GAMER ALERT!!!! THIS IS A GAMER ALERT!!! The Final Fantasy XIV launcher appears to have been fixed on the latest wine and proton update. No more faffing around required: github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/GE-Proton7-18
You would think so but no, the restrictions that Valve have put in place include stopping sudo from working in the /usr/ folder: i.imgur.com/6BT0Haj.png - monotiller
The most important thing is that /etc is R/W (over;ayfs) so systemctl enable ssh makes it work. Second is that I am probable going to use containers in ~deck or anywhere in /home. /home is R/W
Yeah, that's perfectly fair. I wanted to keep it as vanilla as possible (only changed the wallpaper even, didn't even change the theme). Just be careful for the time being as OS updates have reverted some things for me already so I'd say don't use this in a production environment at the moment but I can confirm that /usr/ was reset back to factory settings for me and all applications I installed there no longer work, their icons are gone too from the application menu but the entries are still there but of course just throw an error when you click on them - monotiller
Aww thank you! Honestly, putting on my humble hat for a second, we just do what we want and if people are here that's cool and if they aren't that's also cool! It's honestly just a hobby for us so if we're having fun with it we're going to keep doing it! But hey! Thank you for taking the time to give us a watch! - monotiller
Hey guys, this video was a bit of a nightmare to make unfortunately as you may be able to guess from the conclusion trying to make something out of that, WHEW! But, I hope you enjoy the journey none-the-less. Let us know what you think regardless. Anyway, next video is from mr_turnabout about the story arcs of a familiar franchise... see you then! - monotiller
Thanks for a new video! I think the rate at which your channel is putting out content is fantastic! Maybe making a Steamdeck Touchpad setting video could be good for traction because the base settings are usually vbad
Huh, I'll have to think about that. The only problem I've had with the touchpads is that the left one barely vibrates and the right one almost shakes the whole device. Thank you for the kind words though
Wow the beginning reminds me of those educational videos they used to show in class during the 90s. The joy I'd feel as they wheeled in that breeze block of a television to watch an ethereul presentation of why Saturn has a ring...
Thanks for sharing your perspective of daily driving it from the perspective of a developer. I like some of the catches you pointed out, such as the /usr directly potentially being alerted during an update, and active display stickiness when undocking. Your channel is gaming focused but it would be cool to see more of your software development thoughts like this! Folks with a lot of technical knowledge like yourself sharing their experience and knowledge, like this, is inspiring. Keep it up, I've subbed, and look forward to going through your back catalog of content.
Hey, no problem and I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Our channel is more just doing things we enjoy doing and I definitely have a few more developer focussed videos in mind but they're a little ways down the line at the moment! But thank you for being here and hope you enjoy what we have to offer (although some of the older stuff is a little... rough) - monotiller
Here from TH-cam's recommended videos! So glad that was the case. Your video was not only entertaining but I appreciate I learned a thing or two as someone who's recently got into Linux.
@@DrearyMiddle After watching many, MANY Steam Deck videos here on TH-cam, I have been frustrated at the lack of intelligent reviews from a female prospective. Yours was very well done, informative and entertaining. Liked and Subed :)
@@DrearyMiddle oh yes, Rygel is an absolute gem! I found the show back in 2005 while looking for Titan AE music videos, so I've lost track of how many times I've watched it. Season 1 is a bit of a slow burn, but it's the only show I know of where each season is better than the one that came before.
Nice! I haven't had a computer for a out 18 months (except a old Chromebook and phone). Before that, I've been using Linux for about a decade. I've been hemming and hawing over whether I should get a steam deck or a macbook. I dont want both. This helped. I was hoping the SD would be basically "uneventful," as a desktop replacement like you said as it is my first choice. But if it is weird to use as a computer, then the MacBook looked more reasonable. I'm probably the only person cross shopping a SD and m1 MacBook air...
