Here’s a similar question, my answer should also be relevant to your question.
As for Switch emulation, yuzu still runs great, with many playable games on the deck. If you don’t have the AppImage or Flatpak already, make sure to get it from a reputable source.
Edit: Or, if you’re lazy, just use Ryujinx (also available in EmuDeck).
I can relate, with every update I’m like “Wow this is going to optimize my setup so much” and then I just don’t change anything lol
It’s currently in early development and I don’t know how well it works, but Xournal++ mobile is a thing. Its desktop app is really good, so I’d expect the mobile app to eventually get there aswell.
Edit: Whoops skipped the drawing part, Xournal++ is more for note-taking. Krita is a good choice for drawing.
I really wanted to switch to Cuda, but there are a few small features missing which is super infuriating to me.
I can’t think of any off the top of my head right now though.
Although it probably doesn’t matter in this case, it’s worth noting that your hub/dock and all connected accessories use power from your charger too. For example my laptop reports my 65w charger as 45w with my USB-C dock in between.
In your case this could mean your deck only getting 30W, which would be fine for less demanding games, but with a full load could mean barely charging / not charging at all.
I use Dual Shock 4s for all my PC gaming. They have all the features you’d expect, work with most apps and games (and there’s DS4Windows for the rest), the bluetooth makes them great not only for something like the SteamDeck but also my phone, a friends iPad, …
And the best thing is I can pick one up used for around 20€.
I believe the OLED screen is thinner, so they had more space for the battery. And then they also improved the efficiency of the SoC.
Another big factor with the OLED deck is that it gets significantly more battery life. Especially in less demanding games, you can get 2x or even 3x the battery life of the LCD version (cries in LCD deck).
As for storage size, if you’re comfortable replacing the internal M.2 SSD, I believe you can save a bit of money there by buying the smallest size model (+ you get a bonus smaller SSD which can be nice for some projects). There is an ifixit guide for it.
If you’re not up for that and still want to save money, the micro SD card support is supposed to really good and practically indistinguishable from the internal SSD from what I’ve heard, but I haven’t yet tried it myself.
As they said (at least on their Discord server), EmuDeck won’t be deleting your yuzu.
Now that yuzu is dead anyway, I went ahead and replaced my mainline build with the latest early access build from Pineapple EA (afaik the repo is just some guy who compiled yuzu whenever there was a new early access build or something like that).
If you want to do that too, the AppImage should be in /home/deck/Applications, you just have to make sure the new one has the exact same name as the old one and that the new one is executable. Or you could also backup the yuzu AppImage from there if you’re paranoid.
Here’s the relevant comment on Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/app/242550/discussions/0/3647273545686004759/#c1642052612837096572
If you’re ok with using your tablet as a drawing tablet with your PC, I use an app called Virtual Tablet for that. Sadly it appears to be Windows and MacOS only, but a quick search led to Weylus. I have no idea how well this works and never tried it, but from the readme it sounds pretty good.
I use an app called FreeTube, I believe it uses Piped in some way and integrates SponsorBlock and DeArrow. You can install it through Discover and then add it to your Steam Library and use it in game mode (works best with the Web browser Steam Input config).
I really enjoyed Dave the Diver on my deck, I’m only 9h in but didn’t play for a while due to lack of time.
Another one that isn’t really my thing but uses practically no battery is Minecraft through PrismLauncher (I don’t like playing Minecraft on controller).
And some other games from my library that play nicely on deck, some might take a little bit more power:
As @CondorWonder@lemmy.ca already mentioned, I would recommend using a new automation for the action. Here is a simple example from my setup:
alias: Notification Action - Disable Theater Mode
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: event
event_type: mobile_app_notification_action
event_data:
action: THEATER_MODE_OFF
condition: []
action:
- service: input_boolean.turn_off
data: {}
target:
entity_id: input_boolean.theater_mode
mode: single
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.y20k.transistor/
I use Transistor for internet radio, but I imagine it should work for your use case too.
I have the same issue, also no idea how to fix it.
I did recently discover that touching the joysticks or trackpads is enough to un-dimm the screen again, you don’t have to press any buttons and make all the UI elements pop up again.
I got Stardew Valley, Spirit of the North, Celeste and Dave the Diver. All of them play super well on the Steamdeck, and except for in Spirit of the North the battery lasts forever.
I don’t know if this works for all Ubisoft games, but for Rayman Legends there is a dll that will circumvent the stupid Uplay Launcher and just make it launch normally (see https://steamcommunity.com/app/242550/discussions/0/3647273545686004759/ , comment by murla)
Proxigram is like bibliogram. You can use one of their public instances
You could try getting a Raspberry Pi Zero together with some kind of SPDIF output card, but that will probably go over $30.
I have no idea what pricing is like, but you could possibly try getting a used Logitech Squeezebox player.
If you’re desperate to stay on the cheap and don’t mind BT quality, you could also install Snapcast on an old phone, enable the Snapcast player provider and then use the phone to connect to your speakers over Bluetooth.