An NVMe solid-state drive is a must-have for expanding the storage space of your PC gaming handheld, whether you own a Steam Deck or the ASUS ROG Ally.
Ah I’ve looked into such things before and everything I found started with installing tons of extra software to customize the “gaming mode” UI first. So I landed on just using SMB. I tried adding Dolphin (the file browser, not the emulator) as a non-Steam game but it didn’t work on gaming mode. When I was younger and broker such software solutions were more attractive. A larger internal SSD is the more expensive, but also much simpler and more elegant solution for me. I DO wish there were more basic utilities like a file browser built into the gaming mode OS. And for all I know maybe Valve is looking into that.
Also I use SyncThing to sync my saves: I like how it’s all just stored locally and works on Windows, Linux, and Android. And it works pretty well as a non-Steam game in gaming mode on the Deck.
Yeah. ssh and rsync are built into linux (effectively). The difference is that you use those commands from a different computer. Default to the terminal in Mac and basically all flavors of Linux. Requires WSL for Windows (although I think powershell has equivalent commands).
So rather than switch to desktop mode on the deck and possibly installing ninety other things, you just leave it on and then type a few commands on your primary PC.
Ah I’ve looked into such things before and everything I found started with installing tons of extra software to customize the “gaming mode” UI first. So I landed on just using SMB. I tried adding Dolphin (the file browser, not the emulator) as a non-Steam game but it didn’t work on gaming mode. When I was younger and broker such software solutions were more attractive. A larger internal SSD is the more expensive, but also much simpler and more elegant solution for me. I DO wish there were more basic utilities like a file browser built into the gaming mode OS. And for all I know maybe Valve is looking into that.
Also I use SyncThing to sync my saves: I like how it’s all just stored locally and works on Windows, Linux, and Android. And it works pretty well as a non-Steam game in gaming mode on the Deck.
Yeah.
sshandrsyncare built into linux (effectively). The difference is that you use those commands from a different computer. Default to the terminal in Mac and basically all flavors of Linux. Requires WSL for Windows (although I think powershell has equivalent commands).So rather than switch to desktop mode on the deck and possibly installing ninety other things, you just leave it on and then type a few commands on your primary PC.