I wanted to shit on Lenovo because when I bought my laptop last year they had no Linux laptops (anymore) and specifically an article on how to install Linux links to one that just explains what an OS is… but I actually double checked before posting and it’s looking promising! There’s a list of “best laptops for Linux” including the Mr Moneybags version of mine, and a bunch of FAQ that looks very much not Microsoft approved. So that’s a good sign.

It honestly depends on a few factors. Mostly… what games are you planning to play? There’s stuff that can last for 5-8 hours with the Deck battery alone. Here’s a good bit of information: mentions both a maximum of 100wh on power banks and how to calculate wh from volts and ah (V * Ah). So assuming the usual 3.6v power bank the maximum you can carry is a 27000mAh one.

The usual warnings apply: check in advance with your airline, rules and regulations vary around the world and so on.

When I got my current printer I considered a Mini… thankfully it was too bulky to replace the MonoPrice Select Mini, and I ended up replacing that and the Ender 3 with a Sovol SV07 Plus. Looks like it was a lucky choice!

Thanks! I’ll have to find a way to “pitch” this but that’s interesting.

Makes sense! And it does track with my own observations of new indie games being more likely to at least court the Deck platform. Do you have an article with those numbers? I’d like to share it with a small developer that might be interested in this knowledge.

On the other hand, it’s a lowest common denominator they can target. “It runs well on the Deck! We’ve done our job.” and the fact that it sold a lot means it’s a market that it’s probably worth the investment (can’t imagine it’s that much) in making a game work. After all any optimization for the Deck also translates into similarly modest hardware being able to run the game…

Not that I complain! Completely gave up on Windows a few months ago lol

To err is human, I’m not against a company messing up… it’s how they ignored the problem when notified it existed, and then only once it became newsworthy they decided to fix it. That’s not an attitude towards customers that I want to support.

But yes, good power banks. I think they are not as good value as they were years ago (and that’s why I do have tried the other brands mentioned) but regardless of price, I’d expect their power banks and cables to be high quality.

Yes! On Reddit I tried to explain several times that the Deck’s battery was 5200mah but not at 3.7 volts, and as such a badass 25000mah Anker would NOT charge it “at least 4 times” but probably 2.

It’s not a big deal tbh, but this is a thing people use on long flights, spreading misunderstandings can get people stuck mid flight without entertainment.

Brands: right now I would look at iniu first, Baseus and then maybe Ugreen but last time it wasn’t an epic offering. Anker IS a good brand, but after the fiasco with their eufy camera security, I avoid all their products. In fairness however if you’re not going to boycott them, a power bank or charge cable is not going to be a security risk….

Funny, juuuust when they limit the service to 100 hours monthly.

Boosteroid has Linux apps, too. Maybe not too elegant for the Deck…

AFTER it went viral, not when they got notified that there was a problem. Fuckups are to be expected, we’re all human… it’s how they’re handled that matters.

It does show up as nice and charged, but (in my instance) it’s very much not. As I mentioned it might be my specific setup. My theory is that something I plugged in keeps drawing power even after the Deck is off, but when the Deck is off, the charger doesn’t send power… so it uses up the battery.

In a day it won’t really show up, that’s not enough time in my experience. Also key here is that the Deck needs to be off: if it’s on then everything works as intended.

Yeah, it’s not a sudden thing: I believe it takes a few days just to have a noticeable impact. It’s just that my Deck lives on the dock for most of the time XD

What I’m describing is really nasty, as you think the battery is let’s say at 95% and you unplug it to be used as ha handheld. It’s updating a few games and you turn around, do something else… then check back on the updates and the Deck is off because it ran out of battery in a couple of minutes. I don’t think it’s good for the battery to be drained that much

As I mention always whenever this topic comes up, it might be my specific setup but don’t leave it off and plugged into a dock for long periods of time: it seems to discharge the battery and not realizing it’s happened. In my experience as long as you unplug it after shutting it off, there’s no downside.

What happens if you leave it plugged in for half an hour or more? After that, can you unplug it? Because at least for me, the dock can drain the battery (slowly) over time when the Deck is off, all the while the battery thinks it’s full. I would try keeping it on and plugged for a while, then unplug while it’s on.

And it’s a Linux thing, so you can do it with your desktop too!

I don’t know how the various options here work, BUT you might also appreciate them too https://libredirect.github.io/index.html (this is where I found the other link)

Seems a good time to drop this here https://breezewiki.com/

They’re cute, thematically accurate, and the dynamic nature of them including the alternate version is really really cool.