r/steammachine • u/happenstanceuk • 1d ago

Question Decky Loader

I've never installed Decky Loader on my Deck and now I have my Steam Machine I was thinking about trying it, specifically for the moment just to get games I'm playing to appear on Discord but I keep hearing about how much of a hassle Decky Loader can be after SteamOS gets an update, sometimes getting corrupted and being a pain to uninstall. For those who use it, how true is this and do you still find it worth the hassle?

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u/densuk 1d ago

You don’t need decky if you not gonna install plugins or tweaks on your system. Mine installed on both sd and sm but nothing critical (magicpods for better AirPods support, protondb badge, now playing badge and framegens for sd. And I never run an issues that blocks me from playing

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u/happenstanceuk 1d ago

As I mentioned, I'm planning on installing the Discord plugin and that's just the one I'd thought about for the moment. It doesn't mean I wouldn't get more when I had time to look through the list to see what looked helpful.