptop. Its magical. Try KDE Plasma 6 or GNOME 46 or something completely left field such as Pop_OS!. It will blow your mind what is possible.

[@ChrissyFreitas]

I have been using Linux as my main OS since 2022 and I haven't regretted. Manjaro on an old 2012 MacBook Pro, PopOS! on a crappy Asus gaming laptop, and now SteamOS on my OLED Steam Deck. I use Windows at work but anywhere else Linux is just fine for me with gaming and day to day use. Admittedly, I don't use Desktop mode that often, but when I do, I have it connected to my TV and used a Rii keyboard/track pad combo (but seriously looking to get a Razor wireless mouse and that 8bitdo NES keyboard soon). I love how versatile Steam Deck is, and aside from my phone, it is my only computer and it just works!

[@BaronVonHardcharger]

I grabbed a minicomp for video and comms, and run the Steamdeck for anything else. It works great for me, on my budget. :D

[@adinwalls]

I docked my Deck with my big screen, Bluetooth keyboard and a wireless mouse and suddenly I was doing desktoppy things with it without thinking too much about it.

[@peterdmcastro]

@3:51 I like how you show onlyshow skyrim on screen when you say, "it can play old PC games, modern games, retro games" because Skyrim is sort of all of those categories

[@samcurmudgeon]

The Steam Deck is very versatile. I have a NexDock that can wirelessly turn my Deck into a Linux laptop which is great for messing around with the heroic games launcher in desktop mode when at home, and convenient for keeping my traveling kit light.

[@hina-chanOwO]

for starters u can customize pretty much everything on ur desktop like u can move the panel, the buttons u can have 2 panels, a global menu thingy like macos :) u can also take a look at gnome or kde apps websites for a collection of pretty good apps (imo, gnome : pretty but a bit too simple apps, kde: feature rich but feel a bit too complex)

[@fireoil]

Seems the best compagnon with a Mac book Pro : portability for both if needed, few cables. and 0% windows.

[@GrimLocke161]

I like the idea of using the Deck as a computer replacement, but I don’t think I could manage my files on my iPhone and iPad with the Deck, so I’m set in getting a Mini PC before I get a Deck.

[@Autotrope]

Wow your keyboard looks pretty nice. Haven't heard of Arteck but will check them out.

[@xxbillybarnes]

not a dig. but in my head this video is dennis the menace trying to sell a steam deck to me

[@ryanfowlow8034]

perfect way to start the morning - coffee and a new tech dweeb video

[@TechDweeb]

☕

[@TrusteftTech]

First of all, great video. Second, I am shocked how rare (based on my experience in watching some videos) it is for a video on youtube about using the steam deck (or other similar computers) as a desktop computer, they ALL use the built in monitor for video editing etc for the whole frelling video! I have three concerns with Linux which stopped me few times from migrating there. a) Software compatibility. I realize things are better now and Valve has definitely helped towards that, but not perfect. b) 30 years on it is still impossible to never have to deal with typing commands in Linux. And no I am not talking about someone who just logs in to check their emails., but uses it as they would a Windows PC. c) Linux users/fanboys. As annoying as Apple fanboys, only that they also have the weapon of the budget friendliness of Linux. Fanboys in general are annoying, but Linux fanboys have the air of superiority that I don't see anywhere else in computing, apart perhaps from fanboys of the Amiga. (not users, fanboys). Very positive video and fun to watch even though I have no steam deck. My pc is old though and I am sure for at least some things it is much slower than the steam deck so that was fun/depressing to watch. (i7 4710HQ, GTX860M)

[@exodous02]

I tried for a few weeks but I just don't like Arch. I'm to the point where I just don't want anything that needs tweaking so I use Linux Mint. Also a weird theme to use as a daily driver. It's possible but if I was to use my steam deck as a computer I'd just dual boot into something else. I usually don't want distractions installed on my main OS anyway, so I'd make it so I had to reboot to get into SteamOS to play games.

[@23grt]

Ugghh you sold me on the retroid pocket flip and now I might need to get a steam deck haha.

[@ryanthedeadpoolreynolds7146]

Can this be combined with the kinhank 12tb hyperspin drive and the onex egpu to boost it??? Or the steamdeck oled. Another question ive been contimplating is if the sinden light gun could be compatible with this being streamed out to a projector? Ya know that would be a good article sinden light guns revisted on adroid and pc based devices while using all the peripherals 😅 Side note we should all work together to create a filter and determiner for the handheld you want based on what you desire most into the device.

