I already game on Linux because of Steam. It’s easy and works.
This 100%! Anything I can’t get running through wine I just get steam to run as a non steam game.
Does SteamOS support non game programs, such as text, audio, modeling, and whatever other esiting software people use?
yes, it’s just arch linux under the hood, and there’s even a desktop mode which im pretty sure is kde
Yup, but to add on to what the other guy said you will have to find alternatives to some programs like adobe products, microsoft products, and some others.
Or run them in a Windows VM or potentially through WINE.
Yep. SteamOS has Flathub, which is a software repository (like software store) that has so many alternative of Windows software.
Linux on more devices and associated with gaming is great. If it gets to the point where they work together with AlienWare to make gaming rigs powered by SteamOS, or even produce something together with Lenovo, HP, or Dell, and make it available in retailers, maybe then we’ll finally see it enter more people’s homes.
Android is Linux, but it’s so heavily modified that it’s a case of Theseus’s ship.
I want that so much.
That MB I just put in a box might be viable again? Wouldn’t upgrade to Win11 but worked great in every other way.
Just install Linux? SteamOS is just a Linux distribution based on Arch. My current distro is Garuda, which is also Arch based and has a gaming focused version with everything you need for gaming pre-installed.
How is CS2 working on it? I know I could just try to get it running myself on a spare pc, but I find that as I get older I dislike fiddling with things like this more and more. And while I’m fine with just playing games made to work properly on Linux, CS2 and it’s predecessors is something me and my real life friends have been playing for nearly two decades. It’s a way to keep in touch as everyone has kids and can’t come to the pub during the weekend.
I haven’t played in a while, but great! I assume this means Counter-Strike 2, not Cities Skylines 2, but both work well.
Basically everything works perfectly now. You can check ProtonDB to check specific games.
I’ve tried Linux. I’m old now, and it’s not what I know. I need plug and play.
Linux is as plug and play as it gets now, if you choose the right distro. It’s easier than Windows at the very least. Again, SteamOS is just a Linux distro.
If you want something, Garuda Dragonized comes with everything you need already installed and a GUI tool to quickly add anything extra you may want. It’s as easy as it can be.
Also, I want to try to word this as politely as possible, but there are a lot of older people who continue learning new things. It’s actually good for your brain health to do so. Refusing to learn something new isn’t because of your age. It’s a choice. You’re free to make whatever choices you want though.
How does Garuda handle HDR and multiple monitors with varying refresh rates?
That and stuttering has been some of my gripes.
Multiple monitors with different refresh rates works great. No issues. No idea about HDR though.
I don’t! 🙂
Also, did everyone just forget that Valve already tried this before? The people who buy prebuilt PCs do not want Linux and the people who want Linux do not want prebuilt PCs.
And some stupid piece of idiot in Microsoft made a tablet computer in 1995. Shows that idiot since tablets and touchscreens never took off.
I actually don’t think that’s an apt comparison for this. Valve isn’t inventing the wheel here, there are dozens if not hundreds of companies that sell prebuilt PCs. I’m a massive fan of Valve and Gaben by the way, I just don’t think this is a solid business decision on any front.
It’s not a pre built PC, it’s a gaming console that can also be a PC, if needed. That’s how the steam deck is marketed, that’s how the previous steamos PC was marketed, and clearly Lenovo thinks the marketing will work. A unified simple introduction to PC gaming as cheap as any console but with near infinite backwards compatibility is a pretty good sell to the normies who have nothing but marginal upgrades to look forward to in the console space.
The difference is that Proton wasn’t a thing the first time.
I’m on Linux and a prebuit PC would be a nice change. But at the same price or lower than Windaube, since I don’t want a licence for them.
I will prefer to build myself rather than paying an extra k…
yeah, I was looking into a laptop today and all came with Windoz preinstalled… that I’m gonna pay for :/
