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Shower thought: Valve could do the ultimate boss-move this year
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Isn't SreamOS already available for download? It has been for months actually... What do you mean by "release a desktop version of SteamOS"?
SteamOS has been available for years but no general purpose desktop release as of yet. Or anytime in the near future.
That's a different iteration of SteamOS than the current Arch-based immutable image the Deck uses.
Yes there's a new iteration every few weeks
Right, but it's a different distro than the one being referred to here. I know because I made the same mistake.
That one is based on Debian and has existed since 2013. The version on Steam Deck is Arch-based immutable and has not been publicly released yet (EDIT: For anything besides Steam Deck).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SteamOS#Releases_and_performance
The current Arch-based immutable SteamOS distro is and has been publicly available for years.
Like the wiki says:
So OK sure, but you can literally only use it on the Steam Deck which already comes with it pre-installed.
I clarified my previous comment.
Yes, as I said in my initial comment, there is no general purpose release.
It's not true that you can "literally only use it on Steam Deck" either, lots of people have already demonstrated it working fine on a wide variety of devices. It's just not intended for that purpose.
The new version on the Steam Deck isn't available - the old version of course is, but you might as well use Bazzite.
I dont think Valve would bother trying to convert people to Linux - regardless of where people's OSes are, they are the gaming store. Plus, Valve really doesn't think developers should develop Linux native ports, so I dont think they're really push people to use Linux - just use whatever you want and play shit with Proton if needed.