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Comment on Steam Deck as a laptop replacement?

I was considering something like this for work. One downside of this approach is that you'll be carrying more weight; with the NexDock it's going to be a 1.6-1.7kg affair for a 13.3" notebook.

Also if you're going to be doing photography, what software are you going to run on the Steam Deck?

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klangcola@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Yes please consider the software, not just the form factor. Because SteamOS is Linux there is no Photoshop and Lightroom. There is however Gimp and Darktable (and Krita) which may or may not fit your needs.

Also you want to make sure you install desktop software as Flatpaks. Lke others have said, the root filesystem is read-only, and pacman repositories are old. The root filesystem gets reset on SteamOS updates, but flatpaks are installed in your home directory which persists across updates.

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Zelaf@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
For the software side of things I’m most likely going to end up dualbooting with Windows, I have a lot of experience with Linux and tried for years to go over to Linux even for my photography but a partition with Windows and some editing software will have to do!

From what I’ve read the Windows experience have improved a bit so I’m thinking that’ll be my “Work/School” OS and keep Steam OS for gaming, very ironic considering how it’s always been reversed in the past.

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