Hey folks. I have been playing with my steam deck oled 1 TB version for some weeks now and I’m loving it. Very nice device for on the go. The thing is that I would like to use the device as a backup workstation for some quick important work on the go when I don’t have my laptop around.
I would like to ask if Bazzite is an viable option for this. I know the deck is primarily an gaming device, but I would like to get the best use of this beautiful thing.
But what do you think should I change the Steam OS for bazzite? Should I just use Tails OS on a flash drive and then use Tails OS for work ? Or is the Steam deck not yet there where it could be used as a backup for a laptop?
Thank you in advance and I would like to hear what you all think.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 months ago
I’d say SteamOS is a viable emergency laptop replacement as is. You can already use most office software in desktop mode.
Qual@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The only problem that I had is that Steam OS doesn’t offer any full disk encryption. But I think I could just solve that with a veracrypt container. Even if an attacker gets access to the deck then they should not be able to decrypt the container.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 months ago
Yeah, trouble with Bazzite at the moment is that you need a keyboard to decrypt it on boot for now. I’m waiting for the ability to enter my passphrase with the touchscreen.