SteamOS is not officially available for the PC.

You can however install it on any PC with specs similar to the Steam Deck, it will need an AMD CPU, AMD graphics and an NVMe drive.

But just use any other Linux distro, it will provide the same user experience.

I see, thanks for the answer.

I think I'll just better wait for an official release then, I'm not in a rush.

SteamOS is literally just Linux. You'd get the same kind of experience if you download Linux Mint or CachyOS (the top two Linux distros).

There's no need for SteamOS to be the launching point, it's not going to do anything that those (or other distros) don't already do. It won't be more "user friendly" than anything else you can currently find, and it won't "work better" than any other Linux distro.

If you want to use Linux, you can use it now, with better results, than you'd get from using SteamOS a Steam Deck, or SteamOS for PC (when it's released).

Linux has a bad rep laymans will simply nope to installing it. Thats why SteamOS will change things even if to you a linux user it makes no sense.

Originally posted by Crash LV:

I see, thanks for the answer.

I think I'll just better wait for an official release then, I'm not in a rush.

Just install bazzite, it does everything steam os does and more, it's even more up to date usually as well.

https://bazzite.gg/

Bazzite is the most similar distro to SteamOS but without its limitations like Nvidia support.
I recommend Bazzite over SteamOS for desktop PC right now.

SteamOS can be installed on PC but it must be full AMD and it will delete all (or random) drive without giving an option for Dual Boot.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/download/?ver=steamdeck&snr=100601___

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

SteamOS is literally just Linux. You'd get the same kind of experience if you download Linux Mint or CachyOS (the top two Linux distros).

There's no need for SteamOS to be the launching point, it's not going to do anything that those (or other distros) don't already do. It won't be more "user friendly" than anything else you can currently find, and it won't "work better" than any other Linux distro.

If you want to use Linux, you can use it now, with better results, than you'd get from using SteamOS a Steam Deck, or SteamOS for PC (when it's released).

What??? Top 2 linux distros mint and cachyos??? Is this a joke???

Originally posted by Omega:

SteamOS is not officially available for the PC.

You can however install it on any PC with specs similar to the Steam Deck, it will need an AMD CPU, AMD graphics and an NVMe drive.

But just use any other Linux distro, it will provide the same user experience.

Not quite. I have Steam OS on my i7 4770 ,rx 570 desktop rig.It's on my experimental drive and that's an old small laptop HDD.Sorta slow of course but I managed to install a couple old small steam games.What was notable was just using the usb live it was really fast. Faster than any of my other about 5 distros I've tested.
IDK what Bazzite looks like but I had manjaro installed on this drive before I put steamos on it and when steam os booted up I thought it booted into manjaro. It took me a couple of minutes to realize it indeed booted into steamos. I was stoked af. Manjaro (plasma/kde?) is my fave desktop environment.

Originally posted by HardwareAccent:

Bazzite is the most similar distro to SteamOS but without its limitations like Nvidia support.
I recommend Bazzite over SteamOS for desktop PC right now.

SteamOS can be installed on PC but it must be full AMD and it will delete all (or random) drive without giving an option for Dual Boot.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/download/?ver=steamdeck&snr=100601___

Manjaro is easily mistaken for steam os. It happened to me when I installed steamos on a drive. It took me a couple minutes to realize it was steamos and not my manjaro installation. And maybe newer Intel cpus don't support steamos but my haswell i7 4770 works great in steamos and manjaro. 4770 is quite old so maybe newer Intels aren't compatible.

Originally posted by happy:

What??? Top 2 linux distros mint and cachyos??? Is this a joke???

https://distrowatch.com/

Right hand side, scroll down, CachyOS and Mint, in the number 1 and 2 spots.

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

Originally posted by happy:

What??? Top 2 linux distros mint and cachyos??? Is this a joke???

{LINK REMOVED}https://distrowatch.com/

Right hand side, scroll down, CachyOS and Mint, in the number 1 and 2 spots.

ahahah, mint cachyos bazzite ubuntu worst linux distros

Originally posted by happy:

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

https://distrowatch.com/

Right hand side, scroll down, CachyOS and Mint, in the number 1 and 2 spots.

ahahah, mint cachyos bazzite ubuntu worst linux distros

found the gentoo user

Ubuntu seems to work fine for me as long as you avoid using the snap version of Steam

OP why not just install Ubuntu or something?

Also what GPU are you using? Is it a reasonably modern AMD GPU?

Originally posted by Zef:

Originally posted by happy:

ahahah, mint cachyos bazzite ubuntu worst linux distros

found the gentoo user

nope, debian archlinux fedora user

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

SteamOS is literally just Linux. You'd get the same kind of experience if you download Linux Mint or CachyOS (the top two Linux distros).

There's no need for SteamOS to be the launching point, it's not going to do anything that those (or other distros) don't already do. It won't be more "user friendly" than anything else you can currently find, and it won't "work better" than any other Linux distro.

If you want to use Linux, you can use it now, with better results, than you'd get from using SteamOS a Steam Deck, or SteamOS for PC (when it's released).

people keep saying this

and while technically true,

it is

"Just linux"

optimized by steam for steam and its gaming

i have been using linux for years now and am eager to try it to see what they did

i can ♥♥♥♥ around with other builds all day

but with so many possibilities available

that does not mean i can get get the performance this will

and people jumping from windows will have a rough time as it is

distro hopping to find the right one can be daunting

then finding the desktop you want

anyways

steam has a built in fan base that can help linux get off the ground big time

op, i am with ya

cannot wait to try it when it is ready