It wasn’t officially supported for a long time even if they never stopped you. No real installer, etc. But now they started adding a lot more driver support even for hardware they aren’t going to use, which you only do if you want to let people use 3rd party hardware
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Jhex@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Wasn’t that always allowed?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
They only had the old SteamOS available for installing to anything but a Steam Deck.
artyom@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Allowed and available, but not endorsed.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Allowed but janky, this is probably a more polished installer.
Jhex@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I see, and yes, you needed some technical savvyness (is that a word?) to do this on your own before
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“Savvy” is both the noun for the trait and the adjective for someone who possesses it.
TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
What’s been janky about it? I have it installed on a custom build since like February, never had any hiccups, besides the same rare issues on my steam deck (some occasional sound issues when switching between desktop and game mode, recently now solved I think). It’s otherwise been a flawless experience. Config is pure AMD : 5800X + 7600 XT 16GB with 16GB RAM. I was just hoping to get a steam controller but that proved harder than expected :(
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I think some hardware configs are harder to use, like if you have Nvidia.
TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Sure, but that has not changed with this official enablement, or has it?