[@meetthenefrost3k]

Hallo TechDweeb! wanna ask what game was that you were recording? (Warcraft looking type game)

[@rubytherottweilerandlouist2041]

Good info, thanks TD!

[@pixelatedzephyr6325]

you can also use nested desktop

[@rustincohlebla2194]

Lunux Desktop mode ..what is this ? i have never went out of the bash terminal ? Seriously though - you can browse pages through the terminal and all other cool stuff just need couple of months to really get used to the unix command line

[@PankoBreadcrumbs]

God, everything I hear makes me want a Steamed Deck but I already have a gaming PC and I just can't justify it 😅

[@TechDweeb]

This probably won't help, but I have multiple gaming PCs, and I game more on my Deck. Just sayin'

[@signe_stilett]

Deck is a good wingman to a PC or laptop replacement. I mainly game on a strong PC, which I bought after Steam Deck that fully replaced aging laptop for me. Some people like to use Deck to pick up AAA games where they left them on PC, blessed be cloud saves. I lean more to burning through my backlog of games I would overlook on PC. That, and it holds battery very well with lower spec games + flawless suspend make it great for travel or being available to respond quickly (Be it waiting in queue, doing chores, or childsitting). That, and it runs my comfort game VERY nicely (Nova Drift)

[@eagle_rb_mmoomin_418]

​yep RTX4080 rig that just gets used for email, youtube and the occasional bit of scanning and printing🤣🤣🤣🤦 OLED deck and an ROG Ally for gaming🤷.

[@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753]

Yes

[@SammyHardman8]

If I have replaced my series x for a steam deck. I'd say yes yes you can

[@kervenauguste8059]

Can anyone help When entering my SUDO PASSWORD in Decky Loader it's telling me "deck is not in the sudoers file" Been having touble with this even after I reset my sudo password. Please help thanks

[@Lestibournes]

What was that movie you were watching? It looked fun.

[@TechDweeb]

Haha I don't know! I googled "Japanese tentacle anime" for the joke and that's what it came up with 🤷

[@Lestibournes]

@@TechDweeb fsck! That's not fair! You can tease me like this!

[@japohn]

CAP! If Techdweeb is really in Canada he wouldn't know what phone data is, as Canadian providers have no coverage outside the head office parking lots. Nice try, BOT!

[@figbyfig5592]

Probably not for triple a and or intensive games ark survival ascended runs at like 10 to 15 fps on rog ally totally unplayable lol

[@abcdoooabcd]

using desktop mode is kinda diffuclt with no place to learn

[@MyurrDurr]

TechDweeb? More like TechWeeb after all the stuff in this video! **Clicks subscribe**

[@haysen123]

9:04 why did you stop?😢

[@nikotesla9406]

How about trying to enable AUR on it? Steam OS is an Arch Linux based distro...

[@seangreenhalgh7921]

Linux is in everything. Google Chromebooks are Linux. You can use flatpack apps for heaps of stuff. And no viruses. Been using Linux for years. It's totally not hard to learn.

[@janX9]

Oh! I just assumed it ran on *Windows*.

[@hopeforthebestx]

Was that a super sleuth FACE REVEAL??

[@shintyxd788]

buckshot roulette big W

[@donaldolafaurie]

I love this video but my big issue with my steam deck. I have a 64 gb like it’s too full and I can’t seem to delete the info on it so I have to keep reformatting it and I don’t go home because of the updates that fill it up everyday

[@Jordanx2]

micro sd

[@onepiece_96172]

What game is in the thumb nail

[@TechDweeb]

Bot Vice

[@onepiece_96172]

@@TechDweeb thanks for leading me to this gem 💎

[@batmabel]

One of the selling points of the Steam Deck for me was the possibility of bringing it with a Bluetooth mouse and portable keyboard to my parents house when I'm visiting, instead of my whole PC. I've done it multiple times and it works without any issues, I love it.

[@sativagirl1885]

do your parents let you play Steam Deck in their basement?

[@batmabel]

@@sativagirl1885 I hide it under the covers so I can play it after they go to bed

[@brittig8983]

I just bought a portable monitor and bluetooth keyboard so I can play with my little brother when I visit home, it's an awesome option to have.

