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Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS (www.pcworld.com)

submitted 1 day ago by cm0002 to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It doesn't support NVIDIA video cards, for instance.

Rather NoVideo doesn't support their video cards on Linux

[–] pathief 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)

~~No, their Micro-compositor was written exclusively for AMD cards.~~ The SteamOS setup just borks if you try to install it with nvidia. People coming from Windows won't really care who is to blame, they'll just be baffled it doesn't work.

It makes sense since steam deck only has AMD cards. SteamOS is targeted at gaming devices, not as a generalistic distribution.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

It works on Intel.

Are you sure about your statement?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, their Micro-compositor was written exclusively for AMD cards.

Because NVIDIA drivers suck. That's on Nvidia, not Linux or Valve.

[–] pathief 4 points 1 day ago

Sure, nvidia drivers suck and I haven't had the best experience migrating to Wayland. However, it's important that people know this "limitation" in using SteamOS, especially since many other Linux distributions run both steam and Nvidia video cards just right.

SteamOS is a distribution that is great for a gaming device but I see people believing this is going to be a generalist Linux distribution and it's not. Having a clear idea of what SteamOS is, what is good for and what are the current limitations is very important. Linux is amazing, Valve is amazing but SteamOS is not replacing Windows. Which is fine, that's not the goal. I can recommend a bunch of distros that do replace windows if you want...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This thing?

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope

It runs on Mesa + AMD or Intel, and could be made to run on other Mesa/DRM drivers with minimal work. AMD requires Mesa 20.3+, Intel requires Mesa 21.2+. For NVIDIA's proprietary driver, version 515.43.04+ is required (make sure the nvidia-drm.modeset=1 kernel parameter is set).

[–] pathief 3 points 1 day ago

It borks when you try to install SteamOS. It does not work. Bazzite just added beta support for nvidia, so check that out if out really want something as close to SteamOS as possible.

Or just use a generalist distribution because gaming on Linux is in an amazing state right now. Install steam, boot games.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 2 points 1 day ago

That's odd. They've always worked fine for me.