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Is PopOS the best for easy gaming?
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Maybe this is a dumb question, but why not install SteamOS?
There's no official installer for steamos, only a recovery image for the steam deck. Then, some people in their free time hacked that image to allow installing on other hardware (except Nvidia GPUs) but imho not very easy
Huh? the first thing that comes up when I google SteamOS is DIY install instructions.
Nope, first party SteamOS
This is an old version which was for SteamOS devices, the Steamdeck has a completely revamped OS which has not that much in common with the old one.
That SteamOS used Debian as base, the new SteamOS 3 Arch with countless of adjustments to make the usage of the Steamdeck a joy.
I really wouldn't install the old SteamOS as of now, there won't be an upgradepath because they use different bases, there are countless of better alternatives out there and maybe they will release SteamOS 3 for custom devices in the future.
Got it, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the information!
The posted install instructions say its just Debian. I would assume it would have Debian's hardware support?
Oh, interesting. The new version didn't come up when I googled it. I'll dig a bit deeper.