Comment on SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck (upcoming SteamOS beta for other devices)

bizzle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Why would you run this vs a regular distro? Not a criticism, just a genuine question because I’m running Pop OS and wondering if I should think about switching when this releases. From my understanding it might not actually be super well suited to run as a regular desktop OS compared to a regular distro.

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  • bizzle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    My gaming PC is basically a console, I don’t use it for literally anything other than gaming. It’s plugged in to a TV, and I play it with a controller (yes I’m hyped about steam controller 2). If I used it for anything other than steam I wouldn’t put it on there, but it’s actually exactly what I’m looking for. I’ve been waiting for this.

    Right now I run Arch and it opens Big Picture mode on boot, but it doesn’t always work and Arch is of course Arch, which sucks when something breaks and you’re trying to fix it with a controller. I run Arch on my laptop too which I use for everything except gaming, so losing a little functionality that I already don’t use on a dedicated device is totally fine with me.

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    • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Thanks for this, sounds like a perfect use case for SteamOS! I’d love to have a setup like this at some point, maybe the new rumoured valve hardware can help with that too.

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