I stopped using my Steam Deck as just a handheld after discovering Desktop Mode
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Steam Deck's Desktop Mode transforms the handheld into a full Linux workstation. SteamOS uses an immutable file system with A/B partitions for stability, while Flatpak containers via the Discover store let users safely install apps like Firefox, Discord, OBS, and VS Code in a sandboxed /home partition. A step-by-step guide covers connecting a dock and monitor, switching to KDE Plasma desktop, setting a sudo password, and installing apps. Non-Steam apps can be added back to the Steam library so they're accessible from gaming mode without returning to desktop mode.
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