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NonSteamLaunchers gets booted from Steam Deck plugin store Decky Loader (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 1 month ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is decky any good? I never really saw the benefits of it and the update notifications annoyed me so I got rid of it.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah it's got some great additions in my opinion. It's not as necessary as it used to be thanks to valve slowly adding in many decky plugins into standard SteamOS.

Some nice plugins for usability:

autoflatpaks: update flatpaks from game mode
battery tracker: track average power usage of games over time. Good for getting an actual average power use for games with a wide range of battery drains
Junk store: install epic (and GOG if you spend $6) games from game mode
KDE connect: get notifications from your phone, use your phone keyboard to type on the deck
MagicBlack: turn off screen on the OLED version for saving power during downloads/etc
Pausegames: lets you pause any game, freeing up resources without closing it. Lets you pause games that can't be paused, run multiple games at once, and can fix audio issues when suspending
Playtime: tracks playtime per game and per day
protonDB lets you see what games will run on the deck, even if they're not steam verified/etc
powertools: lets you adjust cpu cores/clock speed etc. Lets you get super low power usage in some games (down to 3.5w or so), and fixes some games with bugged cpu speeds
shotty: moves steam screenshots in pictures folder to make them easy to find in desktop mode
steamback: makes backup saves of your games everytime you open or close a game.
volume mixer: change volume balance between programs. Very helpful if you're using discord/etc while playing.

There's also a ton of nice customization ones, which I can share if you're interested.

[–] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Adding to this, tunneldeck, helps me connect to my vpn service without having to jump to the desktop

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Pause games is a essential plugin that solved the sound issues I had with suspending games.