Not to mention that it is literally a PC. It even has a full desktop environment mode running KDE.
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Zozano@lemy.lol 4 months agoThe Steam Deck IS a PC though. You can install SteamOS on your computer if you wanted to.
For the purpose of the argument the other user was making, it is functionally similar enough to consoles that it doesn’t feel like a PC, unless you want it to. So really, it suits everyone.
OswaldBuzzbald@midwest.social 4 months ago
Redacted@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I mean yeah by the technical definition but I’m not going to do work on a Steam Deck. My point stands, I meant desktop lol.
OswaldBuzzbald@midwest.social 4 months ago
No need to apologize friend. I just always want to inform everyone that the Steam Deck is capable of being used as a PC on the go if you have some peripherals. I have some third party launchers, and emulation stuff on my desktop side. I also have KeePass and a Google Drive for my passwords. I personally don’t use it for any other desktop activities because I have my laptop and my desktop for that, but it could handle those tasks (word processing and office tasks, general web browsing, etc) just like my other computers do. I even bought a nice little keyboard and have a wireless mouse for my Steam Deck, as well as a portable screen.
As far as homelab and server applications like Pihole, yeah I would probably not run those on the Steam Deck either, but I also wouldn’t put them on a laptop or my desktop. I put those on my homelab server running Proxmox because I turn my desktop off when it’s not in use.
Redacted@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yes hence why I corrected to desktop. Sorry, just always used to using PC and desktop as interchangeable terms but see why you’d want to differentiate these days.
My point is I don’t want a handheld that I have to plug in. I prefer a desktop box so although the Deck is great, it doesn’t suit literally all use cases lol.