[@PuddingTaToRnAtOr]

Me laughing at this with my rtx 4060 laptop that cost me $200 more than my ally, but triples if not quadruples the performance

[@Gigi-zy1kx]

Yeah, I really don't want to carry a nuc around. I think the power supply size will make the decision for me

[@FilipeAguiarCarvalho]

Not only does it work as a PC but it's a pretty capable one. Last semester I developed a full application as an assignment for my Master degree entirely on the Deck.

[@patozarantonello8572]

Just curious, whats the Master degree on?

[@PAS2010D]

Have you finished NipAlert yet?

[@bigrob029]

Ah yes, whip out your deck, explore and learn about yourself. In the dark. Hmmm...

[@smg7702]

💀

[@redshepard5306]

If you insist

[@GrimnirsGrudge]

My steamdeck has 100% replaced my laptop. It also helps to go on vacation and not have all my work stuff installed tempting me to work on vacation. After getting used to it, I'm very close to yeeting my Windows install and switching to fulltime SteamOS on my desktop next time I need to upgrade.

[@Komatik_]

Fulltime SteamOS is a bit unwise, since Valve hasn't released a proper desktop version. There are projects like HoloISO, but eh. If you want a gaming-oriented Linux desktop, Nobara would likely be one of the better candidates. It's a Fedora-based distro that includes all kinds of gaming and hardware support related extras and ships with KDE as the desktop environment, like Steam Deck does.

[@PeterAntonioGamez]

You can try any Linux distro, it's almost the same, and the base of steam os

[@DannerBanks]

"i don't know a fedori from a buntutu" LOL

[@nickc572]

I dual-booted mine, gave it to my girlfriend, and she's been using Windows on the SD as her workstation. Way more compact than having to bring a laptop to school for teaching work

[@malogor2127]

Is it actually more compact than a small laptop though? On its own it barely takes up any space, but as soon as you need anything extra for the steam deck like a keyboard or a bigger screen it instantly becomes less convenient than just getting a small laptop which at worst needs a charger and maybe a mouse.

[@Dairunt1]

I said it when the Steam Deck was announced; the Steam Deck is Valve's trojan horse to have people leave Windows and ease them into the slightly intimidating world of Linux. Valve has been clear that there's not a Steam Deck 2 in sight yet because they want to wait for a full generational upgrade, so I'm sure that any future model that would be released for the next 3 years or so would have the goal of reaching it to more people rather than improving specs.

[@haysen123]

Exactly, console must have upgrade when there is a big leap on the performance, like playstation and xbox, and soon nintendo switch. 1 year difference like rumored rog ally 2 isnt really necessary

[@EremittV]

As a casual Linux user I was so happy with the news. I knew this meant big leaps in proton compatability. It honestly gave me the option to ditch Windows. My still pretty fast desktop doesn´t support Windows 11 and an upgrade would cost hundreds or close to a thousand if I would make it worth it. So, I had the idea to buy a Mac mini. Some apps I use are Mac exclusive and up until now I had to run them in a VM. A Mac mini as a daily machine and a device to run a media server from sounded like a great idea. But what do I use for gaming then? Mac sucks and Linux isn´t there yet. Well, now it is! My PC runs Linux and Windows now and the moment Windows 10 support is dropped, I buy a Mac Mini and delete my Windows partition. Thank you Valve! And pay attention Microsoft. The personal desktop might not be as profitable to you, but the more anti-consumer you get, the more people will work on a better alternative. And when consumers and open-source supporters take the first step, enterprises will follow.

[@cryengine_x]

no thats what you were hoping, not what would happen. and as always, windows remains undefeated. there wont be a steam deck 2 because the little secret is steam deck sales are poor. even though it costs 1000 it gets beat on valve best seller revenue list by games that cost 29. thats why valve never mentions how many sold, except once in the beginning. theres no use putting money in a dead project. like all valves projects. remember steam controller? didnt they make a vr headset?

[@Dairunt1]

@@cryengine_x I'm not hoping for anything more than any consumer would hope: to be satisfied with their product. If Valve's goal to eat a slice of Windows's PC gaming cake works or not I don't care, as long as I find value on a Steam Deck; which, according to what Ive read, most people are.

[@cryengine_x]

@@Dairunt1 this is not true at all. valve does have hordes and hordes of corporate schills on the internet as you seem aware, how come you guys dont ever fight sony fanboys? what about nvidia fanboys HORDES? cowards. they would beat you...

