Every time I try Linux on my own, it’s fine. But God forbid I ever use any device that comes with Linux pre-installed, and I’m cursed. I’m on my third steam deck after it software bricked itself, and our university Linux server is so unstable that it disconnects my session with vim every 30 minutes or so. Pain. At least there’s a method to the madness: trust nobody but myself :P
Screen and tmux are your friends in this situation. They can keep your vim session alive when your SSH connection drops, so you can reconnect and continue where you left off.
Have you tried using Mosh? It’s the “Mobile Shell” which was built to survive the dodgey connections of WiFi, mobile/cell and long distance SSH connections. Well worth a look if you’re having problems with a disconnecting shell.
It’s available on all versions of Linux, iOS, Mac and Android.
Holy hell, three Decks? How did they get bricked? I’ve had mine since the second shipment batch and beyond some very early software issues it’s been pretty solid.
Yeah, the first one was DOA, the second (in the most amazing of ironies) started downloading an update by itself, which dropped my game down to 10fps. When I restarted the deck and the update applied, it corrupted everything so badly that even the BIOS wasn’t left intact. Nothing I did or valve support could do could bring it back, even with reflashing the OS. And while I might be a moron, I’ve also been building/watercooling PCs and tinkering with OSs for well over a decade. That deck was bone stock and on stable channel xD
I’m on my third one now, and so far it’s been smooth sailing…mostly. I still haven’t put a screen protector on it, because I think that jinxed my last two, lmao. Thank God everything is backed up.
I am, but I kinda bring it upon myself by getting niche equipment that usually is far outside the norm or not ready for prime time. It’s whatever, haha.
Every time I try Linux on my own, it’s fine. But God forbid I ever use any device that comes with Linux pre-installed, and I’m cursed. I’m on my third steam deck after it software bricked itself, and our university Linux server is so unstable that it disconnects my session with vim every 30 minutes or so. Pain. At least there’s a method to the madness: trust nobody but myself :P
Screen and tmux are your friends in this situation. They can keep your vim session alive when your SSH connection drops, so you can reconnect and continue where you left off.
Screen change my relationship with linux. Amazing tool (once you disable vbell)
I’m using Byobu, which is (apparently) a wrapper for screen and tmux, providing things like sensible hotkeys (F2 new tab, ctrl+F2 vertical split etc).
Granted, I haven’t used regular screen or tmux, so I’m not sure what they have compared to byobu. Someone just said to use it, and I never went back.
Oooh, I might have to give that a shot tonight. Thanks!
Have you tried using Mosh? It’s the “Mobile Shell” which was built to survive the dodgey connections of WiFi, mobile/cell and long distance SSH connections. Well worth a look if you’re having problems with a disconnecting shell.
It’s available on all versions of Linux, iOS, Mac and Android.
Might have to give that a rip! Thank you :)
Holy hell, three Decks? How did they get bricked? I’ve had mine since the second shipment batch and beyond some very early software issues it’s been pretty solid.
Yeah, the first one was DOA, the second (in the most amazing of ironies) started downloading an update by itself, which dropped my game down to 10fps. When I restarted the deck and the update applied, it corrupted everything so badly that even the BIOS wasn’t left intact. Nothing I did or valve support could do could bring it back, even with reflashing the OS. And while I might be a moron, I’ve also been building/watercooling PCs and tinkering with OSs for well over a decade. That deck was bone stock and on stable channel xD
I’m on my third one now, and so far it’s been smooth sailing…mostly. I still haven’t put a screen protector on it, because I think that jinxed my last two, lmao. Thank God everything is backed up.
You are one unlocky SOB. The worst I have had is SteamOS breaking itself on me once.
I am, but I kinda bring it upon myself by getting niche equipment that usually is far outside the norm or not ready for prime time. It’s whatever, haha.
I got my Steam Deck 3 months after they first started shipping and mine didn’t brick itself until earlier this year soooo
Hey I had an old Samsung I bricked and unbricked at least four times once