The Steam Deck Thread - Almost Everything is a Handheld Game Now

[JarylGaren]

Oh I had no idea it could be used as a PC. I am not familiar with Linux but this is good to keep in mind. I hope to eventually get one too!

Yup! The Steam Deck boots into Gaming Mode by default, which is basically Big Picture Mode from Steam.
and in the Power-Options (where you would set the system to sleep or turn it off), there's also a "Go to Desktop Mode" button that brings you to a Linux desktop that looks very much like Windows. So it should be easy to find your way around it if you're not familiar with Linux yet!

[Loosf]

The "stream install from pc to steam deck" thing is so convenient. Sucks that it cannot be used the other way tho.

Not stream game, but rather than download from external internet, just using the local network to transfer the files between devices.

[Sugar Meowth]

The "stream install from pc to steam deck" thing is so convenient. Sucks that it cannot be used the other way tho.

You can! I copied Street Fighter 6 over from it to my desktop the other day now that I have a drive with some actual free space on it.



Maybe this is unchecked for some reason?