Ha ha yeah probably, I think most people probably are just looking at the Steam Deck as a handheld device. Obviously it’s up to you what you go for but a laptop does have an added benefit of being more accessible when you’re away from your desk. The Steam Deck’s screen isn’t that big and it can be somewhat fiddly to use in desktop mode whilst you’re just holding it in your hands Good luck! - monotiller
If you have been using linux for a decade, then that steam deck works perfectly fine. I have 3 chromebooks, but since Google's latest container work, ipv6 just doesn't work anymore. And on any normal system it works. What's clunky though is the screen. You need a monitor/keyboard/mouse to use it as a daily driver. However, if you need to be an occassional road warrior, a bt keyboard and a stand might be enough for emergency work. I bought my steam deck as a serious laptop replacement. If my laptop dies, I can't work and hence can't bill. With the steam deck I can still work. But I only have it for 3 days now. I will keep my / ro and try to install an lxc or something.
@@bloepje I will have a dock set up at home, so it will be like a desktop. I have most of the stuff already. I don't really need a mobile computer. And when I do, the sd should be just as useful as my Chromebook. (More useful, less ergonomic). My concern was that there was going to be some sort of 'gotcha' with the SD as a desktop replacement. I don't rely on a computer for work, so that's not a worry. Thanks for the help!
YEESSS I've been looking for a video like this. My work machine is a mac and besides my gaming machine I had a thinkpad with popOS. I've been planning on getting a steam deck so I can send back my work machine so I have less liabilities lol. I've also seen videos of people running the android studio emulator on the steam deck which is pretty impressive.
Yeah, it really is just a handheld PC and it's come a way since this video even. I would say though that if you want to get work done on the go with it you really will miss that keyboard, unless you get yourself a stand and a Bluetooth keyboard or something - monotiller
@@DrearyMiddle yeah I might have to borrow my wife's mini pink logitech keyboard lol. It's been also surprisingly useful, it can connect to 3 devices at the same time and can just switch between the devices
I'd say don't get my dock. Work gave it to me and it's unfortunately a little pricey, but it's the DELL-WD19-130W. I have 2 work laptops so it just sits on my desk and I switch between the 2 but I also use it for my personal machines too as it's just plugged into my monitor and peripherals already. Key thing to look out for is avoid ones that are thunderbolt exclusive because they won't work with the Steam Deck - monotiller
So it's Almost September and now we need you to update this by installing SteamOS 3.0 on a desktop PC and what you need to do to get it all running... I think you maybe very happy with the current state of things, from what I'm seeing... a migration maybe in everyone's near future.
Funny you should mention that, since SteamOS 3 still isn’t publicly available to download I am making a video on how you can get the "next best thing" with Manjaro (as it's also Arch based and using KDE Plasma) but as soon as it's out I'm definitely going to give it a go. I might also do a 6-month followup video about the Steam Deck as that's coming up soon but right now we've got a few other things on the burner - monotiller
Does the power delivery from the WD19 just work on the Deck? Only getting "slow charging" from my WD15... (the warning about that only pops up if you're in the... uuh... non-desktop mode)
It is slower to charge on the WD19 for sure, which is strange because I don’t have any problem charging laptops off of it so I’m not sure what’s going on there - monotiller
Thanks for the video. But ok, if the usr folder is subject to be overwritten then how can it being used as a programming machine? Am I expected to re install the entire toolset after every system update? That's insane.
