this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2025
96 points (99.0% liked)

Linux

8428 readers
810 users here now

A community for everything relating to the GNU/Linux operating system (except the memes!)

Also, check out:

Original icon base courtesy of [email protected] and The GIMP

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
top 6 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Can I use a steam deck to code things for my steam deck?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes! You could even download Godot from the steam store for free and it will always be kept updated to the latest version. Same for Blender!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

However, since currently the Godot launcher is bundled together with the Godot Engine version and all that updates together, late in development of a project you'd want to avoid auto updates since it may break your project at unfortunate times by introducing feature incompatibilities though feature depreciation or regression bugs that causes issues for your game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Just adding to this for other people that don't know: you can also install most* standard Linux applications and tools on SteamOS, as long as it's available as a Flatpak, or you can install it to your user directory. Technically, you can even bypass that last caveat and install whatever you want, but you're going to have a bad time if you don't know what you're doing.

Alternatively, you can install any Linux distro on your Steam Deck if game dev isn't a good experience for you on SteamOS. In fact, Bazzite is working on a GDX (Game Developer eXperience) edition, and will likely be a solid choice once it's ready.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

AFAIK a Steam Deck is a full Linux PC, so you can do anything on it that you can do on a Linux PC, including that. Whether this will be especially convenient is a different question.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago
  • get a dock
  • attach keyboard and mouse on the dock and connect the dock to a monitor
  • go into desktop mode on your Steam Deck
  • open up Discover and install applications

Basically a full fledged PC. There are some limitations, but for the most part you are able to code on it. You can write text and source code files, edit videos, edit images, browse the web with regular Firefox and so on. I can't say if the Steam Deck works well creating games with Godot, but technically it shouldn't stop you from trying.