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Finally decided I think I am going to get a Steam Deck. Decided to look at upgrading the hard drive, it is a little more compacted than I thought it would be. For those who have swapped, was it easy enough?

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[โ€“] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Have you installed a Linux operating system before?

I have. I used to run OpenSUSE years ago, mostly stopped because I was an avid WoW player and I was never able to get it running.

I wondered if it would be a full reinstall, or if the deck had a separate OS drive.

If you have a drive enclosure or a large enough backup drive you can clone the old SSD with dd.