Comment on Shower thought: Valve could do the ultimate boss-move this year

Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Also, SteamOS would make a dogshit desktop OS. It’s designed specifically for Steam’s Big Picture Mode. It has Arch running in the background, but that’s not the primary focus of the OS.

  It would be great for something like an arcade cabinet or a family TV, but not so great for a desktop.

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  • DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They can make SteamOS Lite at any point.

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    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My point is that it already basically exists… It’s called Arch.

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  • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yup I’ve spent a good while running Deck in desktop mode compared to my laptop running Manjaro, and so far the only thing I’ve noticed is that the Deck has that handy “add to steam” context menu item that automatically sets a 3rd party game to run in proton through steam.
    And there’s an AUR package for that.

    So unless there’s something more I’ve missed, Manjaro + that package gets you the entire desktop SteamOS experience on any device.

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