Here’s hoping it matures enough for desktop use by the time my Win10 desktop is EOL.
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.
What's keeping you from using a distro that's already designed for desktop use?
Have you tried getting help on a basic question from a Linux forum?
Successfully, many times, it's extremely rare that I have to actually talk with someone directly because so much has already been accurately documented.
I work with windows and those forums don't do shit
I work with windows and those forums don't do shit
I've gotten to the point that every time I'm directed to Microsoft Help I automatically downvote whatever the MS rep posts, because it will never not be garbage
They just keep saying shit like "what version are you on?" Motherfucker, the latest, and honestly, we know there isn't a version where you fixed this problem thousands have been trying to solve for months and in a lot of cases years.
Idk how accurate this is, my boss had mentioned it, but apparently they've outsourced that shit to a third party, and they just keep opening tickets and solving them and keep asking you simple shit so they can bill per ticket solved. It's a godamn mess. I'm just hoping Linux catches on enough to enter the corporate world at the user level.
We're at a point where when something breaks, usually a Linux update fixes it, and it's windows equivalent just keeps further breaking itself.
The ones on Lemmy are pretty good!
Not necessary, you can use dozens of distros where playing Steam games is pretty much plug and play
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.
Heroic Launcher, Lutris, Bottles, or just launching them through the command line if you really want to for some reason, are your options. Heroic I just started using and it's great. It's especially good for games from other stores, but you can add anything to it. Lutris is pretty good, but you have to add everything manually (which you'll have to do no matter what for what you're asking about). Bottles is functional, but it is much harder to use than the others, but probably lighter weight if that matters to you at all (and I'll tell you now, it doesn't).
It's just arch isn't it?
No, it's based on arch. There's a bunch of polish on top of it that makes it more stable and such
I don't speak polish though so that makes it difficult and scary.
You don't have to talk to them, they just hold the thing together. Very strong men
I didn't think it's just Arch , though. IIRC it's also immutable.
I'm still holding onto the dream that we'll get SteamOS onto something small enough to fit in my pocket and run all my favorite 2D indie games. First manufacturer to do it gets all my money.
I bought a Miyoo Mini Plus a while back, purely an impulse buy for how cheap it was on sale, and ended up putting far more time into it than I ever did with my deck. This is the cozy form factor I need.
I'ma be real: It fucking kills me that Steam on Android has been mostly used for 2FA and the idea of it being an alternate game store for Android somehow just... doesn't exist?
Especially, out of all companies to take the fight about that kind of stuff to Apple and Google, Valve has the punching power, and they've literally already had Epic forge a path for them in this regard.
Why is my Android copy of Balatro unable to use the same cloud save system as Steam? Why am I stuck in Google's fucking lame gaming ecosystem? It just makes me heave and sigh because I'd way rather be purchasing games for Android via Steam on the Steam Android app. It just feels like such a missed opportunity.
A decade or more ago, I thought surely that was what the app was going to do, considering Humble would package Steam + Android keys in the same purchase back then.
A Steam phone with Steam Mobile OS. If there's anyone that can pull a Linux phone is them.
I wish, but it feels like Valve is still mostly trying to support x86/x64 type devices and ARM/RISC-V doesn't seem on the roadmap as much.
Maybe in 10 years after SteamOS has conquered this space, that could be the next target to expand into...
They have in fact been working on a ARM compatibility layer and Android app support through Waydroid.
I wonder if Valve plans to release an Arm version of SteamOS. They'd have to for it to ever show up on a device like the Miyoo Mini Plus, which uses an Arm based CPU, instead of the x86 based CPU in the Steam Deck, and other Windows handhelds.
Right now I think the OS of choice for Arm based devices is Android, which works well enough, but I don't think very many PC games are ported to Android.
I would kill for something like the Miyoo Mini in a GBA form factor.
I get that there's a lot of nostalgia for the Gameboy / Gameboy color layout but the GBA/SD layout is definitely more ergonomically friendly.
I have an rg35xx h (just a generic square thing) and I'm pretty happy with it. I play mostly GBA and some PSP games on it
The GPD WIN 2 fits perfectly in a pocket, I hope the new one keeps those dimensions since it's already confirmed that it will be Steam OS compatible.
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!
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...
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