SteamOS now released officially for any device

https://store.steampowered.com/steamos

90•cultofmetatron•8mo ago

Comments

Bender•8mo ago

Does this mean I can install SteamOS on any device? We expect most SteamOS users to get SteamOS preinstalled on a Steam Deck or device that incorporates SteamOS. The only devices officially supported on SteamOS right now are Steam Deck and Legion Go S.

We are working on broadening support, and with the recent updates to Steam and SteamOS, compatibility with other AMD powered PC handhelds has been improved. If you are interested in trying out SteamOS on your device and providing feedback, you can use the SteamOS Recovery Image and follow the instructions here.

I think what they meant is you can test it on any device and provide feedback. [1]

[1] - https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2B...

bigyabai•8mo ago

Most handhelds should work fine, provided they're not a freak GPU setup like the Tegra board in the Switch. If you own an Intel or AMD handheld (which account for most models), the biggest issue you're likely to encounter is controller configuration.

It's definitely not "officially supported" by Valve, but in many cases the hardware does have official OEM support in upstream Linux.

gnabgib•8mo ago

Discussion (127 points, 2 days ago, 139 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44078930

throwaway314155•8mo ago

Deeply misleading HN title aside, this is great news.

sagarm•8mo ago

Support is quite limited at the moment:

> AMD hardware and an NVME drive, targeted toward handheld devices

So shelve your dreams of having SteamOS on an ARM handheld.

mariusor•8mo ago

Does steam even have an ARM version?

chithanh•8mo ago

They do have, but I understand it is experimental and not public. Some speculate that it is intended for Valve Deckard.

https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/steamrt/-/commit/5833fa...

For now, the Steam client needs to be run inside an x86 emulator.

mariusor•8mo ago

Thank you for the clarifications, but my question was mostly rhetorical. :)

ruytlm•8mo ago

Was hoping this would actually mean any device.

Until it does, I've had pretty good success with Bazzite (https://bazzite.gg/) on some hand-me-down hardware and hooked up to the TV.

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