Yeah lol, to be fair when I started doing it I wasn’t aware that it was going to wipe it THAT quickly. If you have a spare micro sd card laying around it might make sense to put an OS on that and dual boot so you can have a more permanent desktop experience - monotiller
Thanks for the video. Been searching for this exact thing. Is that a Dell work dock you were using with the deck? Do you know what model it is? I've got one too and would like to know if it's compatible
Thank you! The dock I have is the DELL-WD19-130W. It’s pretty decent and has worked with pretty much anything I’ve given it but it’s my works so it’ll have to go back eventually. Good luck with yours though! - monotiller
@@DrearyMiddle perfect..think it's same or similar to mine. Good to know it'll work with the deck. Deck is on its way next week. Been considering using the deck as a Linux desktop and your video was right on the money
Sounds great! I don't know how much you know about Linux but if you're new definitely just take a bit of time out to explore the desktop, have a poke around. Don't worry about breaking anything as Valve have made it as new comer friendly as they can so you don't have admin (or root as it's known) access initially and a few of the key OS folders are locked so you can't break them unless you turn off the restrictions. It is quite different to Windows or macOS for sure but honestly after a while you'll learn the quirks of it just like you did for the other OSs. The Steam Deck runs SteamOS 3 but right now you can't download it as a separate OS yet (Valve time though so "soon" might not mean soon) but SteamOS 3 is based on top of an OS called Arch Linux which provides all the backend OS stuff and uses KDE Plasma for its user interface and apps. I'd say the most user friendly and most similar OS would be the Plasma variation of Manjaro which you can download from here: manjaro.org/download/. There will be some Manjaro specific apps which the Steam Deck won't have but for the most part it'll be the same. You can also try the OS without installing it just by burning the ISO you downloaded to a DVD or USB Stick, plugging it in and selecting it when you boot your computer: wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Special:MyLanguage/Burn_an_ISO_File. Or of course, you can just use a virtual machine to run it inside your existing OS but this does affect performance a bit. Hope this helps! Enjoy your Deck! - monotiller
I would like to know if you could save your session on the desktop mode, then go to the gaming mode, and when you return to the desktop mode your session still be there(like a hibernation). Or will you need to open every program again?
It doesn’t save your session as per se unfortunately, all it does is just reopen whatever windows were open before so you will definitely lose work if you’re not careful when switching between the two unfortunately - monotiller
@@DrearyMiddle that's why you should use vim instead of visual studio ;-). I have so many bad memories about visual studio. I had to install gvim so visual studio would open gvim instead of doing the edit sessions itself. It was so easy to crash visual studio and hence loose all edits, while if (g)vi(m) would crash, all the edits are still there. But then again, it doesn't crash since even before the inception of windows 3. But in that period there was m.exe, which was a pretty decent and probably last of the good editors of microsoft.
@@bloepje I can't say I share experience unfortunately, Visual Studio Code has been fairly good to me, I like that it doesn't matter what I'm working on it just kind of accepts anything I throw at it, live share is a pretty cool function too so multiple people can share a session and terminal, I've got my automation workflows set up so it can start doing tasks in the background while I code. It's not perfect and I don't love it, but it gets the job done perfectly fine, it's also the standard at my work as well alongside PyCharm so it's good in that respect. I know how to use vim and that's why I don't use vim. Vim is brilliant when you're limited to a keyboard and a terminal, but I just prefer how some of the more modern text editors work. Are they creature comforts? Sure. But for vim to be at the level I'm happy with I need to use plugins, which to be fair I have a GitHub repo with them in, but in closed off environments, I can't access them. If by all means vim works in your workflow go for it, but it's not for me. But I'm also not bound to VSCode, if something better for my workflow comes along I'll move, I am eyeing up JetBrains Fleet but I'll have to wait and see about licensing on that one - monotiller
Yes, that could definitely work although I’d probably run secondary OS’s on micro sd cards so I can swap in/out whenever I wanted to without sacrificing space on the internal storage
There currently isn't any explicit driver support for other Linux distributions but as long as the distro you are picking has Linux kernel 5.18 or above it should have some support for the deck as Valve submitted some Steam Deck support to the kernel. As far as I'm aware it does include basic support for pretty much everything, but I think performance from the APU isn't as good as it is on SteamOS since that was designed with the Deck in mind. I believe this is the same as on Windows where it does have driver support but not the optimisations so you loose out on a bit of performance
Would love to get a Steam deck for portable gaming and then docking it to use as a digital art station, but I’m still on the fence. It seems installing windows on the Deck is the optimal option for desktop use (If you’re an average Joe).
Ah, unfortunately I’m not a digital artist but I do use GIMP and Darktable for the occasional bits of photography I do. I think you’ll need to look at your workflow and see what is and isn’t available on Linux. Like, if you use Krita you’re golden, whereas if you use any of the Adobe suite it doesn’t really work on Linux. As for the Paint Tool Sai programs, apparently the Windows versions do work on Linux, they just have to be installed through WINE which allows for you to run Windows programs on Linux and Mac - monotiller
do you know how to create an flatpak for ... visual studio or any other open source program? because you going to need otherwise you will need to reinstall it everytime the system updates. and... you said you dont trust un oficial packages (or without signatures or something like that)
Creating flatpaks is a little too much effort for something that I'm only going to be doing once especially since creating install scripts takes like, three or four lines of bash script. Besides this challenge was supposed to be from the perspective of a newcomer to the platform and I wouldn't expect them to know or learn how to do that
Liked the video, but let me get this straight. You don't want to use unofficial packages for your dev tools, but you will suffer through having to deal with your tools breaking every update? ... Personally would not have gone that route, but whatever.
