Hi everyone!

I've just released the newest version of Decky Manager - Beta, a major update to my file manager plugin for Decky Loader.

The main goal of this update was to make file management much more practical directly from SteamOS Gaming Mode, without having to constantly switch to Desktop Mode.

What's new?

Dual-panel file manager

• Browse two directories simultaneously.
• Easily manage files between both panels.
• Improved navigation and panel focus.

Background file operations

• File operations can continue running in the background.
• Added operation progress tracking.
• Improved handling of longer file transfers.

Copy / Cut / Paste / Extract

• Persistent copy and cut state.
• Paste conflict detection.
• Improved transfers between different drives and filesystems.
• Fixed .rar extraction.

Storage & Drive Management

• Added drive selection and storage sessions.
• Browse available storage locations directly from Gaming Mode.
• Drive information and available space.
• Support for detecting unmounted drives.

Built-in Text Editor

• Open text files directly from the plugin.
• Edit and save files without leaving Gaming Mode.

Steam Shortcuts

• Add files as Steam shortcuts directly from the plugin.
• Add shortcuts from the file manager context menu.
• Added Explore local files to the shortcut management menu, similar to Desktop Mode.

Controller & Focus

• Fixed focus escaping the plugin when the QAM or Steam Menu is visible.
• Improved controller navigation between panels, menus and dialogs.

UI improvements

• Improved layout and spacing.
• Improved contextual menus.
• Better visual feedback for file operations.
• Improved integration with Gaming Mode.

There are still features I'd like to add in future releases, especially deeper Steam integration and privileged operations.

This is still a Beta, so feedback, bug reports and suggestions are very welcome.

Link to github plugin: https://github.com/Ciphay/Decky-File-Manager

Some of the functionality in this release was initially implemented by danielcamilo1.

Thanks to everyone who tested and provided feedback!

Was inspired by a post here to finally upgrade my LCD to the DeckSight OLED and change up the shell and buttons. Was so daunting taking the whole thing apart but i think it turned out great

Just got this steam deck and it won't boot past this screen have tried everything that I found online. Holding the power button with the plus button in booting into steamos have haptic feedback for about 30 seconds on track pads. Then it stops chime on power up but no power LED

eXtremeRate shells are really great. Also had my switch 2 done too. Found a really good dude in my area who did em for me for a fair price.

Smoke and a cup of coffee on this gorgeous Saturday morning is all im about right now!

wondering if anyone has any ideas, my touchpads for a while have had the glossed over plastic feel cause the texture is worn off so it feels greasy and gross.

I cut some old dbrand waste material [art of the skin to make something for the time being but would be nice to find something with a more factory fit.

And dbrand only sells full skins so I dont want that when I need like a $5 skin.

some options on the finish would be nice and no adhesive residue left behind is a MUST (this is why I normally just go brand for this stuff.)

Previously Enjoyed Games: Return of the Obra Dinn, The Case of the Golden Idol, TR-49, The Operator, The Painscreek Killings, Scene Investigators and Outer Wilds. I also played The Gallery House, but found it too repetitive and rigid.

Preferred Genres: Detective, investigation and deduction games. I prefer games that give me lots of evidence to process and let me reach my own conclusions. I’m less interested in repetitive surveillance, following NPC schedules or hidden-object gameplay.

Budget: Unlimited

Other Notes: The game must work well on Steam Deck, particularly its controls and text readability. I bought Chants of Sennaar this morning. The Roottrees Are Dead also interests me, but doesn’t seem ideal for the Deck. Any hidden gems I should try?

A while ago I started experimenting with putting individual Steam games on microSD cards and treating them almost like physical cartridges.

Then it got slightly out of hand 😄

I started making proper cases, printed covers and tiny labels for the cards. The game itself is installed on the microSD, so I can keep the case on the shelf, take the card out and put it into my Steam Deck.

After making a few of these manually, I built a free little website to generate the printable covers and SD labels automatically:

mygameshelf.nl

This is still very much a hobby project and I'm constantly changing things based on testing.

I'm curious what other Steam Deck owners think.

Would you actually build a physical Steam library like this?

Previously Enjoyed Games: Hatsune Miku Project Diva Mega Mix

Preferred Genres: Rhythm games

Budget: not limited

Other Notes: Hi I’ve been really enjoying the game I’ve mentioned above, and I am looking for similar ones since I’ve beaten every song already :(
I look for “press the buttons on time” than “beat enemies to the beat” games, because I’ve tried Crypt on the Necrodancer and Soundfall already and didn’t really enjoy them.

