SteamOS' coming open availability is exciting!

[Marzipan]

I think that with ease of use, adoption will skyrocket and then we'll see some Linux take some real market share from Windows.

I can't wait to see how all the MIniPC makers respond as all their APU sales could become awesome SteamOS gaming systems!

 

[CMetaphor]

I know that if I don't have to rely on windows for gaming anymore, they are going to be almost window Windows PCs in my house anymore. Max will keep 2 or so.

 

[Shadowarez]

I still use Holo as my Steam Os on a 5800x3D rig with a XFX 7900XTX when I wanna get away from the slog of Windows.

 

[moocow]

Are you referring to the SteamOS Beta coming in April for other handheld PC? Looks like another step forward to getting it on PC.

SteamOS beta could be available to download to your handheld gaming PC of choice as soon as April

It's not gonna be May—that's when the officially licensed Lenovo Legion Go S launches.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Izerous]

There have been a few people getting it running on desktops as it is using the steam deck recovery image software. The LTT one mentioned that they have issues with Nvidia card but worked with AMD cards for example. Seems to be coming along but needs some final polish and better hardware support.

 

[Shadowmeph]

I would love to get away from Win OS for gaming but the games I play I highly doubt would run on a Linux based system I used to spent weeks trying to get games to run on several versions of Linux some worked after huge issues and messing around but were not stable, so I gave up

 

[CMetaphor]

better hardware support.

What hardware? I wanna make an APU system in the tiniest case possible - albeit with good cooling, some OC and quieter than those mini prebuilts running laptop hardware. A 8700G or the new replacement when it comes should be really close, drivers-wise, to the APUs in Steamdecks, no?

 

[Izerous]

What hardware? I wanna make an APU system in the tiniest case possible - albeit with good cooling, some OC and quieter than those mini prebuilts running laptop hardware. A 8700G or the new replacement when it comes should be really close, drivers-wise, to the APUs in Steamdecks, no?

Amd apu probably be OK, Nvidia issues, no printer support likely most don't care). But for mass market release stuff like that will be needed to really drive adoption. Can't choose HDD durring install, wipes anything, no partitions etc.

 

[Shadowarez]

I'll tinker see how my old Steam Machine runs on Bazzite or the Holo Version. Worked great on the 5700G rig.

 

[Marzipan]

Are you referring to the SteamOS Beta coming in April for other handheld PC? Looks like another step forward to getting it on PC.

SteamOS beta could be available to download to your handheld gaming PC of choice as soon as April

It's not gonna be May—that's when the officially licensed Lenovo Legion Go S launches.

www.pcgamer.com

yessir. if you think about it, all the AMD APU based mini PC from Minisforum, Beelink, and others are PERFECT candidates to become wicked little SteamOS powered gaming consoles!

I can see, even tho expensive, how the Ryzen AI Max 395HX, with it's 40 core RDNA3.5 iGPU being VERY popular!

edit - and by extension, end point devices if the OS lets you install common Linux apps so it can also be your primary computer. I would have no issues using M365 and other programs via browser windows.