[@raymo9197]

After purchasing my Steam Deck I became comfortable with Linux and swapped my desktop OS to Linux, then both my 2015 Mac laptops, I haven’t regretted it one bit. Awesome vid

[@_paczki]

My 2015 Macbook Pro battery bulged, do you think its worth repairing?

[@TrusteftTech]

@@_paczki Can you afford to fix it? Can you afford to not fix it?

[@unmarreddlite2264]

My 2015 mac laptop is hanging on by a thread!! Wanting to get into gaming, would you just get a steam deck and monitor if you were in my position, or do you think you need more power than just the steam deck?

[@raymo9197]

@@unmarreddlite2264 check out Linux mint for your Mac, installed on mine with no issues. I’ve seen other KZbin vids where they used their steam deck as a pc for a bit until they got another

[@TrusteftTech]

@@unmarreddlite2264 Depends on the games you want to play.

[@sarahdaviscc]

I love new TD videos. Feels like a video postcard from an old friend.

[@sw1tchpoint]

I request changing the name of the Steam Deck to the Swiss Army Steam Deck

[@Foun_D_OnePiece]

Nah Steam Machine cause of Daft Punk.

[@mercyblack0101]

Loved when he said that because its so true😅👌🏼

[@sharoninbaraj]

I have been using the Steam Deck LCD version as my only desktop computer since April 2022, and then switched to the Steam Deck OLED LE unit today!

[@TechDweeb]

Congrats on your new OLED toy!

[@d11ita]

This is your first video I watched and I love your style 🤩 Well crafted video on a interesting topic 👏🏻 Dolphin isn’t a fish 😉

[@crystal_is_cozy]

I love making my steam deck desktop look exactly how I want it to look

[@Dec4AllTimeAlways]

Added some *QoL* *improvements* for my Steam Deck 512 LCD over the weekend…. *Redream:* For some reason, this won’t launch from the EmuDeck/EmulationStation. I was stuck using Flycast and didn’t like how some games ran from it. I needed Redream to be a standalone emulator but still launch from the Steam library. My other big issue with Redream is it won’t remember the path if the Dreamcast ROMs were placed in the folder where EmuDeck reads them from. So I had to separate all my Dreamcast games from the big emulation folder. It’s now in the internal storage next to the Redream files and it can now remember the path. Also, changed redream to redream.exe from the actual file name because Steam can’t find it if it’s the former. Then edited the name again in the Steam gaming mode menu. Dreamcast games plays closer to flawless again. Dreamcast is my 2nd favorite console of all-time and it bothered me that I couldn’t use the emulator I wanted until figuring it out over the weekend. The only thing is the games won’t show up in EmulationStation anymore. I can live with it as long as I can play the games nicely. *Pluto* *TV:* Since getting the Pluto TV and Tubi apps about 5+ years ago, I rarely use Netflix anymore. Pluto TV is a Paramount service but three of my favorite sitcoms are on there. All I want from it is a channel that plays The Golden Girls all the time. Maybe toss in Martin, The Wonder Years, Doogie Howser MD, and another comfort soup show like Northern Exposure. Doogie Howser and The Wonder Years used to appear on ABC, so they’re more likely owned by Disney. I do love the Price is Right channel during the Bob Barker era. Watched a little of it the other night. It’s the game show I’d watch if I wasn’t in school or during summer vacation. I can live with the ads as long as it’s free and they have a great selection of content which they do. I personally don’t need any of them on any streaming service since all I do is use torrents and then save them on my Google Photos using an old Pixel 3 which has unlimited storage saver for life. The limit is 1080p. Everything from Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, Loki, WandaVision, Andor, The Mandalorian, The Boys, Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head, Stranger Things, Cobra Kai, Heels, Ted (2024), Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, they’re all there uploaded on my Google Photos. This June is going to be packed: House of the Dragon S2 vs. The Boys S4 vs. The Acolyte? I think HOT D wins out. The lore is more interesting. But I do love The Boys. *Tubi:* If you know movies like I do, Tubi has superior content over Netflix. I have an account and basically keep adding movies on my watchlist. Tons of foreign and softcore porn movies! Has many of the Showa Godzilla movies. Has my Gilligan’s Island too while Pluto TV covers I Love Lucy, Three’s Company, and Married…with Children. Pluto TV + Tubi are practically unbeatable since they’re free. Just need to live with the ads. Rewatched Get Out (2017) again on Tubi the other night. *Kodi:* So I couldn’t really create an app to add to Steam for Google Photos using Microsoft Edge. So what I’ll do instead is download some movies and TV shows from my Google Photos and save it onto my Deck. Then will have Kodi play it. I was going to use VLC but it doesn’t seem it can be added onto Steam. And Kodi seems to have a much nicer interface. I have over 1400 movies and tons of TV shows in one of my three Google Photos accounts. But the only one downloaded for the Steam Deck is video game related. It’s a documentary called Console Wars (2020) which can be found on Netflix. I read the Blake J. Harris book back in 2014. I may include 8-Bit Christmas (2021), both live action Sonic movies, and the recent Super Mario movie for it. I really want a complete set of the animated Shenmue series on my Steam Deck. I use magnetdl and I can’t find it complete. While I love the original Final Fantasy VII game, I didn’t care for Advent Children. That movie dragged. Most of my favorite TV shows and movies are on my multiple Android smartphones. The other ones added are KZbin, Gmail, Reddit, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. That’s a total of 10 “non games” if you include the 4 other ones mentioned earlier and EmulationStation. I set every app / website launcher to the native resolution of 1280 x 800. Looked through Google images to crop thumbnails for each of them. What really boosted my experience was finally figuring out each controller template. Set most of them to web browser and it’s like browsing from a tablet. This thing can be used for a decade if you really wanted to. Just replace the battery every few years. When I got my Deck nearly two months ago, battery health (which can seen under desktop mode) read 97%. But I’ve been using it so much, it’s down to 92%. I honestly thought I would barely use it after the initial honeymoon phase wore off but it’s been the complete opposite for me and I carry it with me every day since I’m a gig driver. The Steam Deck is frickin’ amazing. My Vita and Switch are collecting dust. If I’m bored playing games, I’ll use the Steam Deck to do something else like watch porn or read Reddit posts. I only bring one smartphone now because the Steam Deck is so complementary to any smartphone whether it’s iPhone or Android since it’s essentially a PC as well. It’s the G.O.A.T. It made me less interested for the Switch 2. F Nintendo! Cheers to Valve! 🍻

