SteamOS 3.7 brings Valve’s gaming OS to other handhelds and generic AMD PCs - Ars Technica
SteamOS 3.7 brings Valve’s gaming OS to other handhelds and generic AMD PCs - Ars Technica
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I wasn’t aware this was compatible with desktop. That’s freaking aweso… My intel/nvidia build…
I’m literally just waiting from steam OS and I’m swapping my pc from windows 10 to steam. FUCK 11
They need to release a Desktop image before Win10 goes out of business as well imo. Great chance to get some new users in.
the tipping point for massive adoption of linux for gaming would be a working anti-cheat, knowing valve can’t even contain cheating issue in cs2 i really doubt the solution gonna come from valve sadly
Does this work with ryzen and Nvidia GPU? I heard drivers are bad for Nvidia on Linux (also on windows..)
Hold your horses. It lacks an OS installer on par with other distros, it still works as a factory reset of sorts. Don’t try it just yet unless you know exactly what you’re doing, or you’re sure your backup is recent and complete. Also that AMD only should came with a big asterisk: newer 907o/60 won’t work in that distro because is stuck in an older kernel.
I am very tempted to give this a try. If fps are better I might just use both windows and steam os
Wait you’re telling me it works with an AMD cpu and GPU pc?
lmao when i saw ars technica i thought of a minecraft mod
This thread: im gonna switch to linux after win 10.
Reality 6 months later: How do I disable the new win 11 context menu?
Before people get carried away, I need you to read the line of text Valve chose to put at the top of the official [SteamOS landing page](https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/):
>Users should not consider SteamOS as a replacement for their desktop operating system.
And it’s right. It’s a purpose built distro designed for controller gaming and it’s only really suitable for gaming handhelds and home theatre PCs. You *can* install it on your desktop, but it will always launch into Game Mode (basically a special Steam Big Picture) by default, there is no true multi user support, and the base system is read-only so you can’t install any additional device drivers or software that isn’t available via Flatpak/AppImages. I don’t expect this to ever change.
If you are desperate to replace Windows on your desktop or laptop PCs, I encourage you to try out a regular version of Linux, such as Bazzite, Fedora, or Linux Mint. All the great Steam compatibility features from SteamOS/Steam Deck are available on Steam for other Linux distros, and you’ll have a much better experience on a more complete and open desktop-oriented OS.