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SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck (upcoming SteamOS beta for other handhelds)
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this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2025
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So how does SteamOS distinguish between a “handheld” and a desktop, and what’s the Nvidia support like?
Asking for a friend who has an Nvidia-powered desktop that’s been infected with the Windows virus for over a decade now
Your friend might want to install Bazzite or Nobara
Please, there are so many options out there for you that are probably better suited for your needs than SteamOS will eventually be. You must have seen this repeated over and over again. Waiting for SteamOS on desktop makes no sense. Just go ahead and install Linux now. Any distro, switching is easy if you're not happy.
If you want a distro that is good for gaming on desktop I'd still recommend Nobara for now since it is based on fedora and modified by the person behind the glorious eggroll version of proton.
I prefer Bazzite which is Steam OS like.
fair enough.
Nobara can mimic it just as well..?
It's not Atomic so not newbie friendly like Steam OS.
Honestly, I don't find atomic to be newbie friendly. Especially when the majority of guides and how-to's do not assume an atomic style os.
The existing guides have not yet caught up with the paradigm shift of atomic distros.
When I say it's newbie friendly, it's because the base system is read-only (only /etc and /var are writable), and updates are only applied if all transactions are successful.
This paradigm shift requires people to install flatpak applications and command-line applications in distrobox containers.
Oh, I know. Which can be a pain in the ***. And until the guides and stuff catch up, it's not newbie friendly now is it?
I'd agree with the other user. SteamOS is great, but it's very much focused on a console-like experience.
Even in desktop mode, the Plasma desktop is pretty outdated, and software you install will be wiped between updates if it's not a Flatpak (although tbf, Flathub has almost everything these days). I also believe the kernel on SteamOS has some alterations that are great for the deck, but means a bit less hardware compatibility for a general-purpose PC.
E: not sure what's upsetting about this comment.