Does your TV have a DisplayPort v1.2 option in the video settings? Some person on the Arch forums claimed that disabling that in the monitor settings got DisplayPort audio output working on their GTX 1070.

It seems SteamOS is dormant software with Valve not pushing any update to it since August. If you cannot get it working, it's probably best to change to a supported distro like Ubuntu 17.10 or Antergos, which will have a newer kernel and ALSA stack.

Originally posted by NeptNutz:

Originally posted by XÆЯO_Vince:

BTW, if you ever get bored with your Windows 8.1 install, you should consider testing out my Linux on Windows distribution (aka turn Windows into Linux desktop but still play Windows games at full speed). I'm really curious how it works on a Windows 8.1 host as I've only tested it on Windows 10.

I most certainly will at some point. I have full, "PAID-FOR" retail keys for Windows XP, 7, and 8.1,
and I'm not afraid to use them. ;-)

Haha nice. The funny thing is that it works on unactivated versions just as well. I mean Windows (10 anyway) is basically a free OS as it can be downloaded right from Microsoft's website in ISO form and used indefinitely in an unactivated state--it just prevents you from changing personlization settings and shows a watermark. However, because my software completely replaces the Windows shell with a Linux desktop like GNOME, Cinnamon, etc. those limitations disappear and Windows becomes nothing more than a hidden background runtime engine. :P

Originally posted by NeptNutz:

Originally posted by XÆЯO_Vince:

Does your monitor support HDR? If so, you probably can just change that 0 to a 1?

No. It's just some crappy HP 23" monitor from Best Buy that I didn't feel the need to douse with gasoline and burn.

Once I get the ... (wait for it) .... Sony 4K television (hopefully with Dolby Vision support), I will be happy to whore-out many a game for everyone's edification! :beatmeat:

Yeah, I got myself a Asus 27" 1080p panel. it doesn't have FreeSync, G-Sync, nor HDR but it has a pretty good 1ms response time. It was basically free as I got it via points that I've earned at work for sales to use on an online marketplace. I connected it to my high-end gaming laptop with an external mouse and keyboard and use that as a desktop machine now (almost never as a laptop). The laptop screen does support G-Sync though if I ever wanted to try that out lol.

Yeah I have a 4K LG TV but I don't believe it supports HDR--it's a few years old now. It has 3D support, though.

Originally posted by NeptNutz:

Originally posted by XÆЯO_Vince:

Have you checked in-game graphics options to see if the Linux version supports that too?

I did see a line item for it in the XML benchmark files. It caught my eye.

<graphics_card deviceId="0x11C0" rating=""> <resolution width="1920" height="1080" displayMode="1" vsync="false" vsyncInterval="2"> <refreshRate numerator="0" denominator="0" /> <windowPosition x="0" y="0" /> <outputMonitor index="1" /> <aspectRatio auto="true" width="0" height="0" /> <hdr mode="0" peakNits="1000" /> </resolution> </graphics_card>

Not sure if it's working in Linux, or just vestigial, but it's there.

Does your monitor support HDR? If so, you probably can just change that 0 to a 1?

Hey group,

I'm happy to present version 3.0 of my VMShell virtualized Linux distribution and Windows shell replacement software for Windows 10.

Transform your Windows OS into a Linux distributon and play and run almost all Windows games and software at

Originally posted by ProfessorKaos64:

Will do!

Thanks PK! :)

Originally posted by ProfessorKaos64:

Downloading and uploading this finally tonight :)

Expect it at: http://packages.libregeek.org/hosted-software/linux-vm-shell/

Hey PK, I just released a new version that includes all the improvements and also a few new ones and bug fixes. If you get some time, feel free to delete the old version and that v2.5 script. It's all combined into one package now with v3.0:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6MSPACqGiOuekQ3N0pwa3hzU0U

Thanks.

Hey group,

I'm happy to present version 3.0 of my VMShell virtualized Linux distribution and Windows shell replacement software for Windows 10.

Transform your Windows OS into a Linux distributon and play and run almost all Windows games and software at full-speed, and full-compatibility in a GNOME Linux desktop environment without the complication and problems of Wine.

