If you keep it plugged I all the time, there’s a Decky Loader plugin called Powertools that has a handy charge limit for the battery. For a Deck you take places, limiting it to 80% is a good compromise that will increase battery life. For a Deck you leave plugged in all the time, I would recommend to set the limit to 50-60%, which is a good “resting” charge that doesn’t put any stress on the battery from being too drained or too full.

I have a first gen Deck, still at 98%.

The data comes from the battery itself, as far as I know.

On the plus side, SD batteries are easily replaceable.

Uh, that’s used to keep the game from pausing when it autosaves, like it does on Windows. I don’t think they use it any other time.

Actually it would probably be even better then that if it wasn’t plugged in all the time. Without battery conservation on, the battery lifespan is reduced by being plugged in constantly.

Nobara is pretty good, but after trying Bazzite I made the switch pretty quickly.

One of the best things about it is the stability. You don’t have to worry about an update failing and breaking something. Another neat thing is that updates for the OS are unattended, they happen in the background. And if you set Flatpaks to also auto-update, you can have a machine that has zero maintenance, assuming you aren’t running something in a distrobox. That’s great for a lot of machines, but especially a gaming rig, where you might not be doing as much ricing.

I mean, you basically nailed it.

I mean, if this isn’t doing it for you, the sales figures for each handheld are public knowledge. And the Steam Deck still has a sizable lead over competitors, despite the technically weaker performance.

I got no sympathy for invaders, colonizers, or imperialists.