I just play Steam Deck and write about gaming + Linux a lot
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2·1 month agoIf you ever run into an issue (you won’t now though, that’s for sure), feel free to message me on here. I’m always happy to help!
Yep, totally fine and safe :)
No glaring issues!
You might have to reinstall a plugin, but I’ve only seen that issue literally once. It only happens if that plugin is dependent on being on the beta channel.
Once you switch back to stable, just restart your Steam Deck and it’ll be good to go!
No data loss or anything awful. But if it helps, I’ll check in with my friend on Decky and get his confirmation before you do :)
Here’s my tip (being friends with the Decky team, and having reported on them/interviewed them for a long time now!)
When you install Decky, stay on the stable branch.
When there is a update for the Steam Deck, wait a few hours until Decky have their update, install that first.
Every single complaint about Decky is totally fixed with these two dead-simple actions.
Then grab SteamGridDB and change all your game art (that’s my fav plugin!)
^ the man, the myth, the legend
I remember when I used to write ridiculously long and detailed guides on Steam Deck things, so many people asked me to do the same for installing and tweaking Windows for the Deck! I don’t begrudge anyone who wants to install and use it, but it sure isn’t my scene. Or recommendation.
Or if you do, plz look into O&O ShutUp 10+11
Come back and share how you found it, once you have!
Well, Im a sorry if I offended you
like someone working of an AI generated transcript
Can I just point out the insane irony of someone critiquing my writing when they can’t spell? This would be hilarious if it wasn’t so painful.
Of course you offended me. I’m a writer, and you said that I didn’t write it. It’s disgusting.
The funny thing (well, funny to me anyway) is that someone shared my article on Reddit, and it has been viewed so far 261K times. It has 918 upvotes and 89 comments. And do you know how many of them thought this was written by A.I.?
Zero.
Being a writer, a comment like yours is not only insulting, but dangerous to me. It also makes me really sad. So thanks.
I used to adore the en dash and em dash. If I see writing I did and submitted around with articles and guides from like three years ago, they’re all through it. But then GPT boomed and I couldn’t be bothered dealing with the allegations. Ironically, those claims still haunt me.
It can be so exhausting that we need to do this to appear human now. It can just be heartbreaking!
What the absolute fuck.
No. Jesus. What the hell? I’ve been writing on here for a long time. And I’m not A.I.
So gross.
In fact, tiny edit here. The moderator of this community will speak for me, I’ve been writing things for this space for a long time now. More than that I’m more than happy for you to come and join our discord if you’d like. I have friends in there like the former lead tech writing for Forbes, or the guy who owns the site who will speak for me and what I write.
I hate this shit. The mere face we can write and this whole new scene of A.I. replicating writers’ work and then it is doubted and we have to deal with this is the worlds’ most exhausting nonsense to deal with.
NSL is created by a racist jerk and coded with GPT.
What’s not to love?
I spy two of my very good friends in this picture!
That sounds super interesting!
Also makes me sad that all that has disappeared now to time. I’d love to have seen it :(
An easy mistake to make!
You’ll be thinking of my good friend Gardiner, whose YouTube channel is well known!
But no, I just write on his site. I used to contribute to a bunch of sites and spaces you might know, but these days I only share articles on his site.
And thank you! I appreciate that, glad you enjoyed this one :)
Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy it, I’m really proud of this one :)
I use RetroDECK, which in turn uses the left-hand trackpad on the SteamDeck as a ‘radial dial’. I touch it, then select ‘quick’ then select ‘save’ - and it then makes an instant save state. So I don’t have to use any menu or loading point. I just start a game, then use the touchpad to ‘load’ that state and it is instant!
Save anywhere, any time. And load the same way. :)
It absolutely is!
I have a screenshot in the article of me doing just that. In fact it handles it so well that you can upscale the resolution a ton, and you can add HD texture packs. So it plays unbelievably well. Check my linked post up the top in this post and you’ll find some details I go into for getting it to work with HD texture packs!
The games have been decompiled and made to run native via openGOAL, so they’re far better using that via Decky Loader than emulated!
Thank you!
I have got it on my Steam Deck, but rather the PS3 version (using RPCS3/RetroDECK), and I’m wondering which one I should play when I do try it! Everyone speaks so highly of it, I’m looking forward to!
Thank you! I’m glad there is this strong core group of projects and devs who both support and love the Steam Deck, so long after release!
If you’re curious to hear more from the teams, I’ve interviewed all except Unifideck (some many times!) over the last few years. You can find those by filtering with my author link on the site, or with this tag:
https://gardinerbryant.com/tag/developer-interview/