[@TechDweeb]

Solid suggestions! I'm sure this will help lots of dweebs out. Thanks buddy 👍

[@Agumon5]

As someone watching your channel since you had like 2k subs, it's kinda amazing how fast this channel is growing. 100k by end of fall 24 may be possible, soon you won't be able to keep up with the comments. 😊

[@TechDweeb]

Haha I'm almost at the point where I can't keep up! I really appreciate you sticking with me :)

[@terr20114]

0:29 "You can just whip out your Deck, turn it on-" Should never be said by Austrailians.

[@kevingiger5429]

I subscribed today. I thought I already had, but your constant badgering made me look again. I love your videos and I find you in particular entertaining.

[@TechDweeb]

The badgering works!

[@eatereater6312]

I can’t believe how versatile this thing is, I also can’t believe I don’t own one yet….

[@kamii_999]

Tell me about it I'm trying to convince myself to get the 512g oled version right now 😅

[@DarthTinderalla-qm9zw]

Save up a bit more and just get the 1tb. Unless you just want the cheapest oled screen and upgrading to a 2tb SSD yourself. You'll need the storage after your first steam winter sale...

[@paladingeorge6098]

If you want a migraine try compiling something in the desktop but first you have to figure out how to disable the read only mode on the os. I love my steam deck, but its a very neutered Linux pc. Thing is once you update the deck any changes made to the os including system packages get overwritten, just user data and flatpaks stay. So I wouldn't say its a "full" desktop experience compared to what a regular Linux user is use to but for the average user it's great.

[@kmjsuperfly1]

All we need is an Occulink port for an external GPU dock and it would be perfection.

[@polarvortex6601]

tried to use it as a computer but found out that i hate linux. so i only use it for games only

[@zombee38]

Techdweeb is such a source of knowledge and sexiness rolled all into one body. I just want to be like him when I grow up !

[@wobedraggled]

Great for newbs, no notes...EDIT: Gamepass can be streamed from Edge, so one note.

[@cinemavanya]

Imagine how cool it would be in the future when small SoC's gonna be so powerful and efficient that you could run any heavy task (video editing, 3D work and such) on just a small portable gaming-shaped console. What a dream, I can't wait!

