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Valve appear to be testing ARM64 and Android support for Steam on Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 3 months ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

What would an official steamOS desktop do that bazzite can’t? Unless you need commercial support because you are selling steam machines I don’t see how a official release would be of advantage.

[–] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think there's just people that trust Valve more than Linux in general.

SteamOS on the deck is extremely foolproof, and people who are otherwise scared of Linux seem to think SteamOS magically fixes every perceived issue with desktop Linux.

That's my best guess but I'm just some dude.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Sounds like a good guess. I would use it just because I'm already familiar with it.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Desktop mode is kind of funky, though. You need to open steam to type on the on-screen keyboard, lol. App store got patched and it's better, but sometimes the apps get stuck downloading and I need to open up the command line to make them install

[–] fromaj_debite@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It could be more convenient for people

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How so?

[–] Cossty@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

My brother plays games on Windows. I tried to convert him to Linux like two times, but he doesn't want to do it. He doesn't even play multiplayer games. Just single-player and co-op games. So Anticheat wouldn't be a problem. When I said to him that Steam is releasing their own Linux distro, he said: Sure, I will try that.

That was almost 3 years ago and there still isn't official steamos for desktop.

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

SteamOS at the end of the day just is an immutable distro with game mode for the steam deck. Bazzite does the same for PCs. I get that there is some level of brand recognition with Steam, but I think most people (including me) would take a while to notice there is something of when they are handed a steam deck with bazzite

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Cause no one has heard of bazzite