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The original was posted on /r/steamdeck by /u/ManhattanTime on 2024-10-09 16:32:46+00:00.
Just picked this up three days ago. It's incredible fun.
What I've found is that I've spent about 95% of my time in Desktop Mode. I didn't know Linux at all and it's been a blast learning it. I spend tons of time in Dolphin File Manager and it was downright comical following some of the tutorials. "Simply right click on the title bar and...." and I'm like, how the hell do you right click? So that's a Google search. Continue on with that about 1000 times and now I'm functionally literate in it.
I've spent the majority of the time gathering up all the 25-30 year old abandonware games I played in my youth and making them work. Very few just worked perfectly the first time. I've spent hours on Emudeck and Steam Rom Manager and the various emulators (RPCS3, Xenia, MAME) and it's been so much fun tweaking it all to make it work.
I've successfully been able to make every single one work now and the feeling of accomplishment if pretty high.
The thing I didn't understand is that I wouldn't spend any time playing any of them. Basically boot them up, verify the play for a few minutes, exit out and set up the next one.
I used to play House of the Dead 2 for hours on my old Sega Dreamcast back in the day. Once I had it all emulated perfectly I went through the first mission. Man, it's bad. Boring. Outdated. Probably will never open it up again but I doubt I'll delete it.
So I guess now I'll start using the Steam Gaming Mode portion - you know, the thing we buy these for. Nostalgia is great, but for me personally it's not long-lasting. So much better stuff out there now.
But hey, the Steamdeck is awesome. Glad I have it.
Edit: I failed to give a shoutout to Dark Uni. He's an older guy like me and the way he explains things in his YouTube tutorials just jells with me well. So easy to follow. I highly recommend anybody with a brand new SteamDeck to follow his Dolphin Setup Tips and Tricks video. It's the best video I've seen on it. I cannot tell you how many times I've used the "Copy to Inactive Split View" and uncluttered left-hand panel side. Once that file system is set up correctly with this recommendations the file transfers and hundreds of edits you'll make to the files system are a breeze. It's a must-do before anything else.