Features:

• Support for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
  
• Automated installer for all necessary software
  
• Documentation and b

Originally posted by Dude13:

this looks an awful lot like a virus lol - I'm no way I'm gonna download that XD

It's good to be cautious as you cannot trust people but this is certainly not a virus. The source code to my scripts are included along with documentation. A virus wouldn't need to be a 2GB download. Instead that 2GB is a virtual image file of my custom Linux distribution.

However, this software is only for people who want to try out Linux and transform their Windows installation into a distribution, without dual-booting or giving up their current games. Meaning when you log into your Windows account, within seconds, the explorer.exe shell will be terminated and your system booted into a GNOME desktop environment that acts as a shell replacement for explorer. However, you can still get back to the Windows desktop by doing this:

* Click on the 'Exit VM' launcher from the System Control folder
* Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open task manager then run 'explorer.exe'

You can stop the software from automatically starting at Windows boot by moving the 'vmlaunch.cmd' startup script out of C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

Originally posted by 999999999:

Originally posted by Dude13:

this looks an awful lot like a virus lol - I'm no way I'm gonna download that XD

Which is why it is posted here and not the Linux forum. To have gullible users download the malware.

Um my software isn't malware and Steam Universe used to be mainly a Linux oriented group. "SteamOS" is a Linux distribution but this group has since been overran by CS:GO and skins spam.

A DNS caching service like dnsmasq might help but your poor download results are pretty extreme compared to what you were getting before.

Have you tried another distribution by chance?

Have you tried running an Internet speedtest to ensure it's not just your ISP / Internet service having speed issues? You can also try restarting your modem and router.

Hmm that's strange... I wonder why it's only exposing GL 3.3 as it doesn't appear to be using LLVMpipe software rendering and r600 and RadeonSI both support GL 4.x.

That would explain why your Saints Row wasn't working.

You can try forcing the driver to fake a higher OpenGL context by adding to the game command line:


However that probably won't work as it only fakes GL 4.5 it and relies on at least some OpenGL 4.x extensions being available for a slim chance that the games might work.

No there is no easy way to upgrade the Mesa stack. You have to manually do so by compiling it yourself and well that isn't easy and prone to breaking things and the Debian Jessie backports version is way older than SteamOS's.

Best bet would be to get that new graphics card and see what happens or switch to another distribution like Archlinux or Antergos that has bleeding-edge packages, including the latest kernels and Mesa stack.

To see the OpenGL level type

I'm not 100% sure but that should work with RadeonSI. That said, that's still not a very good choice. If you're getting it for free or close to it then fine but if you're wanting an AMD GPU on a budget, I'd say go with a Radeon RX 550 or 560.

RadeonSI is now offering faster OpenGL rendering in most games compared to AMDGPU-Pro, only RADV (FOSS Radeon Vulkan implementation) lags behind AMDGPU-Pro's proprietary Vulkan but it's catching up.

As long as you're using a bleeding-edge distribution like Archlinux, Antergos, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, or Ubuntu with w/ 3rd party Mesa & kernel repository, AMD drivers have improved a great deal (in the last year) to the extent that they are now decent choice for Linux gaming. AMD also provides a better Wayland experience as their drivers support XWayland (Linux steam games running in an X-client on-top of Wayland). Nvidia has said they don't intend to support Xwayland with their proprietary driver, meaning a full-blown X-server must be ran to play Steam games as none of them support pure Wayland yet.

What version of Windows does the computer have?

If it has Windows 10, you can hold the shift button while clicking on the restart button and that will take you to the advanced menu and from there you can perform a factory reset.

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Did you buy it or your high school provide it? If your high school provided it, don't try tampering with it as that will probably get you in trouble with your teachers and/or your school principle and they might put you in detention and charge you for the cost of the Chromebook.

If you bought the Chromebook yourself then you should return it and buy a normal computer. Steam doesn't run on Chromebooks without major modifications to run another Linux-based operating system on it via Crouton and even then that is only possible if it's an Intel based Chromebook as Steam is x86 only.