Title says all, is it possible to use a mainline kernel on a non-SteamOS install or do you have to use Valve’s kernel they ship with SteamOS 3.x? Is it possible to find all the the patches they use and compile a kernel yourself?
For the life of me, I can’t figure out the search terms I need to find what I’m looking for. On top of that, I’m beginning to think I heard it on a podcast. But I seem to remember an interview with someone at Valve talking about how they were upstreaming EVERYTHING they were doing. I would assume that meant kernel work as well.
gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Most things should work with mainline kernel. According to archwiki the OLED models still need steams kernel patches to get wifi and bt working but older models work fine.
frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1 year ago
Mainline is also missing some OLED patches around changing the panel refresh rate and audio cutting out when switching from desktop back to game mode, last I recall. Those are the issues holding me back from installing Bazzite on my OLED.
Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
OLED was tempting me but the idea of not having bazzite makes it easier to hold back.
Telorand@reddthat.com 1 year ago
I have Bazzite on my OLED, and the audio issue is maddening. That alone is making me consider switching back to Steam OS simply for the QoL experience.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 year ago
Awesome! Gimme some energy and I will try to run OpenSUSE on there.