I just don't fancy my chances entering in login details into non-official clients, I've had accounts taken control of before so I like to be careful when it comes to that sort of thing - monotiller
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GAMER ALERT!!!! THIS IS A GAMER ALERT!!! The Final Fantasy XIV launcher appears to have been fixed on the latest wine and proton update. No more faffing around required: github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/GE-Proton7-18
Hey for the permissions can’t you just use sudo? Every Linux distro will do the same without sudo.
You would think so but no, the restrictions that Valve have put in place include stopping sudo from working in the /usr/ folder: i.imgur.com/6BT0Haj.png
- monotiller
@@DrearyMiddle wow
This is such a great video. The humour in it is amazing. The editing is funny too!
Thank you! That really means a lot!
- monotiller
The most important thing is that /etc is R/W (over;ayfs) so systemctl enable ssh makes it work. Second is that I am probable going to use containers in ~deck or anywhere in /home. /home is R/W
Yeah, that's perfectly fair. I wanted to keep it as vanilla as possible (only changed the wallpaper even, didn't even change the theme). Just be careful for the time being as OS updates have reverted some things for me already so I'd say don't use this in a production environment at the moment but I can confirm that /usr/ was reset back to factory settings for me and all applications I installed there no longer work, their icons are gone too from the application menu but the entries are still there but of course just throw an error when you click on them
- monotiller
i checked your subscriber count and was shocked that you didnt have tens of thousands of subscribers, this video was so well made and hilarious
Aww thank you! Honestly, putting on my humble hat for a second, we just do what we want and if people are here that's cool and if they aren't that's also cool! It's honestly just a hobby for us so if we're having fun with it we're going to keep doing it! But hey! Thank you for taking the time to give us a watch!
- monotiller
Props for including Farscape in thumbnail. Loved that show!
Hey guys, this video was a bit of a nightmare to make unfortunately as you may be able to guess from the conclusion trying to make something out of that, WHEW! But, I hope you enjoy the journey none-the-less. Let us know what you think regardless. Anyway, next video is from mr_turnabout about the story arcs of a familiar franchise... see you then!
- monotiller
Thanks for a new video! I think the rate at which your channel is putting out content is fantastic! Maybe making a Steamdeck Touchpad setting video could be good for traction because the base settings are usually vbad
Huh, I'll have to think about that. The only problem I've had with the touchpads is that the left one barely vibrates and the right one almost shakes the whole device. Thank you for the kind words though
Wow the beginning reminds me of those educational videos they used to show in class during the 90s. The joy I'd feel as they wheeled in that breeze block of a television to watch an ethereul presentation of why Saturn has a ring...
Thank you for the interesting perspective on the video! Why does Saturn have the ring?
- monotiller
Thanks for sharing your perspective of daily driving it from the perspective of a developer. I like some of the catches you pointed out, such as the /usr directly potentially being alerted during an update, and active display stickiness when undocking.
Your channel is gaming focused but it would be cool to see more of your software development thoughts like this! Folks with a lot of technical knowledge like yourself sharing their experience and knowledge, like this, is inspiring.
Keep it up, I've subbed, and look forward to going through your back catalog of content.
Hey, no problem and I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Our channel is more just doing things we enjoy doing and I definitely have a few more developer focussed videos in mind but they're a little ways down the line at the moment! But thank you for being here and hope you enjoy what we have to offer (although some of the older stuff is a little... rough)
- monotiller
I did not expect the editing but I'm all here for it,Ya just earned a subscriber
Thank you! I like to give it the college try!
