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[–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You'd have to check one of the side-distros. SteamOS itself has no official installer yet, only available pre-installed on steamdeck.

There are distros that are organized to recreate it for normal installation though.

Though to be fair, that's pretty "normie" to not have to experience the installation process at all. Most people will just use what shipped with their PC.