That’s nice and all. But can it run Doom?
SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck
Submitted 1 day ago by caseyclysm@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/593110/view/529834914570306831?l=english
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crossdl@leminal.space 17 hours ago
SteamOS is where I hang a LOT of faith now. Just, like, generally.
Here’s hoping this is the beginning of a freer world from the personal technology standpoint.
I love my Steam Deck. I’m browsing the Fediverse on it right now. Desktop mode is a bit of that unpolished Linux experience you can get but it’s really not bad at all. I mean, I fucking love it!
zanyllama52@infosec.pub 16 hours ago
I think this is an incredible development, and will be a big boon for PC gaming on handhelds. Those SOCs/APUs are going to get better and better…
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
But, can I install it on a badger?
Crikeste@lemm.ee 14 hours ago
To slot machines?
Mobiledecay@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s great if you don’t care about playing online games and are okay with games you buy becoming incompatible.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Said the person who did no research has no idea what they’re talking about. Steam OS has been pushing game devs and publishers to be more compatible with Linux, not less. Additionally, the only online games that really have problems with steam OS are ones that require kernel level anti-cheat, and we all should be pushing for the downfall of that. It isn’t necessary.
pathief@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Linux supporting kernel level anti-cheats is an amazing feature, in my honest opinion.
Mobiledecay@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And so Cod works now? Yeah, that’s not a thing. Does Paladins work? Oh, yeah crap. Was GTA V online compatibility killed? It was? Oh, damn. Does Destiny 2 work? Oh, you mean the developers threatened people with bans if they tried to play the game on Linux? Oh, oh crap. How is VR going on Linux? Not well.Oh, damn. 🤔
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Here’s hoping it matures enough for desktop use by the time my Win10 desktop is EOL.
4am@lemm.ee 1 day ago
My man, have you heard of Bazzite?
kadup@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I hate to go against the flow here, but I absolutely do not recommend Bazzite as a desktop OS. Surely as a living room or handheld PC thing, but not your main OS.
Immutable distros create a lot of pain when you need a package outside of the also problematic Flatpak world, and whilst there are ways to install them on Bazzite, regular users with no Linux knowledge would scream.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Yes we’ve all heard of bazzite and what we want is SteamOS.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Or literally any other distro.
Pop is probably much easier to be up and running vs. Bazzite.
Old_Yharnam@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Not necessary, you can use dozens of distros where playing Steam games is pretty much plug and play
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
What about my alternatively acquired games? I’ve tried using Mint and Steam with whatever that is that runs compatibility. Sometimes doesn’t work for them.
b34k@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
What about non steam games? Maybe I’m in the extreme minority, but my most played games are things like Microsoft Flight Sim, DCS, Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous, which not only have their own launchers etc (one of which is tied directly to MS), they also require peripherals… sometimes lots of em, that have config and/or telemetry software that is all built in windows.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Dude, you don’t need SteamOS for a desktop. Just download a more widely used desktop distro. I use Garuda, and it’s great for starting up gaming.
SteamOS will be great for a console-like experience out of the box, which is not what you want for desktop.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
That is exactly why many of us want it. We know what we’re asking for. And yes we know bazzite exists.
Sturgist@lemmy.ca 22 hours ago
Bump for Garuda. It’s decent, as simple as any installation I’ve ever had to do, comes well configured out of the box, and has a very active forum that the Devs keep an eye on and answer questions quite quickly.
sunbytes@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
The main thing stopping me is that I only use my PC for gaming, and I know the support for drivers etc isn’t as good on Linux (though I know this is debated).
However if Linux became more centralised, with a “gaming first” distro like this, the graphics drivers would have a “main test case” to work with.
This is my theory anyway.
AngryRobot@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Man, Steam has a real opportunity here to make Linux desktops more palatable. Imagine a SteamOS computer that’s as easy to use as Windows for people who don’t know Linux…
Old_Yharnam@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
There are plenty of distros that have been doing that for years now
pathief@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
It’s not going to happen in this iteration of SteamOS. It remains mostly a gaming “only” distribution.
repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
You can quite safely jump onto any distro recommended for gaming. From me I would recommend PopOS, especially when 24.04 releases - easy install and Nvidia drivers work out of the box, and the super rare issue Linus encountered is long fixed
Katana314@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Anecdote alert: I mean, I went to Mint thinking this to be true. The first release I tried didn’t even support my (years old) WiFi drivers, and then the second couldn’t run levels in Hitman. (Bazzite did, however, so distro apparently matters)
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 day ago
It’s just arch isn’t it?
dyc3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No, it’s based on arch. There’s a bunch of polish on top of it that makes it more stable and such
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
I didn’t think it’s just Arch , though. IIRC it’s also immutable.
x00z@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah I don’t see any need for desktop use, except for making a Steam console under your TV.
You can use Steam with Proton on whatever distro you want.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
It’s built on top of Arch. The distro I’m using is Garuda, which is also built on Arch, and there’s a gaming version that includes everything you need to play games immediately. No one should use SteamOS probably for a desktop. They should use something like Garuda. SteamOS is for a console-like experience.
Lightsong@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
massgrave.dev
Here you go.
JDPoZ@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I really want to switch my main desktop to Linux, but use it for remote work too, so I have MS Teams… is there a way to reliably virtualize it?
tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 1 day ago
Teams can run as a chrome app, I use it daily.
whostosay@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Krdc
itsfoss.com/remote-desktop-tools/
jj4211@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Using it from chrome is how I use it.
Two limitations:
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Don’t use SteamOS as a desktop OS, that’s not what it’s meant to. You might be used to Windows and think that a different distribution of Linux is just a different customization of the OS, but it’s almost an entirely different OS that happens to run the same binaries.
If you’re interested in getting an alternative to Windows, try some beginner friendly Linux distros on a Virtual Machine or an old laptop. I recommend Linux Mint to newcomers, but if you’re used to the desktop mode on SteamOS maybe Kubuntu. The closest you can get is Bazzite but that’s also not a desktop OS so I wouldn’t use that unless it was for a Steam Machine. The second closest (that’s also somewhat beginner friendly) is Manjaro K DE version, but being Arch based I don’t tend to recommend it to new Linux users, but of you’re dead set on getting something as close as possible to SteamOS that’s it.
agelord@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What?
As far as I know, it’s literally just an immutable build of Arch Linux.
Leax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
Bazzite is full fledged desktop OS. Perfect for beginners
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I use my steam deck with steam OS as a desktop OS. How odd!
Case@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
I’m on W11 with my daily driver.
I don’t like it. I didn’t like it from the start.
So why?
Because W10 will hit EOL sooner than later; and I have to support that shit professionally.
Doesn’t matter that no one is testing or building applications for W11, no security patches mean any employer worth their salt will switch over to W11, despite not having the infrastructure to do it.
Admin VS IT. I’m nearly 40, and that story is older than I am.
Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
I already jumped to linux and I abandoned adobe as a graphic designer. I feel so free now. The tool don’t make the profesional.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 day ago
It originated as a desktop os…
Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
No this is a super out of date version that was not designed for general desktop use. It is specifically designed for the steam machine which was a failure. Value really needs to take this page down so people arent downloading a 9 year old version of linux.