Steam Deck Oled other Linux distro Drivers

[MaSieS]

On August 15, 2024, they finally published the drivers for Windows and updated the graphics drivers.
Does this also affect the repositories of other Linux distributions?
Since I have tried some distributions and they had the same problem as Windows, NO wifi, no BT, no audio handheld.
If anyone knows, please answer me on this. greetings ^^

[Prezidentas]

have you tried any distros with up-to-date kernels?

[MaSieS]

yes lastes ISO downloads, Ubuntun, Mint, even PopOS alpha 24.04 with cosmic. NO wifi, no BT, no audio handheld.

[Prezidentas]

Originally posted by MaSieS:

yes lastes ISO downloads, Ubuntun, Mint, even PopOS alpha 24.04 with cosmic. NO wifi, no BT, no audio handheld.

these will not be very fresh. try Fedora 40 (make sure to install all updates after install)

[thetargos]

Nobara (Fedora based), Bazzite (Fedora based) or ChimeraOS (Arch based) may yield better results given their more up to date software components.

Just a reminder, the bulk of drivers in Linux are in the kernel (modules or built in), the more recent, usually, the better hardware support. There are devices and drivers not part of the kernel, that still require a module (nvidia, broadcom, RealTek, among others), alas, I doubt Valve uses devices that require OOT drivers in the Steam Deck.

[Rodomar705]

Originally posted by thetargos:

Nobara (Fedora based), Bazzite (Fedora based) or ChimeraOS (Arch based) may yield better results given their more up to date software components.

Just a reminder, the bulk of drivers in Linux are in the kernel (modules or built in), the more recent, usually, the better hardware support. There are devices and drivers not part of the kernel, that still require a module (nvidia, broadcom, RealTek, among others), alas, I doubt Valve uses devices that require OOT drivers in the Steam Deck.

Not OOT drivers, but they require a ton of patches for making them work on their hardware and are extremely slow to upstream them (and a lot of the firmware files required are still missing for LCD after like 3 years). They really do not seem to care enough on upstreaming their changes to make their hardware work properly at this point.