• rkk@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

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

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    Used mine as my main PC for half a year, doing everything from gaming (duh) to embedded development. Used RWFUS to install packages not available on flathub, but have recently started experimenting with the NIX package manager (I’m still running write-protected SteamOS).

    My sister uses hers as a test and development machine for linux and Android applications.

    Thought about using my SD in my model aircraft hobby, but never got around to that. Maybe I’ll use it when playing around with my car with the OBD2 adapter, since i can easily connect to it from my current main rig.

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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).

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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.

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

      Curious on the use case.

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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.

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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.

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    Closest I’ve come is accessing the browser on desktop mode to transfer files (pretty much just games or files for games) and soon I hope to add custom boot videos. Otherwise, it’s just a game player/emulator player for me.

    Random question, but does anyone know a way to make it so only custom boot videos play when you select random or have we not gotten that far yet?

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    I used it to watch anime for a month when I was away from my computer haha. It really made me want an oled monitor for my PC, but I realized they are quite expensive. I need to use my deck more in general to be honest.

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    I temporarily used it as a computer (mostly just firefox tbh) when my main computer was out of order, normally no.

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    When I am travelling I use the deck and dock to order product (Libra office), Email, checking credentials of staff and watch video.

    Only issue I have is the stupid jumping of frames when watching video in firefox due to not knowing how to turn of the stupid “smoothing” crap.

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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

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

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

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        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.