It’s not a “Linux” keyboard per se. It’s the same keyboard - it’s just one has a superkey symbol instead of a windows key symbol printed on it. They screwed up on my order and sent me a keyboard with a windows key on it. It’s a non issue, and I didn’t say anything - I’m sure they would have sent me the other keyboard if I bitched.

I read through those comments - there’s actually more complaints than those. Those weren’t that bad.

They updated the fan curves recently, mine runs fine. Fans aren’t silent when humming along, but normal use they aren’t even spinning.

Sleep is always a bitch on Linux. It doesn’t have great sleep life. I just shut mine down at the end of the day, and close the lid during the day.

I believe they fixed the amd graphics issues. I should have noted that I have a core ultra chip. I wish I had gotten the amd chip - but guess what - no biggie, I can upgrade later!

There was a complaint about the windows key. I will admit that I ordered the Linux keyboard and it pissed me off that I got a keyboard with a windows key. But I didn’t make a stink, I just deal with it.

There was fingerprint reader complaints. Mine just worked. Dunno what that was about.

My vote is a firm “buy a framework” and get a fun color. People will be jealous.

I just bought one a couple of months ago. It’s my daily driver. My work issued laptop sits on my desk, and I carry my framework around. If you’re a Linux guy, fedora runs fantastic on it - everything works, couldn’t be easier. Battery life could be better, but it’s fine. Trackpad is great, I heard some bitchin about it, but I don’t get that hate. Some complaints about the hinges and how they bounce. Again, unfounded complaints in my opinion. The hinges are stiffer to open/close than I expected, but they are fine (just a little different feeling). New webcam is great for a laptop webcam. New screen is nice - but let’s be honest, not much touches an apple screen. Sound is ok, nothing special. The case is fantastic-people (engineers and nerds) drool over it. The swappable ports are awesome, that alone makes the laptop imo. But the real star is the serviceability of it. Five screws and the whole thing comes apart. Everything can be replaced and upgraded. They even give you the screwdriver you need to take it apart. Bios updates work with fwupdate in Linux and they update regularly. Keyboard feels good. It stays cool and fans don’t go crazy.

It’s expensive. But I love mine. But I do plan on keeping it and upgrading forever - or at least until I smash it accidentally, so maybe it wasn’t expensive.

The 13 doesn’t have a gpu. It’s capable, but if you want to game on it, look at the 16. If you have specific questions I’d be happy to answer or post a vid/pic or something.

This answer is FAR too complicated for the task asked for - yet I still recommend it to everyone because they are so damn handy.

Get a NAS.

You can set your own up or buy something like synology. I personally went the synology route and I adore that stupid box. Synology drive does exactly what you want across all my devices - PCs, phones, iPads, you name it. Real time sync. Keeps old copies in history. It does my photos off my phone. Every family member has their own personal space and keeps their stuff separate and private. My daughter uses my NAS as her personal OneDrive/dropbox/icloud. In your example drive would be installed on both the laptop and the steam deck. Both point to a location on the NAS and sync to and from there. EZ

Seriously, NASs are amazing. Get one and solve 100 little annoyances in one go.

Now that all said, for the question without a NAS. I would imagine just about any backup flatpak could handle backing up / synchronizing a folder. The trick is what’s the destination? If it’s the laptop folder, that’s fine - but that means the laptop needs to be on and connected to the network to work. I’d start there. Ideally it’d be smart enough to detect the destination folder coming online and immediately start the backup/sync.