A list of different resources that should be useful for Steam Deck users.
Add-Ons

Sites

Community suggestions

I hope this has helped someone in the community. If anyone has any more suggestions of tools or useful sites to add please add them below.
Hopefully we can get this community going!

EDIT: This is intended to be a living post. I will try to update when I can.

  • kadu@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d like to take advantage of the fact that we do not have that one extremely rude dude from Reddit freaking out about Cryoutilities to mention something:

    As rude and obnoxious as he were, we should actually stop recommending this tool to users. It doesn’t bring any benefits, it does add a lot of extra storage pressure on the 64 eMMC units, and it does cause issues with random GPU crashes on a growing list of games.

    • Vertelleus@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      1 year ago

      I hope we don’t acquire them here too. I think CryoUtils is amazing. CryoByte33’s videos on YouTube are awesome for computer science, he goes into real depth on why the changes work.

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        1 year ago

        Maybe I’m a bit too optimistic, but I do believe we will see less rude behavior on Lemmy, the community here seems united by the fact we do not have large numbers, we are not centralized, and we want to see this grow.

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          1 year ago

          I think that your first point contradicts your final point.

          With growth comes assholes.
          Reddit went through the same transition over time.

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      1 year ago

      I felt I was missing out on Cryo a bit because it seemed to have been a slight significant upgrade, and hoping that if so, it’d just get implemented (or whatever it does) by Valve.

      Is there a detailed fps/memory comparison that points out the disadvantages?

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        1 year ago

        I posted for CryoUtilities 2.0 from Cryobyte33 on YouTube for that. In the video he goes over the benefits of the tool and has bench marks where he uses specific game performance using and not using the tool. I hope this helps! Cryobyte33 has great videos and goes very in depth–even breaking it down Barney style.

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          1 year ago

          From a brief look on the misinformation section and FAQ, it doesn’t mention those GPU crashes @kadu mentioned, which is what I wanted (unless it’s deeper the video, but the FAQ has a question if it harms the Deck, unless there’s just no irreversible damage). Though since the burden of proof is on him, if I don’t find other complaints the next time I decide to install anything, I’ll try it.

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              1 year ago

              Ah… i didn’t actually see those comments, so I thought he was being serious.

              Edit: And I still think that, the second half really doesn’t sound like imitating or making fun of the asshole, but actually saying he had a point.