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Do you need to leave the Steam Deck open to download something on i.e. Firefox in desktop mode or will it just download perfectly in standby mode? I know that it's basically a PC and it should work but since I'm planning to get one I want to be sure.

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[–] pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A lockscreen does prevent a thief from using your Steam account... unless you can boot to desktop mode before typing in the password, haven't checked that.

[–] neku@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Quick question: does the Steam Deck go into "auto-sleep"?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This can be configured to your liking. Especially in desktop mode.

[–] neku@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You can trivially set your own password when you take out the SSD or boot from an external medium.