[@SeldomSeen-if4pq]

At first, I thought this was click bait. When i saw he was serious, I found it comical. 😂 At least he told the truth; if you replace a desktop with this good for you, i hope it works out.

[@RemyBonnici]

I saw the thumbnail, looked over at my Samsung G9 Odyssey and had a little giggle tbh.

[@ThePawerStation]

I prefer a Legion Go for this (Which I'm considering to do). Where you can connect an eGPU and transform that into a Docking station kinda solution. Also, I'm a windows user in terms of gaming.

[@Trujones]

"Wip out your deck " .....

[@vtnwesley]

For all the bizarre Linux fear and Mac hate in the world "... works just like in Windows" or "works BETTER than Windows" is a common theme once people stop screaming nonsense on the moronic birb site. I'm in multiple ecosystems and I'm not a typical linux user (sorry guys, customization is a code word for normies for stealing crap and breaking the OS with bad ideas). To me an OS is supposed to 1. let you do the things you need to do, and 2. get the hell out of the way. Most things not called Android or Windows are GREAT for this. I hope SteamOS helps the fearful understand it's "just another OS" and it's just here to let you play games and run apps... ya know, like Windows.

[@TechDweeb]

Well said

[@MK_1Ultra]

Traveling with my Steam Deck literally has me only bringing it and leaving my laptop at home. I fly often so it's great to have on the go.

[@stevealms4971]

I've had my SteamDeck for almost 2 years and while a few of my friends have sold theirs due to lack of use, I've never looked back. I use my Deck on an almost daily basis and I've taught myself a lot of Linux tricks from it as well. Is it for everyone? No, but it's definitely a piece of gold for dweebs like me out there.

[@mrgregweber]

I love to floss :) (Hope I got that right on my low res screen. For a second I thought it said I love Fedora - my brain thought of bazzite and ublue and I use nobara)

[@TechDweeb]

THANK YOU! 👏

[@takiyaxo]

I can't believe it's 2024 and you still don't know how to do the floss. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is runed

[@TechDweeb]

Oh I know the floss, but I like watching tutorials on repeat just to make sure I don't forget ☝️

[@qhoton]

At this point I think you do understand, that after the April 1'st joke of yours, nobody is hoing to take your videos seriouslly... :D

[@TechDweeb]

As if they ever did!

[@RR-hh1bp]

debating if I should get one as an in house remote streamer.

[@mrcannonfodder23]

Great video, I will have to try this with my Xreal airs. Usually when I want travel light it's my key BT keyboard mouse, Xreal airs and using Samsung DEX on my phone as a desktop replacement.

[@mravg79]

Yes. Based on my experience, Steam Deck replaced my laptop. Sure I do not game in desktop mode.

[@L3tThereBeGames]

selling my Rtx 3060 build for this beast rn only because my fav youtuber suggested it🥰🥰

[@randomgamingin144p]

you can even run windows on it if you like pain it isn't designed to run windows though, and performance isn't too great but compared to an old dell optiplex it actually isn't bad

[@ianbeausejour11]

Awesome vid! A work colleague visited a customer site with his steam deck because his work laptop died and IT was taking forever to replace it and he was able to do his work just fine with it. As far as Linux is concerned, it's a great OS. I daily drive Linux on my personal PC and only use Windows for work related purposes (apps that require windows DLLs and .NET framework to function). Other than windows games, there isn't anything I have found that I can't do on my kUbuntu distro. You can tweak it with the apps you want and need. I don't have any experience at all with Steam OS but I would expect the same thing to be true. Linux is free and open source. If you run into problems, there's usually a forum community that will provide all the answers you need to fix your issues if any come up.

[@MyurrDurr]

Why is your Application Style set to MS Windows 9x? I assume that was not the default setting? :P but fair enough if you like it :D

[@TechDweeb]

Haha yeah that's not the default, I changed it and then I couldn't remember what the default was so I just stuck with the one that I like

[@MyurrDurr]

@@TechDweeb oh :P Default is Breeze :D

[@SNKev411]

Hey TechWeeb maybe you should do a video on how Linux is awesome os

[@TechDweeb]

I definitely want to do more Linux content t👍

[@SNKev411]

May be a Linux versus Microsoft video heh 😉😉lol

[@SNKev411]

@@TechDweeb I heard with older the computers Linux runs more efficient than Microsoft OS

[@Atomic-Purple-Guy]

I'm a Linux user myself but I'm not experienced with Arch based systems. So the deck has given me knowledge on that. I'm more of a Debian guy.