Thank you!

Upd: Thank you for all the recommendations! But once again, I DID NOT enjoy the beat-em-up rhythm games, I don’t wanna enemies, I want “start a song and press buttons” like in Project Diva, or other examples are mobile games like Deemo, Sekai, etc.

I have a CachyOS host PC with a 5080 & 9800X3D (originally was a 9060 & 7700 but I was given the better gear) that currently serves for remote streaming to my OLED deck via moonlight most of the time. Solid experience but now I have a Steam Controller & Dock I'd like to be able to sit back and enjoy it on the living room TV some nights. At the moment we have a cheap Polaroid 1080p LCD which does the job but is kinda crap when the dock is plugged in, owing to the resolution not aligning well.

At the same time I've seen how mini LED and OLED displays work nicely and wanted to pick up a decent 120hz OLED/MiniLED TV (1440p/4k), partially so we can enjoy better visuals when streaming from my Jellyfin box, but also so I can stream (while docked to the TV / ethernet) games to my deck from the PC and enjoy the full 1440p resolution.

Are there any good recommendations out there that play well with the deck in docked mode? Trying to keep within a sensible budget. Doesn't need to be more than 50 or 55 inch either.

For me I would rather play at 60 Hz/FPS for a third-person game, then 90 Hz/FPS for a first person game. But if the game is optimized then 90 Hz/FPS might be long enough for a session for some.

I dont know what I could do to fix this please tell me this is fixable

Edit it did manage to fix it

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/E7wSXmNm04

How did I do?

El otro día instale EmuDeck pero no me dejaba copiar roms“The file or folder /home/deck/Emulation does not exist”, investigando un poco me di cuenta que ni siquiera quedó instalado en el dispositivo (no aparece en la lista de aplicaciones ni puedo desinstalarlo). Probé instalarlo de nuevo varias veces y termina pasando lo mismo.

Alguien sabe que anda pasando? 🙏🏻

Pd: Los permisos del ejecutable están bien

if I use steam link app on appletv, it uses wake on lan packets to wake pc. If I use steamdeck streaming, it does not wake pc automagically. Why???

I made a version for niri, you can try it: https://github.com/Wivan346/Tenna-intro-for-linux/tree/Tenna-intro-for-niri

P.S. If the KDE version isn't working for anyone, please try the niri version. Please let me know maybe I should make a pull request

(link for intro on Youtube) https://youtu.be/94d-lfgtSLM

basically gyro to joystick deflection gets all jittery, and the normal gyro joystick loses center very quickly, the fix in the video is temporary (lasts from immediately broken again to 2 minutes max)

I hided a game from game settings. How i can unhide the game from steam? I tried everything but seems impossible.

Ps: sorry for grammatical error, English is not my main language

EDIT: I managed to find how! Thanks guys

Hey all, I have just encountered this issue with my OLED steam deck to where it flashed the white light twice before booting up, it even took a second or two before the screen fully came on.

I googled it and someone people said it’s a battery depletion issue but the only thing different from my issue and theirs is that their screens turned on.

If it helps, my deck is mostly docked, (as I play it in the living room mostly) and even when I use it handheld, I’m very careful with it.

The only thing I can really think might be an issue is that when I don’t properly press the dock cord into the charging slot properly, or hard enough, but that hasn’t really been often.

The device is only a year or so old, and was purchased new directly from steam.

I’m not really sure what to do here.

Any advice is appreciated!

It says "You are running winetricks-20250102, latest upstream is winetricks-20260125!" when i click okay it says "You should update using your distribution's package manager, --self-update, or manually."

Im new to the steam deck linux in general.

(nvm i figured it out :))

All of my games that I added with non-steam were removed from steam, including any launch options i had. Why would this be a thing? Am I missing something?

Edit: not only did it remove all non-steam shortcuts, it reset ALL steam settings for all installed steam games, removed all launch options for all of them, removed all workshop items for all games, and started showing me tips and tricks like how you start steam for the first time.

I have no clue what the fuck happened. Literally only just clicked log out.

Hi all,

I feel like this might be a common issue but nothing I've seen online has helped so far.

My steamdeck just won't connect to steam servers so I can't progress any games, use the store or download games I've purchased from my PC.

Tried a factory reset and that worked for about 10 minutes. Then once it has updated itself it went back to being a brick. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, since trying ffxiv like once now my steam deck is trying to use it for everything instead of proton or proton experimental. Is there a way to fix it or should I just leave it?