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They stopped being fun 10-15 years ago. Back then people started figuring out the new touch input for games which lead to many simple, but creative games.

Nowadays, it feels like there exists nothing noteworthy in this space. Most are just boring clones of clones of clones riddled with ads and other garbage. I was unable to find even one game worth installing on my phone the past few years.

I don’t know what I am looking for at this point. I love casual games and play a lot on PC or my Steam Deck and it is so much easier to find something there which isn’t just a cheap money grab.

What are you talking about? This is about using a mouse and keyboard with a docked Steam Deck.

Weird. I was just expecting some odd key combination not that it isn’t implemented at all.

I guess I have to keep a controller near to access the menu then as a workaround.

Yea, no. It doesn’t work with ssh agent and it cannot read includes and other configuration options. I believe it also tries to install some components remotely which is bad enough, but causes additional issues in environments with proxies or without internet access at all. Iirc also plugins must be installed remotely to work.

In a normal professional context it just does not work and it is a hassle to deal with. It might work in a home lab, but nowhere beyond that.

Using the official dock, I don’t have a picture until I sleep cycle* my Deck if the TV is not on before waking it up. There is no picture on either display until then.

Also I am using a tiny keyboard for waking up the Steam Deck and it never works if I replugged the device without another sleep cycle.

It’s not great, but at least there are some workarounds. Which work for me.

*Sleep cycle means waking up the device and putting it back to sleep at least once

Sorry, I cannot really answer this. I am using the docked USB ports for mouse and keyboard receivers and have never tried any external storage.

Yes, I played most of it docked to my TV using a PS5 controller and only some undocked. There is no difference between docked and handheld mode like for the Switch though so it is fine either way.

Just don’t expect the highest quality settings for any recent AAA game. Due to hardware specific optimizations it is seriously impressive what the machine can actually run.

I completed Elden Ring on the Steam Deck without problems and I assume the other Souls games would run even better. Vampire Survivor also runs fine, no surprise really.

It is awkward as a laptop, but for gaming it is really nice. It’s the closest you can get to a gaming console for PC games.

If you can use containers always use containers as a rule of thumb. VMs are less efficient in almost every way and they add some unnecessary complexity.

For docker you basically only have to backup the persistent data. So in case of the docker setup you just have to backup the mounts and probably your compose file you are using. This probably also answers your third question already. Container files can be left alone and don’t need to be considered for backups as they should be stateless and can reside in their default location (/var/lib/docker/overlay2 or so by default).

Overall it is quite simple as you only really have to consider the mounts and the docker setup. The mounts you define and should be really obvious and the docker setup is just a few config files at most or just the compose file.

Yes, I wanted it to just work and it does so without any major problems for the most part. I wish there was an option for remote wakeup with controllers though (keyboard or WoL works though).

Not really. You need another PC running for it and it didn’t really work last time I tested it with Linux. Even when it worked from a Windows machine there were regularly really bad picture artifacts.

Also is the Steam Link even sold anymore?

Anyway, using the Deck is a simple plug and play solution.

I use it mostly docked and play on my TV. I know it is not the primary purpose, but playing PC games on the couch on a big TV is just great.

I started using it a lot more once I got the dock. Before I wasn’t sure if it was the right purchase, because I didn’t use it as much as I would like to.

Of course sometimes it comes with me when I am traveling.

Basically I am using it the same way as my Switch and in the end it was really worth it. I got one with the second batch I believe and I used it many hundredths of hours so far.

It is unlikely that Cataclysm ever goes on sale, because the steam release basically is just a donation. You can get the game for free on the official website: https://cataclysmdda.org

There you can also donate other amounts than the Steam price.

Many good choices here. I didn’t see Half Life Alyx here yet. It is an amazing game which alone is almost worth the cost of VR.