- monotiller
Here from TH-cam's recommended videos! So glad that was the case. Your video was not only entertaining but I appreciate I learned a thing or two as someone who's recently got into Linux.
Ah, welcome to the Linux side. I’m no expert by any means but I hope you enjoy your stay!
- monotiller
very good and fun to watch! That was one of the best Steam Deck daily driver videos! it was so great 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the kind words!
@@DrearyMiddle After watching many, MANY Steam Deck videos here on TH-cam, I have been frustrated at the lack of intelligent reviews from a female prospective. Yours was very well done, informative and entertaining. Liked and Subed :)
Your shooting style reminds me of one of my favorite shows - Peep Show. Absolutely love your channel, and style!
Thank you, not watched Peep Show myself but I'll take it!
- monotiller
Seeing Farscape in the wild is a very rare treat! This makes me happy! That's been my favorite show for longer than it hasn't.
Honestly, I’d never heard of it until my friend started showing us it and I’ve definitely fallen in love with it. I am firmly in the church of Rygel
@@DrearyMiddle oh yes, Rygel is an absolute gem! I found the show back in 2005 while looking for Titan AE music videos, so I've lost track of how many times I've watched it. Season 1 is a bit of a slow burn, but it's the only show I know of where each season is better than the one that came before.
Ah you know what, I kind of missed having both Zhaan in the cast and Scorpius as the villain, as much as I enjoyed Harvey
Super entertaining. You deserve more subs!
fantastic video, had to watch it twice to fully gasp all the detail, but awesome
Thank you! Sorry about the burping dog
you got good humour. this was funnier than i thought it would be! you get a sub!
Thank you!
Great video! Spot on humour as always :)
Thank you! Much appreciated!
lol someone marked the flatpak section as a sponsor on sponsorblock
Snap fans 😔
@@DrearyMiddle (derogatory)
Nice!
I haven't had a computer for a out 18 months (except a old Chromebook and phone).
Before that, I've been using Linux for about a decade. I've been hemming and hawing over whether I should get a steam deck or a macbook. I dont want both.
This helped. I was hoping the SD would be basically "uneventful," as a desktop replacement like you said as it is my first choice. But if it is weird to use as a computer, then the MacBook looked more reasonable.
I'm probably the only person cross shopping a SD and m1 MacBook air...
Ha ha yeah probably, I think most people probably are just looking at the Steam Deck as a handheld device. Obviously it’s up to you what you go for but a laptop does have an added benefit of being more accessible when you’re away from your desk. The Steam Deck’s screen isn’t that big and it can be somewhat fiddly to use in desktop mode whilst you’re just holding it in your hands
Good luck!
- monotiller
If you have been using linux for a decade, then that steam deck works perfectly fine. I have 3 chromebooks, but since Google's latest container work, ipv6 just doesn't work anymore. And on any normal system it works.
What's clunky though is the screen. You need a monitor/keyboard/mouse to use it as a daily driver.
However, if you need to be an occassional road warrior, a bt keyboard and a stand might be enough for emergency work.
I bought my steam deck as a serious laptop replacement. If my laptop dies, I can't work and hence can't bill. With the steam deck I can still work. But I only have it for 3 days now. I will keep my / ro and try to install an lxc or something.
@@bloepje I will have a dock set up at home, so it will be like a desktop. I have most of the stuff already.
I don't really need a mobile computer. And when I do, the sd should be just as useful as my Chromebook. (More useful, less ergonomic).
My concern was that there was going to be some sort of 'gotcha' with the SD as a desktop replacement. I don't rely on a computer for work, so that's not a worry.
Thanks for the help!
YEESSS I've been looking for a video like this. My work machine is a mac and besides my gaming machine I had a thinkpad with popOS. I've been planning on getting a steam deck so I can send back my work machine so I have less liabilities lol. I've also seen videos of people running the android studio emulator on the steam deck which is pretty impressive.
Yeah, it really is just a handheld PC and it's come a way since this video even. I would say though that if you want to get work done on the go with it you really will miss that keyboard, unless you get yourself a stand and a Bluetooth keyboard or something
- monotiller
@@DrearyMiddle yeah I might have to borrow my wife's mini pink logitech keyboard lol. It's been also surprisingly useful, it can connect to 3 devices at the same time and can just switch between the devices
What dock do you have? Looking to pick one up and don't mind spending money for something that won't brick my Deck.