[@eagle_rb_mmoomin_418]

I actually put Bazzite on my Ally because I wanted a SteamOS style game console experience vs what Windows 11 was offering. Quite interesting running a Fedora based OS. I did actually use the desktop mode today impressed with it.

[@Atomic-Purple-Guy]

@@eagle_rb_mmoomin_418 if I ever get an ally that was my idea to do bazzite. How's the support for the ally? Any bad bugs.

[@eagle_rb_mmoomin_418]

@@Atomic-Purple-Guy Seems decent so far the only one I've noticed is when going to sleep when plugged in even if you've turned the brightness off on the RGB to 0 it'll renable them. I think that's in the firmware to completely disable it. OpenRGB can control the RGB etc but turning it off completely is not an option. TLDR you can control RGB but if it bothers you when the device if sleeping, you'll have to completely turn it off. Minor one is to get all the buttons, gyro etc Bazzite treats the built in controls as a PS controller which is fine but you'll see PS icons in the front end instead of the xbox buttons printed on the handheld. You might be able to play with that and fiddle but I figure the SteamOS QAM and Steam button are more valuable and Bazzite gives you those. Everything else seems to be working well. Haven't really used sleep much due to RGB annoyance as mine is mostly docked. The other day playing Rogue Trader on the couch it went to sleep and picked back up fine though.

[@therealsunnyk]

6:10 I resemble that remark! However, you've been remarkably accurate 10/10. An obvious thing to show is to install Heroic, Itch, and Emudeck (though guessing you've covered these already given this channel does a lot of emulator stuff), you need desktop for that. For Non-gaming, the list of Linux programs are pretty extensive. Surprised you didn't mention Komikku given the... other content... in the video. You can use Decibel for audio notes on the go, Obsidian for todo list items etc. Would also be interested if one of them finger style pens would work well with Rnote on the deck. There's also Space Cadet Pinball, which you can no longer play on Windows. EDIT: Also if you play older games then getting Luxtorpeda working is also pretty cool.

[@TechDweeb]

Solid suggestions, thanks buddy!

[@rjsprojects]

I started using the Deck to watch youtube videos and stuff around the house. I kind of think of it as a chunky iPad for media consumption. And since it runs the full desktop version of Chrome, adblock works. Not that I would ever block tech dweeb videos...

[@ToyKeeper]

Have been using Linux for 28 years now, but I'm not sure what cool stuff to recommend... because my setup has almost no overlap with what the Steamdeck runs. It's cool how diverse the Linux ecosystem is, but that also makes it difficult for different types of Linux users to relate to each other. I live in my happy little corner of the Linux world, and the Steamdeck is like a whole different continent, almost as foreign to me as Windows.

[@lionelt.9124]

I've been using it to learn how to program using Rust at home and on the go. My main issue surprisingly is that 16Gb isn't enough. I suggest that others give it a try. You get used to using the the on screen keyboard through the dual touchpads with a bit of practice. It's starting to feel a bit like touch typing but I still have to glance at the virtual keyboard often since the pads don't have the ridges like the steam controller.

[@TechDweeb]

Yeah I like the touchpad typing. Once you get used to it you can be really quick!

[@potatoes5829]

yey linux video valve is pretty epic

[@TomMAnderson87]

TechDweeb, do you use Steam Deck OLED for your personal Deck?

[@TomMAnderson87]

Sorry TechDweeb for the confusion but you can re-add me to end of vids as "Tomba". Now I'm indefinitely on your $4 tier Patreon!

[@TechDweeb]

Amazing! Thank you my dude! I'll make sure to get the name right :)

[@PeterAntonioGamez]

Its really funny to see the perspective of a non Linux user react to the simpicity of the system. I really beleve it can be an awsome system fot not expert people, and you put it on evidence. It's safer than Windows, and it's easier, maybe not have all software, but maybe if it gets more popular, some day the linux based os can get more comerrcial software like Photoshop.

[@Dads1stTime]

... I've always wanted to learn about myself

[@RetroGamerAdy]

Hey techdweeb, nice DECK !

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks bro.