Comment on SteamOS will be coming to other handhelds before you can install it on your PC 'because right now, it's very, very tuned for Steam Deck' | PC Gamer

Jaysyn@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• puttybrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think you’re talking about the really old version from the steam machines. The OS the Steam Deck uses (version 3.0+) is completely rebuilt and uses a different OS as a base (now using Arch instead of Debian)

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• Quik@infosec.pub ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think what’s meant is there isn’t an official ISO to download as it’s not yet that polished for PCs

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  • Jaysyn@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There used to be though. I have it on a DVD. SteamOS is much older than the SteamDeck.

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    • Goronmon@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The name is old, but they are distinct distributions.

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    • Railcar8095@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The current, unavailable for general download, is Steam OS 3. Valve just refuses to put a number 3 anywhere, do they just pretend the other two do not exist.

      BTW, there are a few “almost steam os” out there. I can vouch for Bazzite, it’s fedora based and really good. Very welcoming for beginners, but had a lot of options of you want to dig a bit.

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• Goronmon@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s available, but not really built or supported for standard desktop installation, at least as far as I know.

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• doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you mean the old Debian based one, yes. SteamOS 3+ is arch based and released with the steam deck. Valve said they’d release a version for desktops, but have yet to follow through.

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