I'd say don't get my dock. Work gave it to me and it's unfortunately a little pricey, but it's the DELL-WD19-130W. I have 2 work laptops so it just sits on my desk and I switch between the 2 but I also use it for my personal machines too as it's just plugged into my monitor and peripherals already. Key thing to look out for is avoid ones that are thunderbolt exclusive because they won't work with the Steam Deck
- monotiller
So it's Almost September and now we need you to update this by installing SteamOS 3.0 on a desktop PC and what you need to do to get it all running... I think you maybe very happy with the current state of things, from what I'm seeing... a migration maybe in everyone's near future.
Funny you should mention that, since SteamOS 3 still isn’t publicly available to download I am making a video on how you can get the "next best thing" with Manjaro (as it's also Arch based and using KDE Plasma) but as soon as it's out I'm definitely going to give it a go. I might also do a 6-month followup video about the Steam Deck as that's coming up soon but right now we've got a few other things on the burner
- monotiller
Does the power delivery from the WD19 just work on the Deck? Only getting "slow charging" from my WD15... (the warning about that only pops up if you're in the... uuh... non-desktop mode)
It is slower to charge on the WD19 for sure, which is strange because I don’t have any problem charging laptops off of it so I’m not sure what’s going on there
- monotiller
Ahh I don't want desktop I don't know but I really do want one!!
Thanks for the video. But ok, if the usr folder is subject to be overwritten then how can it being used as a programming machine? Am I expected to re install the entire toolset after every system update? That's insane.
Yeah lol, to be fair when I started doing it I wasn’t aware that it was going to wipe it THAT quickly. If you have a spare micro sd card laying around it might make sense to put an OS on that and dual boot so you can have a more permanent desktop experience
- monotiller
@@DrearyMiddle Either way thanks for raising awareness for this. I couldnt figure out otherwise without going through the purchase.
No problem! Good luck and if you have any more questions feel free to reach out!
This Was Fun To Watch, Ur Fun N Bubbly! I LOVE IT! Ur So Adorkable! 😹😹😉🥰
Thanks for the video. Been searching for this exact thing. Is that a Dell work dock you were using with the deck? Do you know what model it is? I've got one too and would like to know if it's compatible
Thank you! The dock I have is the DELL-WD19-130W. It’s pretty decent and has worked with pretty much anything I’ve given it but it’s my works so it’ll have to go back eventually. Good luck with yours though!
- monotiller
@@DrearyMiddle perfect..think it's same or similar to mine. Good to know it'll work with the deck. Deck is on its way next week.
Been considering using the deck as a Linux desktop and your video was right on the money
Sounds great! I don't know how much you know about Linux but if you're new definitely just take a bit of time out to explore the desktop, have a poke around. Don't worry about breaking anything as Valve have made it as new comer friendly as they can so you don't have admin (or root as it's known) access initially and a few of the key OS folders are locked so you can't break them unless you turn off the restrictions. It is quite different to Windows or macOS for sure but honestly after a while you'll learn the quirks of it just like you did for the other OSs.
The Steam Deck runs SteamOS 3 but right now you can't download it as a separate OS yet (Valve time though so "soon" might not mean soon) but SteamOS 3 is based on top of an OS called Arch Linux which provides all the backend OS stuff and uses KDE Plasma for its user interface and apps. I'd say the most user friendly and most similar OS would be the Plasma variation of Manjaro which you can download from here: manjaro.org/download/. There will be some Manjaro specific apps which the Steam Deck won't have but for the most part it'll be the same. You can also try the OS without installing it just by burning the ISO you downloaded to a DVD or USB Stick, plugging it in and selecting it when you boot your computer: wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Special:MyLanguage/Burn_an_ISO_File. Or of course, you can just use a virtual machine to run it inside your existing OS but this does affect performance a bit.
Hope this helps! Enjoy your Deck!
- monotiller
Farscape is best scape.
