Valve add Asus ROG Ally to SteamOS support list

[Fish5796]

I am a proud owner of the Steam Deck and I absolutely love it. However, I also own an Asus Rog Ally and I believe it would be a great addition to the list of devices with SteamOS support.

The Asus Rog Ally is a powerful gaming laptop and has been known for its exceptional performance and graphics. With the addition of SteamOS, it would elevate the gaming experience to the next level.

I understand that launching SteamOS for a new device requires a lot of planning and resources, but I believe it would be a worthwhile investment for both Valve and Asus.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Calini님이 먼저 게시:

I might add that it's not as simple as "just" installing Linux and opening Steam in Big Picture mode (or more precisely with the `-gamepadui` flag). There are a couple of things that I would love to see ironed out, if Steam ever decides to provide support for other popular handhelds like the Ally.
For example, gyro is not yet supported, but it could, if the Ally would be added as a new controller definition, besides the Xbox, PS4/5, JoyCon definitions. It would make gyro and the front/back buttons support possible. After that, it's as easy as setting Steam to boot into Gamepad UI in Windows, and removing Armory Crate.

Ask ASUS to contact Valve to work on supporting their handheld.

[Calini]

cSg|mc-Hotsauce님이 먼저 게시:

Calini님이 먼저 게시:

I might add that it's not as simple as "just" installing Linux and opening Steam in Big Picture mode (or more precisely with the `-gamepadui` flag). There are a couple of things that I would love to see ironed out, if Steam ever decides to provide support for other popular handhelds like the Ally.
For example, gyro is not yet supported, but it could, if the Ally would be added as a new controller definition, besides the Xbox, PS4/5, JoyCon definitions. It would make gyro and the front/back buttons support possible. After that, it's as easy as setting Steam to boot into Gamepad UI in Windows, and removing Armory Crate.

Ask ASUS to contact Valve to work on supporting their handheld.

:qr:

I was just wishful thinking here, I know that's how it works, and we should all be doing that.
In any case, do you really think Nintendo came to Valve and asked nicely for their JoyCon to be added? :)

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Calini님이 먼저 게시:

cSg|mc-Hotsauce님이 먼저 게시:

Ask ASUS to contact Valve to work on supporting their handheld.

I was just wishful thinking here, I know that's how it works, and we should all be doing that.
In any case, do you really think Nintendo came to Valve and asked nicely for their JoyCon to be added? :)

The joycons were different since their software was available to use and Valve has a thing for supporting all types of controllers.

But ASUS could have asked before launch to have it ready but they want to be a competitor to the Deck.

[Calini]

cSg|mc-Hotsauce님이 먼저 게시:

Calini님이 먼저 게시:

I was just wishful thinking here, I know that's how it works, and we should all be doing that.
In any case, do you really think Nintendo came to Valve and asked nicely for their JoyCon to be added? :)

The joycons were different since their software was available to use and Valve has a thing for supporting all types of controllers.

But ASUS could have asked before launch to have it ready but they want to be a competitor to the Deck.

:qr:

What do you mean by that, exactly what software?
Also if Valve has a thing for supporting controllers, they could support the Ally too, at the end of the day it's a controller strapped to a Windows laptop. (Sure, when there will be enough of them out there to justify it)

[aztects17]

It'll all be ironed out in the next 6 months or so (being the middle of June 2023) I already have ChimeraOS installed on one of my Gaming Desktops and as soon as they figure out all the bugs with audio, wifi, and bluetooth - you can bet I'll be upgrading to a Rog Ally - and Flashing ChimeraOS on it. Everyone in the steam deck community is yearning for exactly what is in the Ally to be in the Steam Deck 2 - Better Screen, Better CPU/GPU, all with Steamos - you can definitely bet I'll be selling my Steam Deck as soon as the work out all the bugs. The Steam Deck has come a long way in the year I've had it... And so will it's compatibility with SteamOS - it's on my personal Christmas Gift to myself - so don't let the nay sayers get you down.

[Era]

?legit님이 먼저 게시:

Fish5796님이 먼저 게시:

I believe that SteamOS can make games run more smoothly and improve the overall gaming experience in PC handheld consoles.

This is a popular misconception that has been proven wrong several times.

SteamOS is a very nice "hands off" way to use wine via proton.

Older windows games in wine actually *do* run better on linux than they do in windows because wine translates directx7/9 etc to opengl or vulcan which respectively give a better performance.

[der1Horn]

It's less about Valve to add support. It's more about drivers to be available. And that's something AMD has to do for the Ally since it's full on AMD. As soon as Valve does release the final SteamOS3 for any device and AMD rolls out final linux/unix drivers for the hardware SteamOS3 will run on the Ally. Don't waste your time with the "old" SteamOS. It's not worth it.

[Large Tomatoes]

BOMB님이 먼저 게시:

?legit님이 먼저 게시:

SteamOS is the weakest link of the deck, I'm genuinely surprised why you would install that on your allye.

Dumbest thing I've heard in quite a while

That is quite the opinion there, wrong, but it sure is an opinion.

