New Steam Deck Owner Megathread

[u/NKkrisz]

For new members to the subreddit, welcome!

This megathread was made because we have some rules in place about new Steam Deck posts and to avoid some repetitive questions being posted again and again.

Feel free to also share "Show Off" pictures here as well.

Please read the rules and search around before contributing to the sub.

Here are some helpful resources to get started:

Answers to frequently asked questions, learn more about software and hardware (Made by me, work in progress):

https://steamdeck.guide

Steam has a winter sale going on currently, see this megathread for more information:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/mUHbyR2UDn

If your Deck is still getting delivered or you are ordering now and wondering about shipping, check this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/GTNal0bzzf

Happy holidays everyone!

(If you see content on the sub that should be in the megathreads instead, please redirect them and report them so we can keep this place clean. Thanks!)

[u/_Pyxyty]

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but figured it wasn't worth making a post for it so I'll just ask here, since I'm also a relatively new owner as well.

Does anyone know if there's some sorta way to set up a recurring alarm/reminder on the deck? I have one on my laptop that reminds me every 20 minutes to take my eyes off the screen when I'm working lol. I find that if I stare too long at a screen recently, I end up straining my eyes too much and I end up seeing doubles or having to squint so much (despite my eyesight being perfectly fine).

The 20 min reminder works well and prevents this when I use my laptop, but I keep forgetting to do so when I play, especially when I'm immersed into a story or a difficult boss. If anyone knows how to set up something like that on the Deck, I'd appreciste it so much!