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1534 points davikr | 4 comments | 12 Nov 25 17:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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CobrastanJorji ◴[12 Nov 25 21:24 UTC] No.45906945[source]▶
> Install your own apps, or even another operating system. Who are we to tell you how to use your computer?

From your mouth to Tim Cook's ear, friend.

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foxandmouse ◴[12 Nov 25 22:10 UTC] No.45907533[source]▶
That said, when are we going to get a public release for SteamOS? …There’s a joke somewhere about them reaching SteamOS 3
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1. pegasus89 ◴[13 Nov 25 00:22 UTC] No.45908847[source]▶
The installer is here: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/65B4-2AA3-5F37-42...

The sources of the packages are here: https://steamdeck-packages.steamos.cloud/archlinux-mirror/so...

And for the record most packages come directly from Arch Linux, unmodified.

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2. BolexNOLA ◴[13 Nov 25 00:52 UTC] No.45909084[source]▶
That is not for desktops. I would assume they meant a proper steamOS desktop release. We haven’t seen one in many years and the previous one is basically useless for most people.

Many of us have been waiting for a proper release for a LONG time. Bazzite is nice but I want to see what valve does next.

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3. dathinab ◴[13 Nov 25 03:59 UTC] No.45910449[source]▶
my guess is it will be mostly the same as for the SteamDeck but with

- Game Mode becoming getting a not Steam Deck specific desktop version, which I would love to see, e.g. last time I installed Bazzite+Steam Game mode, the Game Mode will default to 1080p even if your GPU can render 4k ...(easy to fix in the options menu, tho. But not very convenient.).

- slightly different defaults, tweaks, builds (e.g. AFIK not to long ago if you tried to put SteamOS on a desktop with RDNA3 graphics it didn't work. But they seem to more or less just use a standard linux graphic stack, so it's probably was just something on the line of "as it's not expected the parts needed for RDNA3 wheren't compiled in/shipped in the SteamOS for SteamDeck image)

4. hamdingers ◴[13 Nov 25 04:43 UTC] No.45910746[source]▶
There's nothing stopping you from installing it on a desktop with the right hardware.

I have a Ryzen 5 5600 and a 7600 xt in an sff pc, installed steamos directly from the recovery image. It supports the GPU, controllers, even the super fast sleep/wake.