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Q: New to linux, is steam os an ok pseudo casual distro? (midwest.social)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/linux
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I want to get some experience with Linux before win 10 goes end of support. I won't be using this machine for work. Gaming primarily but also 3d printing and possibly some light piracy. Is there any reason not to install steam os?

Thanks in advance kind and wise nerds in my phone.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I went with Bazzite. It’s built on Fedora and intended to be installed on both Deck and desktop.

It’s been working out well so far!

Running Ryzen 3000 and RTX 4000 hardware.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Question, changing the OS on the deck, do you still get all the updates to steam and everything? Like, I'm a fairly surface level Linux user, with a steam deck. I run silverblue on one laptop, vanilla os on another. I don't do a lot of tinkering in general. I hate kde on the deck. I prefer gnome as a rule, but kde on desktop is okay. On the deck it's a pain in the ass. Gnome seems so much more suited to a smaller screen with touch controls. If I switched to something else, could I just get the benefit of having gnome without losing the set it and forget it benefits of steam os?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Question, changing the OS on the deck, do you still get all the updates to steam and everything?

Yes, I think so. I haven't used SteamOS, but it seems like it gives you Steam, and exactly the right drivers for the Steam Deck? Steam is packaged for basically every distro, and you get the same experience everywhere, including "big picture mode" if you opt into that. Bazzite is designed with the Steam Deck in mind so it should have the right drivers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I don't own a Deck, sry baeb.