I love my deck because
- it can play Steam games fairly well
- it can play emulated game really well
- but most importantly it’s a linux computer, I can browse the web, watch a movie, even be productive on it, and I sometimes don’t even need to plug in a mouse and keyboard or an external screen !
But I was wondering what kind of uses other people have with it, as a non gaming machine?
I recently started trying run stable diffusion on my deck CPU. It’s slow, but probably my fastest option as I’m very new to PC gaming and the deck is probably my most powerful computer for now.
Check my recent post history lol.
That’s actually kinda amazing…
I have a needlessly complicated but high quality signal path (USB-C to A dongle -> some extension cable -> Edirol UA-1D -> looong Toslink optical cable -> active speakers) to play music off Spotify and MPD on the Deck to entertain the family and guests.
I use my Steam Deck for producing audiobooks, set up a little closet space and soundtreated it, set up a mic with a Focusrite and I use Reaper on the Steam Deck.
Works great, bit small but I’m not doing music production so I don’t need a larger screen for the moment.
Best part is, it’s all via USB-C Anker Dock, so I just unplug it and the whole set up is perfectly in place still. Sans Deck :D
I use it as a tablet to watch F1 on my couch / armchair. It has better sound, screen and battery life than my laptop, while not burning my lab.
Other than that I mostly play games on my Deck.
I’ve been meaning to install ROS (Robot Operating System) on it, but haven’t gotten around to it yet.
I have it plugged into my TV via dock and use it to watch illegal video streams from sketchy websites that don’t have apps. Most often they are live sports streams.
Someone is going to say porn, and for that person I want to know how the hell you hold that thing one handed (for long enough).
I imagine someone would either connect it to a Monitor/TV or have it held up with a dock or something lol 🤷🏻♀️
You can plug it into a monitor or TV. Or you can use a stand.
it’s my daily device. I watch youtube and anime in desktop mode. I even have some music on it.
Honestly just for gaming. I have a Framework laptop running Linux that I use for anything else.
Hoping to get one soon.
I have the AMD 13 and it’s fantastic. It’s even solid for gaming as well and can handle some things the Deck can’t.
Is that the AMD dedicated graphics card? I’m getting the graphics card. Hoping to be able to run ML stuff on there such as Stable Diffusion.
How long does it take to arrive usually? Is there a calendar or timeline for each batch?
No, my Framework 13 is integrated only but it is still significantly more powerful than the Steam Deck. I haven’t really done any ML stuff so couldn’t tell you.
Mine was quoted as Q4 2023 when I ordered it and shipped by the end of November.
Same here, just for gaming. Have multiple other computers for actual computer needs. Though admittedly, none of them are running Linux as the primary OS yet.
HTPC
I’ve recently started to find its really nice to use kde connect on the desktop to watch videos on my TV though the browser. It’s not the most amazing experience but nice in pinch and better than hooking up my Chromebooks to the TV
I once saw a video of soldiers in Ukraine using it to control some drones. Truly a versatile machine.
I used it a while ago to record audio with a X32 mixing console in our rehearsal room.
What did you use to input a signal?
…mics into the X32, via USB into the deck? Or what did you mean with “input”?
That’s what I meant. I always forget that the USB port can be used for lots of things.
I use a focusrite and a MXL V67G microphone to record audiobooks
I’ve used mine sometimes for watching stuff that doesn’t support Chromecast or any other easy way of playing it on my TV.
With a Dock and my Steam Controller it’s a fantastic media PC.
With a Dock and my Steam Controller it’s a fantastic media PC.
Sadly it sucked last time I tried it to run Jellyfin Media Player :(
