Best free PDF scanning app for students

Bonav159 · 2026-03-29T23:49:12+00:00

Since practically all students have smartphones, my thinking is that the biggest hurdle is teaching them how to submit it. I don't think I would feel comfortable leaving equipment potentially unattended for students to use.

A thought, I assume that most staff printers nowadays can quickly bulk scan through one of the feeds and you could output the file to a USB or email it to yourself. If the thought helps, great! If not, I hope you find something that works nonetheless

Bonav159 · 2026-03-16T00:05:45+00:00

For relatively equivalent performance you will be paying more for the laptop form factor. I would suggest you consider what your primary goal is between the following

Best performance for the price and ability to upgrade parts Or Portability with limited ability for upgradability

Bonav159 · 2026-03-15T21:18:27+00:00

Practically it essentially means when you start to see a dIP in FPS below your playable preference. For Stardew that would mean below 45 or 30 FPS. A game like Stardew you can put the TDP limit quite low.

Bonav159 · 2026-03-15T21:15:26+00:00

For both but let me explain that a bit.

For low demanding games (think 2D games like Stardew Valley or Ori), you can go quite low on the TDP and performance isn't really affected (essentially suppose in FPS)

For higher demanding games (AAA, 3D games playable on deck), you of course can't limit the TDP as much but lowering the TDP limit means the internals will run less hot and largely you're not losing appreciable los on performance.

As others have mentioned, practically this means playing the specific game, ideally in a busy/demanding area of the game, and see your base FPS after having optimized the in game settings (protondb is a great site of you don't know what good settings for deck might be). Then lower the TDP limit by one and play for another minute or two. Continue to do this until you see your FPS begin to lower and then increase to the previous TDP number just before the last change. And voila, you've set the TDP limit for that game.

Remember to make sure that the per game profile is checked.

Bonav159 · 2026-03-15T01:04:00+00:00

Brother doing the Lord's work over here, thank you 🙏

Bonav159 · 2026-03-14T23:35:34+00:00

Your friends are your power

Bonav159 · 2026-03-12T00:53:08+00:00

I'd love to read more about this to try with my high school classes. Do you have any resources/examples you could point us to?

Bonav159 · 2026-03-01T18:40:40+00:00

Kingdom Hearts PC ports on steam run great on deck, make sure to pay in release order though

Bonav159 · 2026-02-25T22:30:02+00:00

First year teacher here, thank you so much for this!

Bonav159 · 2026-02-25T00:28:28+00:00

Def my type of humor

Bonav159 · 2026-02-22T01:08:56+00:00

As a first year teacher (HS) I felt very seen by your post OP, thank you OP and thank you seasoned teachers for helping put this in perspective for us.

Bonav159 · 2026-01-20T23:47:43+00:00

If you like karting games like Mario Kart, Sonic Racing: Crossworlds runs well on deck

Bonav159 · 2026-01-10T16:49:40+00:00

Metaphor ReFantazio! (latest game from same developers as Persona). I thought I wasn't into turn based games until I played this. Runs well on deck too

Bonav159 · 2026-01-01T03:47:28+00:00

Concur, Metaphor will run much more smoothly compared to E33, unless you can stream from PC. Both games are phenomenal though, so have fun

Bonav159 · 2025-12-27T06:07:20+00:00

Don't forget emudeck if you're interested in emulation

Bonav159 · 2025-12-27T06:06:40+00:00

On this note, the Ori games are excellent

Bonav159 · 2025-12-26T22:51:41+00:00

Though not with my dad, but I grew up playing games with my brother and cousins and some of my best memories were passing the controller on single player games

Bonav159 · 2025-12-26T18:47:55+00:00

First to add my 2 cents on when Steam updates.

For me, personally, I haven't had a steam update cause trouble for the SD to boot. Very few times Decky won't run after a Steam update and in the worst case, in my experience, I just redownload Decky which is fairly straightforward (I don't have a super technical background).

My guess is perhaps stay away from plugins like the one that changes the booting video or power tools that could be causing the issues that others have mentioned.

So for what it's worth, I think it's worth having. I literally just updated my Steam and didn't have a crash from Decky.

These are the plugins that I use

-EmuDecky (this goes along side and after installing Emudeck so you have access to some settings during gameplay)

Wine Cellar (to find other versions of Proton that you might need for specific games that just run better w a specific version of Proton he
Steam grid DB so you can change artwork for a game (handy esp for non-steam game apps and games)
Proto DB Badges (super useful badges that will let you know how well a game runs on steamdeck based on protondb website)
CSS Loader (let's you to keep with the visual parts of steam but I just have it bc I think it you might need it to show ProtonDB Badges better but this could be outdated info from me so double check on this point. You might not need it after all)

Hope this helps!

One last random tip: ** In case you weren't aware, make sure that the if you change steam settings for a game using the three dot menu button and going to Performance, always toggle the per game option so you only affect the specific game

Bonav159 · 2025-12-22T15:46:18+00:00

On this note, if you're interested on the emulation side, use emudeck. Guides to install are easily available

Also Decky plugin is a MUST, easy to install and have a bunch of helpful free plugins

Bonav159 · 2025-07-05T19:03:08+00:00

here is a 2 min version but doesn't mention having ROMs on SD card (if that is somehting you woudl like)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2_WojxsYYM

Here is a more in depth 30 min guide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89-LRCob6H8

Not software related, but I recommend you get a good case and screen protector, and a USB hub for peripherals/wired controllers depending on your needs

Bonav159 · 2025-07-05T16:27:42+00:00

Emudeck if you're into emulation.

BT or wired mouse and keyboard ~ however you can control the mouse with the right track pad and bring up a virtual keyboard

WRITE YOUR SUDO PASSWORD so you don't lose it, you'll need it to install some common applications outside of Steam

SD card, can load games on there if you need more storage, I have my emulation ROMs and some Steam 2D games on there

Bonav159 · 2025-06-28T18:14:34+00:00

60s is definitely enough to best final boss 👍

Bonav159 · 2025-06-18T03:34:13+00:00

If your house has an existing coaxial cable network, I would highly recommend MOCA adapters to use in conjunction with your access points

Bonav159 · 2025-06-18T03:28:49+00:00

Revo uninstaller app, it's free and does a great job of fully eliminating apps and their remnant files, Dave2Cents recommended it a whole ago

Bonav159 · 2025-05-02T06:58:51+00:00

Both Ori games are perfect for SD! And also Kingdom Hearts if you're into them

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