Tag: Steam Deck

  • Formatting a SD Card For Steam Deck

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    It appears that there is a prevalent issue with the Steam Deck corrupting SD cards that can leave them in a unrecoverable condition, this seems to occur mainly on a second formatting rather than the first, so far we’ve not heard anything from Valve about this, but I suspect it’s more likely to be down…

  • Installing Emulators on Steam Deck

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    The Steam Deck is a great device for playing emulated games on, there are a number of options for settings up emulators but I find the easiest to use is EmuDeck. Installing EmuDeck Once you’ve download EmuDeck click on the ‘EmuDeck.desktop’ file and it should ask you if you want to open or execute, if…

  • Steam Deck Review

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    I have finally received my Steam Deck, I was fortunate enough to get an early Q2 slot, shipping took about 3 days from the Netherlands, delayed somewhat by the Easter weekend, but eventually it turned up. It was shipped in a brown cardboard box by GLS and Parcel Force, the box is marked with the…

  • Setting up SSH / SFTP on Steam Deck

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    Having SSH and SFTP access to your steam deck is very convenient for file transfers and remote administration, setting it up is fairly straightforward. First you need to have set your password to be able to use sudo, to do this open konsole in desktop mode and type passwd, enter your desired password twice to…

  • Steam Deck Update

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    A few days ago Valve in a somewhat unusual move posted a partial teardown video of the Steam Deck, in particular showing off the battery and M.2 SSD, although the video was filled with various amusing warnings such as “taking out the screws will permanently weaken it”, which as any competent person will know is…