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[–] SatouKazuma@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Full fledged SteamOS desktop release when?

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

What would an official steamOS desktop do that bazzite can’t? Unless you need commercial support because you are selling steam machines I don’t see how a official release would be of advantage.

[–] fromaj_debite@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It could be more convenient for people

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Cossty@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

My brother plays games on Windows. I tried to convert him to Linux like two times, but he doesn't want to do it. He doesn't even play multiplayer games. Just single-player and co-op games. So Anticheat wouldn't be a problem. When I said to him that Steam is releasing their own Linux distro, he said: Sure, I will try that.

That was almost 3 years ago and there still isn't official steamos for desktop.

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

SteamOS at the end of the day just is an immutable distro with game mode for the steam deck. Bazzite does the same for PCs. I get that there is some level of brand recognition with Steam, but I think most people (including me) would take a while to notice there is something of when they are handed a steam deck with bazzite

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Cause no one has heard of bazzite

[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don't really understand what this means. Can you explain the implications?

[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They mean when will Valve release an official Steam OS 3 ISO that we can install on our own PCs.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 0 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Isn't Steam OS currently built on Arch?

[–] Vash63@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Yes, and ChromeOS is built from Gentoo. That doesn't mean much, the end user experience is worlds different.

[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes. But SteamOS is immutable.

[–] june@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes it is, so theoretically people can just install Arch with KDE and Steam and get a similar setup. However, there is something to be said about a supported OS versus Arch Linux's community support which tends to have little patience for people who aren't well informed about the workings of their OS.

[–] fushuan@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

So, go with garuda or endeavouros, they have great installers and the community is pretty supportive.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For the implications, I believe it would create a first class commercial level competition for Windows. It would open the door for a vendor trusted platform that implemented all the anti-cheat technologies. Paving the way to lift the virtual Linux ban on first day AAA games compatibility.

[–] SatouKazuma@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

This is what I was getting at. Sure, most games can be run with Proton fine and well, but if anti-cheat is code for "run Windows or else", a lot of games are just unplayable, forcing gamers to at least dual boot with Windows.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Full fledged SteamOS desktop release when?

Maybe never. If I was at Valve, I would not want to open Pandora's box of NVidia drivers.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Who says they have to?

Lol, fuck nvidia.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Who says they have to?

The people demanding a full fledged SteamOS desktop release. It's not full fledged when they'd ignore 80% of desktop GPUs.

[–] SatouKazuma@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

NVidia drivers

Goddamn it why did you have to remind me of that :/