You are awesome and inspiring :D
Awesome
I would like to know if you could save your session on the desktop mode, then go to the gaming mode, and when you return to the desktop mode your session still be there(like a hibernation). Or will you need to open every program again?
It doesn’t save your session as per se unfortunately, all it does is just reopen whatever windows were open before so you will definitely lose work if you’re not careful when switching between the two unfortunately
- monotiller
@@DrearyMiddle that's why you should use vim instead of visual studio ;-). I have so many bad memories about visual studio. I had to install gvim so visual studio would open gvim instead of doing the edit sessions itself. It was so easy to crash visual studio and hence loose all edits, while if (g)vi(m) would crash, all the edits are still there. But then again, it doesn't crash since even before the inception of windows 3. But in that period there was m.exe, which was a pretty decent and probably last of the good editors of microsoft.
@@bloepje I can't say I share experience unfortunately, Visual Studio Code has been fairly good to me, I like that it doesn't matter what I'm working on it just kind of accepts anything I throw at it, live share is a pretty cool function too so multiple people can share a session and terminal, I've got my automation workflows set up so it can start doing tasks in the background while I code. It's not perfect and I don't love it, but it gets the job done perfectly fine, it's also the standard at my work as well alongside PyCharm so it's good in that respect.
I know how to use vim and that's why I don't use vim. Vim is brilliant when you're limited to a keyboard and a terminal, but I just prefer how some of the more modern text editors work. Are they creature comforts? Sure. But for vim to be at the level I'm happy with I need to use plugins, which to be fair I have a GitHub repo with them in, but in closed off environments, I can't access them.
If by all means vim works in your workflow go for it, but it's not for me. But I'm also not bound to VSCode, if something better for my workflow comes along I'll move, I am eyeing up JetBrains Fleet but I'll have to wait and see about licensing on that one
- monotiller
can you install ubuntu and dual boot to get around the read-only restriction?
I mean if you just want to development work and run it only on desktop mode,
Yes, that could definitely work although I’d probably run secondary OS’s on micro sd cards so I can swap in/out whenever I wanted to without sacrificing space on the internal storage
are there any driver issues for other Linux distros?
There currently isn't any explicit driver support for other Linux distributions but as long as the distro you are picking has Linux kernel 5.18 or above it should have some support for the deck as Valve submitted some Steam Deck support to the kernel. As far as I'm aware it does include basic support for pretty much everything, but I think performance from the APU isn't as good as it is on SteamOS since that was designed with the Deck in mind. I believe this is the same as on Windows where it does have driver support but not the optimisations so you loose out on a bit of performance
Would love to get a Steam deck for portable gaming and then docking it to use as a digital art station, but I’m still on the fence.
It seems installing windows on the Deck is the optimal option for desktop use (If you’re an average Joe).
Ah, unfortunately I’m not a digital artist but I do use GIMP and Darktable for the occasional bits of photography I do. I think you’ll need to look at your workflow and see what is and isn’t available on Linux. Like, if you use Krita you’re golden, whereas if you use any of the Adobe suite it doesn’t really work on Linux. As for the Paint Tool Sai programs, apparently the Windows versions do work on Linux, they just have to be installed through WINE which allows for you to run Windows programs on Linux and Mac
- monotiller
do you know how to create an flatpak for ... visual studio or any other open source program?
because you going to need otherwise you will need to reinstall it everytime the system updates.
and... you said you dont trust un oficial packages (or without signatures or something like that)
Creating flatpaks is a little too much effort for something that I'm only going to be doing once especially since creating install scripts takes like, three or four lines of bash script. Besides this challenge was supposed to be from the perspective of a newcomer to the platform and I wouldn't expect them to know or learn how to do that
Liked the video, but let me get this straight. You don't want to use unofficial packages for your dev tools, but you will suffer through having to deal with your tools breaking every update?
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Personally would not have gone that route, but whatever.
I just don't fancy my chances entering in login details into non-official clients, I've had accounts taken control of before so I like to be careful when it comes to that sort of thing
- monotiller
Your out of control bro but my steam deck is on the way and I’m gonna do a bit of finagaling myself
Can’t stop won’t stop
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how do i do that on windows?
Corrupted driver was the last way it happened to me