Comment on SteamOS on my gaming PC?
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
I have good news and bad news.
Bad news is that Steam OS doesn’t work well with Nvidia GPU’s due to how optimized it currently is for handheld APU’s
Good news is that Bazzite is effectively the same OS and has an install option that includes Nvidia GPU drivers.
If you’re up for installing Bazzite, I recommend picking the dropdown to not boot into Steam Gaming Mode. Every other choice should be rather straightforward. After that, make a bootable flashdrive and put the installer on there.
As for your GOG games, like others said you can use Heroic Games Launcher to run them, alongside games from EGS, EA, Itch.io, etc.
foodandart@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
Good to know…
Thank you!
artyom@piefed.social 17 hours ago
I recommend the opposite. Steam Game Mode essentially turns your PC into a console and has lots of in-game settings that are all controller friendly, and has a built in MangoHud for performance metrics. This is what SteamOS uses. But it really depends on how you use your system. You can always just disable game mode with a single command, and the invoke it manually from the desktop using
` ujust toggle-autologin
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
The problem is that Steam Game Mode has spotty support for Nvidia GPU’s, hence why I recommended against booting into it directly
artyom@piefed.social 13 hours ago
I’m not going to disagree, other than to offer the obligatory “it works on my machine!”.