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So how is Linux on Steam Deck? Can I do all my devvy things? VSCode, Go, NPM, Docker, etc
You can stretch SteamOS's capabilities out a little bit, but I wouldn't get too serious about it. The OS partition(s) don't have a lot of space, everything gets bounced back to start with every OS upgrade, and between SteamOS upgrades its Arch signing keys get pretty badly out of date.
I dunno how long it takes for the Deck's particular drivers to upstream to "real distros". Arch may already be there, Debian is probably not.
Yeah I guess at a certain point (carrying keyboard mouse around with the Deck), you're better off just using a laptop
@nii236 @rotopenguin
I don’t think so! I have an iclever portable keyboard that fits in my pocket even. Very portable companion to a device who’s purpose it to be “pocket” (more like small sling-bag) sized.
Link to the keyboard I use if curious: https://a.co/d/66lmyTl
Nice! I can dev on the toilet now
@nii236 Do you dev on the Deck?
I'm a filthy Australian so I still can't buy it in stores here... :(