I have a capable Linux gaming desktop, a decent enough Linux laptop, and a Deck. The Deck doesn't really compete with the desktop as much as it competes with th

I have a capable Linux gaming desktop, a decent enough Linux laptop, and a Deck. The Deck doesn't really compete with the desktop as much as it competes with the laptop. While I'm at home for the most part I prefer the much larger screen and multiple monitors of my desktop, especially for information-dense games like Factorio or Terra Invicta. Most of what I use my Deck for at home are lighter games that don't take as much brain power and I can play while in bed or whatever. However, one niche that the Deck is definitely better than my desktop at is emulation: projects like EmuDeck have everything set up to be a (mostly) slick plug-and-play experience once you have it installed, with the result being that I can drop a rom into a folder on the SD card, refresh the game library, and it'll be ready to go, often even with community Steam Input configurations for that specific game. This is significantly better than on my desktop. Away from home the Deck is far more comfortable to use than my laptop, even with an external mouse. I don't typically use my laptop for info-heavy games like on my desktop anyway due to the lack of extra monitors, but even for mouse-heavy games like Shadowrun the Deck is better. I do still carry my laptop on trips and use it in bed, on the couch, etc because it's much easier to use for productivity and web browsing. I could carry an external monitor and keyboard for my Deck but why, when a laptop takes just as much space as those?