That’s still steamos2, based on debian 8 (current is debian 12). What’s on the Steam deck is much more recent, usable and stable.
There’s some user made distros that are basically just like steamos3 though, but at that point you may just as well install a mainstream linux distribution and simply install steam on it.
Good things take time. But it seems close enough to ready if you didn’t accidentally by a Nvidia garbage GPU. You can already run the Steam Deck image on most AMD hardware just fine.
Steam needs to drop a whole OS for PC.
https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown
You can install it yourself on PC.
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That’s still steamos2, based on debian 8 (current is debian 12). What’s on the Steam deck is much more recent, usable and stable.
There’s some user made distros that are basically just like steamos3 though, but at that point you may just as well install a mainstream linux distribution and simply install steam on it.
SteamOS 3.0 should get out there for generic PCs pretty soon, in the meantime there’s Bazzite.
It’s in the works. Valve is working to develop SteamOS for other devices, including PC.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24315098/valve-steam-machines-steamos-steam-deck-vr
It’s been “in the works” for years.
Good things take time. But it seems close enough to ready if you didn’t accidentally by a
Nvidiagarbage GPU. You can already run the Steam Deck image on most AMD hardware just fine.Just install Mint or Bazzite, Steam OS is intentionally locked down more than it needs to be.
If they do it this year, it might finally be the Year of the Linux Desktop!