One more post I want to make about the new Steam Deck I’ve acquired: what I’m setting up on it besides the actual games. Because I am the kind of nerd who digs into the Desktop mode on this thing, to take advantage of it being a handheld computer in addition to a gaming console.

Here are the goals I wanted to accomplish on it:

1. Making it possible to access the device from my computer, both via the command line and via a VNC connection
2. Making it accessible not only by an IP address assigned to it from our house DHCP server, but also via its hostname
3. Making arrangements to have any installations I did persist through the next time Valve does an OS update on it
4. Implementing a backup solution, to account for the same critical files I pulled off of its predecessor

Deets on what I’ve done tonight behind the fold.