SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck

[SN2716057]

I'm not sure, but we can make one in the Linux forum. I'm sure a few other people would join, too.

And don't worry about being Linux-rusty. When I switched in November, I hadn't used Linux for 10 years. And even then, I used Ubuntu and Mint, and I'm on Bazzite (Fedora spinoff) now. Thanks to the KDE Plasma desktop, Steam, Proton and Wine (and the excellent AMD support), I haven't touched the terminal once.

That's one thing about all the Linux distros, don't like one switch to another. Which I'm gonna do cause Ubuntu is giving me a headache, let's hope Bazzite will be a breeze.

 

[AusWolf]

That's one thing about all the Linux distros, don't like one switch to another. Which I'm gonna do cause Ubuntu is giving me a headache, let's hope Bazzite will be a breeze.

It has been for me so far, so good luck!

Edit: So far, Bazzite has been the only distro that recognised my monitor as Freesync + HDR right from the start without any tinkering. I think this says something.

 

[LittleBro]

This is exactly the main problem of why Linux has not already became much more popular - too many distros.
Devs don't agree on something - they create own fork. Such approach is the worst nightmare of hardware makers.
Yeah, I know some distros share the same base (Debian, Arch, etc.) but still, there are too many of them.

Every day some people are born, some die. And apart from that, every day a new Linux distro is made as well.

Since Valve is directly cooperating with Archlinux devs, this is probably the best way to go if you want to achieve maximum SteamOS support.
But I have seen with my own eyes that even Debian-Ubuntu-based Mint is doing pretty well with Steam games. Proton does it's job.
Anyway, people, if you want to go with Linux, choose something popular backed by good community.

I can assure you that, unlike Windows 12 is going to be final final final final version of Windows 10 (11 and 12 were not suppossed to exist),
there won't be more than 2 major versions of SteamOS. Because when it comes to games and software, GabeN can't count to three and above.

 

[AusWolf]

This is exactly the main problem of why Linux has not already became much more popular - too many distros.
Devs don't agree on something - they create own fork. Such approach is the worst nightmare of hardware makers.
Yeah, I know some distros share the same base (Debian, Arch, etc.) but still, there are too many of them.

Every day some people are born, some die. And apart from that, every day a new Linux distro is made as well.

Since Valve is directly cooperating with Archlinux devs, this is probably the best way to go if you want to achieve maximum SteamOS support.
But I have seen with my own eyes that even Debian-Ubuntu-based Mint is doing pretty well with Steam games. Proton does it's job.
Anyway, people, if you want to go with Linux, choose something popular backed by good community.

I can assure you that, unlike Windows 12 is going to be final final final final version of Windows 10 (11 and 12 were not suppossed to exist),
there won't be more than 2 major versions of SteamOS. Because when it comes to games and software, GabeN can't count to three and above.

Thanks to Proton, the distro you choose doesn't matter too much in terms of game compatibility these days. But I see your point, and I agree.

 

[SN2716057]

This is exactly the main problem of why Linux has not already became much more popular

It probably plays a part but I think the biggest reason would be that the other brands just pay the hardware companies to use their OS.

 

[jak_2456]

I am very excited for this because it means that more gaming devices will be running Linux, which will lead more devs toward developing support for it!