WHY LINUX

[vanishedchief2021]

Why did valve choose Linux on the steam deck i do like it i'm just wondering why.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by vanishedchief2021:

Why did valve choose Linux on the steam deck i do like it i'm just wondering why.

Valve has always supported Linux back when GabeN and others worked at Microsoft. Steam OS has always been Linux.

[Prezidentas]

Originally posted by vanishedchief2021:

Why did valve choose Linux on the steam deck i do like it i'm just wondering why.

valve wants to get away from microsoft monopoly. windows 8 showed that microsoft could limit software that runs on computers, and one day steam could be blocked by microsoft, since it sells games as well.

[vanishedchief2021]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by vanishedchief2021:

Why did valve choose Linux on the steam deck i do like it i'm just wondering why.

Valve has always supported Linux back when GabeN and others worked at Microsoft. Steam OS has always been Linux.

:summercat2023:

Is it possible to install Steam OS onto any PC just wondering because on my desktop PC i'm currently using popOS.

[Demon Alien]

Originally posted by vanishedchief2021:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Valve has always supported Linux back when GabeN and others worked at Microsoft. Steam OS has always been Linux.

Is it possible to install Steam OS onto any PC just wondering because on my desktop PC i'm currently using popOS.

technically yes, but valve advises against this, they are working on a non steam deck/general release version of steam os. Currently steamos targets the steam deck so espcially on a pc with nvidia card it probably wouldn't work. On an amd system one would imagine at the least somewhat better luck.

[vanishedchief2021]

So sometime in the near future steam OS will be available on all PC do you know when this might be.

[WarnerCK]

Originally posted by vanishedchief2021:

So sometime in the near future steam OS will be available on all PC do you know when this might be.

Valve Time.

Chimera[chimeraos.org] is probably your best bet for a gaming appliance distro, currently. Any general purpose distro will be your best bet for a general purpose computer.

[Prezidentas]

SteamOS is for gaming devices that use controller, like your TV system or the Steam Deck. Don't actually install it on your main PC lol, it's not for that.

[RSebire]

SteamOS on a PC has been done already.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/how-to-install-steamos-on-your-computer/

Give it a shot..

[vanishedchief2021]

Originally posted by RSebire:

SteamOS on a PC has been done already.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/how-to-install-steamos-on-your-computer/

Give it a shot..

I don't think it'll work on my PC will it having Intel and a Nvidia GPU in it.

[RSebire]

Originally posted by vanishedchief2021:

Originally posted by RSebire:

SteamOS on a PC has been done already.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/how-to-install-steamos-on-your-computer/

Give it a shot..

I don't think it'll work on my PC will it having Intel and a Nvidia GPU in it.

Hardware Requirements

You will need either a 64-bit Intel or AMD processor, a minimum of 4GB of RAM, and a hard drive with at least 500GB of storage. While Valve recommends an Nvidia graphics card (they are optimized to work better with SteamOS), the latest beta added support for both AMD and Intel graphics. Additionally, your system must include Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot support, which most modern (past three or four years) motherboards do.


AMD and Nvidia are all compliant now.
And the intel always worked.
Read the article.
It takes a while but it is clear on how to do it

Peace

[r-kid]

Originally posted by RSebire:

Originally posted by vanishedchief2021:

I don't think it'll work on my PC will it having Intel and a Nvidia GPU in it.

Hardware Requirements

You will need either a 64-bit Intel or AMD processor, a minimum of 4GB of RAM, and a hard drive with at least 500GB of storage. While Valve recommends an Nvidia graphics card (they are optimized to work better with SteamOS), the latest beta added support for both AMD and Intel graphics. Additionally, your system must include Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot support, which most modern (past three or four years) motherboards do.


AMD and Nvidia are all compliant now.
And the intel always worked.
Read the article.
It takes a while but it is clear on how to do it

Peace

Did you look at that article its from 2014!

That's the old 'SteamOS' from when they tired to launch steam machines (Alienware boxes) and is based off an old Debian/Ubuntu release, not the SteamDeck SteamOS, which is Arch based.

[Maverick]

Linux is a leaner, more lightweight OS than Windows and most importantly, is open source and provides total freedom, so the devs can tailor it to their needs and make whatever changes they want. It's also, by design, very software-developer friendly and is a lot easier to do a lot of powerful things compared to Windows.

[tenkster]

They went with linux for the same reason Google went with linux when they initially developed android. The Linux kernel itself is open source and it's configuration is extremely open ended. This gives valve control of the OS going from the hardware level all the way to the top user experience. This allows them to do things like add modes to boot where they can keep the console interface completely separate from the desktop environment, a feature that just would not be possible with proprietary OS like windows.

To those that really want windows for whatever reason the ROG Ally exists. you can even install windows on the SD. But I prefer the vertical approach that valve is taking with the steam deck and SteamOS because, at the end of the day, it all just works. I can boot into a game right from the steam interface and not worry about some random windows weirdness hijacking my CPU priority and eating up my battery. It's literally an OS made specifically for gaming on the steam deck itself and it's great at it.

Even then, I also understand that some games wont work on the steam deck because their developers wont enable the valve provided DRM modules that would allow those games to run in that environment. Mileage may vary there, and if that's a deal-breaker then you look elsewhere.

[Modern Retro Gamer (UK)]

Microsoft controls Windows. Any software running exclusively on Windows is tyed to the platform. It's long term future reliant on Windows continued success and MS not getting away with pulling some anti comptetitive BS that breaks your access to the platform.

Better to have your own OS that you control. But writing entire OS's is exceptional hard, expensive, and time consuming.

Taking Linux and adapting it to your needs us far easier. Now Valve have a platform they control that MS can't one way or another pull from under them.

Now comes the wider issue of migrating their user base. Steam Deck is the first real step in doing that.

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