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Steam Deck

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A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title

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[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.

Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.

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Got a Steam Deck on the way, anything I should know before I dive in when it arrives?

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[–] Synthead@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Encryption is not a first-party option in the software they give you.

[–] million@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Synthead@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's Linux, and you can set it up yourself, but there is no option in SteamOS to encrypt your filesystem as-is. This means if your Deck is stolen, they have your data.