Fish5796님이 먼저 게시:

I am a proud owner of the Steam Deck and I absolutely love it. However, ....

As others have said, you can use any OS, install Steam, then set it to start automatically in Big Picture mode. You effectively have a SteamOS (like) environment then. Valve have done a decent job of uniting the UI - maybe enable the Beta updates too

[canttouchthis89]

Fish5796님이 먼저 게시:

I am a proud owner of the Steam Deck and I absolutely love it. However, I also own an Asus Rog Ally and I believe it would be a great addition to the list of devices with SteamOS support.

The Asus Rog Ally is a powerful gaming laptop and has been known for its exceptional performance and graphics. With the addition of SteamOS, it would elevate the gaming experience to the next level.

I understand that launching SteamOS for a new device requires a lot of planning and resources, but I believe it would be a worthwhile investment for both Valve and Asus.

Just wanted to let you no there will be negative replies to your post it's just how theas people on here are the think they know it all so they get smart and cocky with replies just like my post about loving the steam deck but wanting Well better display people went on to tell me how stupid I was and that it couldn't happen. Because the device's battery couldn't handle it yet. Here we are a few years later with an OLED version. To prove those people wrong. But that's in the past. Just be prepared for people to bash your post. Stay strong and ignore ignorance

[ete56187]

Compared to what? Windows on a SteamDeck? Which has tons of issues due to half-assed support by Valve providing drivers.

[Large Tomatoes]

ete56187님이 먼저 게시:

Compared to what? Windows on a SteamDeck? Which has tons of issues due to half-assed support by Valve providing drivers.

Don't forget "Valve are a pro-consumer company that wants the best for us" except when we want to use something that doesn't directly benefit them, in which case they will deliberately hinder us to ensure their monopoly remains intact.

For anybody that hasn't tried installing Windows on the Deck, it works great until you install Steam then the controller stops working (unless you start the game through Steam), the touch pads start behaving erratically (unless you start the game through Steam) the sound becomes broken etc.

[[?]legit]

Large Tomatoes님이 먼저 게시:

ete56187님이 먼저 게시:

Compared to what? Windows on a SteamDeck? Which has tons of issues due to half-assed support by Valve providing drivers.

Don't forget "Valve are a pro-consumer company that wants the best for us" except when we want to use something that doesn't directly benefit them, in which case they will deliberately hinder us to ensure their monopoly remains intact.

100% agree.

[Brian9824]

canttouchthis89님이 먼저 게시:

Fish5796님이 먼저 게시:

I am a proud owner of the Steam Deck and I absolutely love it. However, I also own an Asus Rog Ally and I believe it would be a great addition to the list of devices with SteamOS support.

The Asus Rog Ally is a powerful gaming laptop and has been known for its exceptional performance and graphics. With the addition of SteamOS, it would elevate the gaming experience to the next level.

I understand that launching SteamOS for a new device requires a lot of planning and resources, but I believe it would be a worthwhile investment for both Valve and Asus.

Just wanted to let you no there will be negative replies to your post it's just how theas people on here are the think they know it all so they get smart and cocky with replies just like my post about loving the steam deck but wanting Well better display people went on to tell me how stupid I was and that it couldn't happen. Because the device's battery couldn't handle it yet. Here we are a few years later with an OLED version. To prove those people wrong. But that's in the past. Just be prepared for people to bash your post. Stay strong and ignore ignorance

If you had actually read it instead of bumping an old topic you'd have noticed he was already told he can do it, as long as they support installing a new OS on it.

[Jam_1138]

Spawn of Totoro님이 먼저 게시:

SteamOS is Linux with Steam running in Big Picture Mode. There is no need to plan anything, you can simply download SteamOS and install it onto a system.

You can also just download a version of Linux and install Steam, having it boot with the system.

SteamOS that is included on the Steam Deck uses ArchLinux.

So if you can install an OS on the computer, it isn't really difficult to get SteamOS or something similar running on it.

Not sure if the Asus Rog Ally allows for a change in OS on it, so may want to contact Nvidia on the matter first.

SteamOS and Big Picture mode are completely different, you have a complete lack of knowledge on this.

[Mailer]

Jam_1138님이 먼저 게시:

Spawn of Totoro님이 먼저 게시:

SteamOS is Linux with Steam running in Big Picture Mode. There is no need to plan anything, you can simply download SteamOS and install it onto a system.

You can also just download a version of Linux and install Steam, having it boot with the system.

SteamOS that is included on the Steam Deck uses ArchLinux.

So if you can install an OS on the computer, it isn't really difficult to get SteamOS or something similar running on it.

Not sure if the Asus Rog Ally allows for a change in OS on it, so may want to contact Nvidia on the matter first.

SteamOS and Big Picture mode are completely different, you have a complete lack of knowledge on this.

Nowhere does Totoro state that SteamOS and BPM are the same thing. They addressed it perfectly well that SteamOS is just a modified version of Linux, with Big Picture Mode used as the startup mode.

Why did you revive a year old thread to state that someone is wrong, when they are not.