I'm so fucking sorry for your loss, Dino sounds like he was an awesome cat! If you wanna share any happy memories of him I'd love to hear more about his life <3
My friend has been using theirs for several years to manage their home server and for gaming. They tend to have it docked by the TV and use KDE connect and/or a trackball mouse and keyboard for server stuff and an 8BitDo controller for gaming.
They haven't seen the need for a dedicated console since and they had been gaming on playstation for decades prior to getting a Steam Deck
I'm not OP but I wanted to say that's really cool! My dad set up a server for me and my sister when we were kids and some of my core memories from my childhood are playing Minecraft with friends.
I think you'll find it's HIS bed