Just install Manjaro and worry about something else.

Originally posted by Eeshan Mulye:

Will valve release a new controller for the steam os 3.0

They just did, it was bundled with an APU and a 7" screen.

If you want a fully featured Desktop, you'd be better off downloading Manjaro instead.

I think folks are getting too hung up on Desktop usage here, hopefully the Steam Deck is more focused on running the actual new Steam UI first and foremost.
The important thing here is having a system that's reliable and easy to use for noobs, and not to pander to folks who want to argue about DWM's which is mostly irrelevant in this case IMHO.

Originally posted by deannielsen2:

From what I've read SteamOS will be Arch based and use KDE on AMD Hardware, this means it will be borderline unusable. I also don't get why Valve is only using KDE now when Gnome is clearly the better alternative.

C'mon, it certainly won't be unusable just because you don't like it.

I hope they actually make any desktop functionality entirely optional, let them keep the focus on the Steam UI and make it easy to use for newcomers, first and foremost.

If someone wants a desktop Linux, there's plenty of distros already available.

Originally posted by NeptNutz:

How about the old-timers on this topic?

It's peaked my interest again, been a while...

It's certainly been a while since we had an update, but a fresh respin with an up to date kernel and drivers certainly wouldn't harm.
I'd like to see it stripped down a bit more though, keep it lightweight and appliance like, remove any desktop and focus on the UI, make it as idiot proof as possible and jank that godawful installer.

Raven Ridge ideally requires the 4.19 kernel for any kind of stability, so no, not yet unfortunately.

It does need some pretty big stack updates, but hopefully Steam OS itself is entirely beyond saving just yet.

The massive plus side is now have tons more Linux compatible games in general since Valve ported the client, which is only a good thing, and for that I'm grateful for all the effort.