'Powered bv SteamOS' gaming handheld validation leaks in Valve documentation, Asus ROG Ally may be among first handhelds with official SteamOS support

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• CEbbinghaus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Not gonna lie. That is hella hype. Although it does make it harder to target hardware as a game dev. It does however make the whole ecosystem way better.

  Hope they introduce some minimum hardware requirements that a hand-held has to have for it to be steamos compatible. That way devs can target that hardware and it will run on any steamos verified device

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  • Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Minimum hardware requirements are likely to be performance (at relevant minimum resolution) and battery life at least on the same level as the current Steam Deck.

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• TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I want SteamOS on desktop 😅

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  • airportline@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Check out Bazzite.

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I second Bazzite. It’s been a phenomenal experience on my laptop.

      Interestingly, I was messing with BoxBuddy a week or two ago, and looking at what distroboxes were available to install, and there’s a SteamOS container on there. Not sure if it’s official or what, but I was able to run games on it (though absolutely unnecessary).

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    • elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      How is bazzite as a daily driver?

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  • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I use my Deck docked regularly. In desktop use I see no benefit over Fedora and alike.

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  • MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m hoping to build my first Desktop soon and i’m praying that Valve gets an Official SteamOS release out by then. I’d kill to have it.

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    • xavier666@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’d kill to have it

      US army: Heyyy

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• Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Let’s see what MS has to say about that. Although they won’t say anything officially, of course. But they’ll certainly try to prevent this sort of thing from catching on from behind the scenes.

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  • random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Back in Balmers days there would have been a mysterous briefcase men suggesting adjusted prices for all future MS involvement.

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    • Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      And you really believe they’re not doing that any more?

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• atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m currently running Bazzite but have been thinking about picking up an ROG Ally X for my husband. I think it having steam OS would be better for him in general. Hope this is available soon.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Get him an OLED Steam Deck instead. I don’t know why anyone would get a ROG, especially if you’re just going to put SteamOS on it.

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    • atrielienz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      He has the same problem I did. He has games that aren’t compatible with steam os and it’s one of those things where it’s actually easier to dual boot windows than it is to fuck around with compatibility layers for things that don’t run in proton.

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• Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This is the only thing that could push me to upgrade from my steamdeck. SteamOS is so slick.

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• pat277@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Ngl, even though I am happy about this, ill prob just stick to bazzite, and just move anything else thats “powered by steamOS” to it as well. And Windows. I am simply too much a sucker for the quality of life stuff on it, like ROM data taken from the file

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  • bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What makes Bazzite so much better to use on a Deck versus SteamOS? It doesn’t seem any different than just using Remote Play/Moonlight/whatever and streaming from your main gaming rig?

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    • Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Have you visited their website? It explains what it is and it is definitely a lot more than just a way to stream games from your PC. How did you come up with that conclusion?

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