Hey folks. I have been playing with my steam deck oled 1 TB version for a few weeks now and I absolutely love it. Very nice device on the go. The thing is I would like to use the device as a backup workstation for some quick important work on the go when I don’t have my laptop handy.

I would like to ask if Bazzite is a viable option for this. I know the deck is primarily a game console, but I want to use this beautiful thing to the best of my ability.

But what do you guys think if I replace the Steam OS with Bazzite? Should I just use Tails OS on a flash drive and then use Tails OS for work? Or is the Steam deck not yet ready to be used as a laptop backup?

Thanks in advance and I’d love to hear what you all think.

  • Telorand@reddthat.com
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    9 months ago

    I’m still getting used to the layered/atomic nature, so maybe this is a silly question, but couldn’t you just use a toolbox or distrobox to maintain a containerized version of your VPN across upgrades?

    • Redderik
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      9 months ago

      Ther s probably a good chance at that, yup. But I’m so still new to the atomic nature of these distros. This is something I’m hoping to tinker with on the PC Bazzite install, and I’m curious how doable it is in the stock SteamOS.