we will be shipping a beta of SteamOS which should improve the experience on other handhelds, and users can download and test this themselves
So how does SteamOS distinguish between a “handheld” and a desktop, and what’s the Nvidia support like?
Asking for a friend who has an Nvidia-powered desktop that’s been infected with the Windows virus for over a decade now
Your friend might want to install Bazzite or Nobara
Please, there are so many options out there for you that are probably better suited for your needs than SteamOS will eventually be. You must have seen this repeated over and over again. Waiting for SteamOS on desktop makes no sense. Just go ahead and install Linux now. Any distro, switching is easy if you’re not happy.
I’d agree with the other user. SteamOS is great, but it’s very much focused on a console-like experience.
Even in desktop mode, the Plasma desktop is pretty outdated, and software you install will be wiped between updates if it’s not a Flatpak (although tbf, Flathub has almost everything these days). I also believe the kernel on SteamOS has some alterations that are great for the deck, but means a bit less hardware compatibility for a general-purpose PC.
E: not sure what’s upsetting about this comment.
Please God please ill never play Fortnite again just give us a SteamOS download.
It will take 5 minutes for my gaming PC to start running this, I’m so pumped
Why would you run this vs a regular distro? Not a criticism, just a genuine question because I’m running Pop OS and wondering if I should think about switching when this releases. From my understanding it might not actually be super well suited to run as a regular desktop OS compared to a regular distro.
My gaming PC is basically a console, I don’t use it for literally anything other than gaming. It’s plugged in to a TV, and I play it with a controller (yes I’m hyped about steam controller 2). If I used it for anything other than steam I wouldn’t put it on there, but it’s actually exactly what I’m looking for. I’ve been waiting for this.
Right now I run Arch and it opens Big Picture mode on boot, but it doesn’t always work and Arch is of course Arch, which sucks when something breaks and you’re trying to fix it with a controller. I run Arch on my laptop too which I use for everything except gaming, so losing a little functionality that I already don’t use on a dedicated device is totally fine with me.
Thanks for this, sounds like a perfect use case for SteamOS! I’d love to have a setup like this at some point, maybe the new rumoured valve hardware can help with that too.
