Im curious if anybody uses their steam deck for something other than gaming? I saw a dude use it as a kareoke machine. I also saw a dude use it as a teleprompter (weirdest by far). With all the software you can buy on steam, what are creative uses for the steam de k that isnt gaming related?
I dj’d a gig with the deck. Installed windows with traktor dj software. Unfortunatly it was a disaster. The deck kept overheating and the cpu throttled causing the software to glitch. My fault entirerly, I didn’t factor in how Hot a venue can get
I use it in desktop mode all the time. I use it to code and learn more about coding.
It’s my computer. I just paid my bills with it.
I use it in desktop mode periodically. If it’s already docked and I need a browser that isn’t on my phone, I’ll use it rather than swap over to my work laptop. I’ve been on linux for decades, so it’s pretty comfy for me,
My two main rigs are a 13900K/4090 equipped PC and a fully spec’d 16” M1 Max MacBook Pro, which I use for work; they are both fairly high end solutions.
Most of my file management is done via a local network/home labs setup, with a few synch tasks keeping critical files updated and managed in real time. Decided I wanted to test the Deck out as an all around productivity and entertainment tool. Spun up my dev environment in roughly 30 mins; offloaded some of my environment to Portainer/Docker running from my NAS. Was able to get all of my design and development work done without a hitch. Ended up running all my gaming, work, and personal tasks off of it for roughly a week, connected to a dock and external display.
Didn’t miss a thing. Undocked to game; didn’t miss the 4090. Watched Plex from bed; didn’t miss the TV. Honestly, if the next iteration provides native eGPU support, I could see this being a viable all-in-one solution for a large segment of users who are not locked down to Windows or MacOS. If it wasn’t for some mandatory MacOS tasks, I’d even consider it.
Also forgot how much I missed running Linux desktops. Last time I used a distro as my main machine was 2006 or so. Forgot how flexible and utterly malleable it is to work with and tweak.
I host minecraft servers on it for my friends :3
theres been a few posts of people using it to power an arcade machine setup.
To watch Formula 1 because races are often at unholy hours and I don’t have a tv in my bedroom. If the race is at daytime I fire up Multiviewer and plug it to a tv. I display race information on the deck and the main race stream on the tv.
I use it a lot for tinkering. Nested desktop mode makes everything so much more convenient too. Thanks to Valve for adding that officially.
Apparently it’s being used in war: link
Steam Deck is used in Ukraine for controlling drones to blow up Russian invaders with. Real-life Call of Duty.
I watch movies/series on it in my bed, instead of watching them in a chair at my pc. Weirdly enought i dont watch youtube on it, but i do that at pc.
I use my steam deck as my daily desktop.
Yes. Web browser, watching vids for my online course