bjoern_tantau
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de
- Comment on [Help] Failing power button 2 days ago:
don’t remember. At least a few months. I think I had even forgotten about it when I sent it in.
- Comment on [Help] Failing power button 2 days ago:
I had that as well. I folded a piece of paper and stuck it under the power button. Worked well until I had to RMA due to another issue. Then they fixed it properly.
- Comment on Market research firm International Data Corporation estimated that between 3.7 and 4 million Steam Deck had been sold by the third anniversary of the device in February 2025. 2 weeks ago:
Can confirm this.
I got my Steam Deck when I caught Corona and stopped getting better. By now I can’t leave my bed but with the Deck I can at least play something. Otherwise I would have gone insane by now.
- Comment on Steam deck OLED 1TB or Asus ROG Ally X with Bazzite? 2 weeks ago:
I only have a Deck but the touchpads are invaluable. Not only for mouse inputs but also to map multiple functions via Steam Input.
But also the gyro aiming is great for shooters. No idea if the Ally has a gyro but that has also been invaluable. Not for broad gestures but for small aiming adjustments. I forgot I used it until I turned it off.
- Comment on Recommendations for games for 6 year old 2 weeks ago:
Oh, also Goat Simulator. So much hilarious mayhem!
- Comment on Recommendations for games for 6 year old 2 weeks ago:
Tons of Lego games are also available on the Deck. Minecraft is always great. GCompris is a great collection for children.
And of course you can always emulate Switch games.
- Comment on [Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - April 2025 3 weeks ago:
I started Baldur’s Gate 3 again. With an evil Wyll run. I try to make Wyll go the evil route by doing the most “heroic” stuff.
- Comment on Show off your Steam Deck's home screen! 3 weeks ago:
I’ve put OpenSUSE Tumbleweed on mine. And although I have gaming mode available I prefer to run it on Plasma Wayland for the multitasking. The background just pulls in astronomy pictures. I rarely look at it anyways.
Keen eyes will see the Baldur’s Gate 3 icon in the taskbar.
- Comment on HOW DO I CHANGE THE SUDO PASSWORD FOR MY STEAM DECK WITHOUT KNOWING THE OLD PASSWORD?????? 5 weeks ago:
Booting from any rescue Linux system and removing or editing
/etc/shadowin the overlay partition would work as well. No need for a factory reset. - Comment on How would someone use the steamdeck to download all their photos off google photos? 1 month ago:
If it is generally possible with a browser it is possible on the Steam Deck.
- Comment on Steam Deck Beta Client Update Lets You Remotely Install Demos From Phone Or Web 1 month ago:
Huh? It has been offering me to do that for quite a while now. I think I even used it once or twice.
- Comment on Some questions before probably getting a Steam Deck 1 month ago:
The Deck is weird in terms of Wayland/X11 usage. Gamemode runs on Wayland, but the Steam client runs through XWayland and for the games another XWayland session is started.
- Comment on Three years later, the Steam Deck has dominated handheld PC gaming 1 month ago:
You can play those Switch games plus a ton of other games on the Deck. Apart from technical capability there are 0 restrictions on what you can do with your Deck. You can play Steam games, GOG games, Epic games, Nintendo games, PlayStation games, Commodore 64 games, Arcade games, etc.
- Comment on Finally the Onboard on screen keyboard works on Wayland 1 month ago:
What do you care about a year old post?
I’m doing all of this on a Steam Deck.
- Comment on Finally the Onboard on screen keyboard works on Wayland 2 months ago:
I’m not running SteamOS.
I think they are waiting for Chromium to fully support Wayland before they ship Steam for Wayland.
But by now I’ve also found a workaround to get the Steam keyboard working on Wayland.
- Comment on FreeTube full screen 2 months ago:
Have you tried making it fullscreen in desktop mode and then quitting? That often works.
- Comment on This Steam Deck mount looks silly, but greatly reduces the risk of dropping Valve's handheld on your face while gaming in bed 2 months ago:
Don’t need it. I’m fat.
- Comment on [Discussion] What are you playing on your deck? - February 2025 2 months ago:
Last game I played was Lorelai. Why did nobody tell me how frickin awesome that game is? I thought it was a generic jumpscare 3d horror indy. But it’s actually really cool horrod adventure. And the previous title in the series The Cat Lady is even more badass.
Got Lorelai some time ago for free on GOG and never played it because of above reservations. But somehow it always stayed in my head so I decided to actually try it and waa blown away.
- Comment on LGR had best experience of The Sims 1 & 2 Legacy Collection on the Steam Deck (timestamp at 14:16 min) 2 months ago:
Funnily enough it’s been my experience that getting old games to run is easier on Linux by now. Even before the re-release.
- Comment on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – Custom Chocobo Steam Deck 2 months ago:
The Steam Deck is totally in the mainstream. I’ve seen so many streamers who I never would have seen with a Linux device casually mention that they’d play on their couch with the Deck after the stream has ended.
- Comment on [help] has anyone managed to run rocm on the deck? 3 months ago:
I had it running for image generation. As far as I recall it was slow and buggy so I didn’t do more with it.
- Comment on Too loud? 3 months ago:
Did that for a home server of mine after the CPU fan broke. Kept an eye on the temperature for a while and it works great. Now I only need to get rid of the PSU to make it really silent.
- Comment on Is there a reliable low profile stand/dock? 3 months ago:
I saw what you did there, birch.
- Comment on Is there a reliable low profile stand/dock? 3 months ago:
At that point I’d just try to build something myself out of wood.
- Comment on GPD WIN 4 handheld plans to support Valve's SteamOS in 2025 3 months ago:
The Steam Deck struggles with games like Cities Skylines because it only has 16 GB RAM. More RAM has never been a bad thing. Especially if you want to future proof your device.
- Comment on What are your favorite accessories for the steam deck? 3 months ago:
Nope, sorry. But the Deckmate also has a VESA mount. There are probably some ways to mount it to help with playing.
Nowadays I’m not playing so much anyways. A laptop on a tiltable food tray table thingy gets much more use for YouTube videos.
- Comment on What are your favorite accessories for the steam deck? 3 months ago:
- Comment on What are your favorite accessories for the steam deck? 3 months ago:
My Deckmate with the kick stand. I’m bedbound and it even works to prop it up on my tummy.
- Comment on [Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - January 2025 3 months ago:
Last games I played were Life is Strange: Double Exposure and after that the phenomenal The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow.
Currently I’m playing through Diablo 2 again.
- Comment on [help] Black Screen of Death 3 months ago:
In case of the Steam Deck fiddling around on the inside does explicitly not invalidate the warranty. It is specifically made to be easy to repair.
Unless you do something stupid, of course.
But as long as you follow instructions from ifixit you should be golden.
