I have the 64gb deck and a 512gb SD card.
I recently wiped it and started again due to the OTHER folder taking up all the space despite cleaning and removing all non-steam game folders, moving data to sd etc.
Installed cryoutilities. Used it to move/delete data as I added and removed games a couple games.
Installed Heroic launcher. Installed one game. Played, then uninstalled. Installed Emudeck with only Atari 2600 emu and one rom.
Installed 2 NS games by adding setup.exes to steam. Both installed but crashed on startup so I deleted all folders in desktop mode.
Removed all compat data and shares via Decky.
This is my storage issue. It was almost completely empty as I was only playing and removing steam games after complete reset.
I currently have nothing installed and only proton experimental (on SD).
OTHER size was tiny when using multiple steam games and installing/uninstalling as I pleased.
Just not worth installing emulators and ns games. I need to learn the lesson.
I tried analysing the storage for large folders and it’s the tmp-7BCJE2 folder under SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper…?
The 64GB model should honestly be treated as a barebones option where you are expected to swap the drive