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Quick question, can you buy a pc and run the same OS and version of steam that this pc they built uses? Im assuming its the same as steam deck. Just wondering if you could build it exactly the same outside just installing steam.

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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
No.

They haven’t released the current version of SteamOS to be installed on any machine. You could do the old steam machine OS; but it is not anywhere the same as what the Deck and this new Steam Machine use other than being based on Linux.

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- TeNppa@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  They have released the recovery image for the deck, which can be installed on any computer and if you have AMD built pc, it should work just fine. Ofc ymmv.
  
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rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You can, technically, but there are some caveats.

SteamOS is not a general purpose OS. It is optimized to run on the Steam Deck (plus the Frame and Gabecube I guess). Its software components are tested on a limited range of hardware (specifically AMD silicon), and it might not have certain optimizations and compatibility fixes that are required by other consumer hardware. It also probably has some proprietary bits, especially the firmware.

The best option is Bazzite. It’s not based on SteamOS, but it is built with a robust gaming experience in focus. You can even get it to boot directly into Steam Big Picture. Watch this loud Aussie man do it!

The other option is HoloISO, which is an independent reimplementation of SteamOS. Their intention is to get as close to the real SteamOS as possible. Hardware support is limited (especially nvidia).

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- Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Popping in to champion bazzite, it’s my daily use os and I’ve never found an os that’s as easy and clean to run. So far the only issue I’ve had is that it doesn’t support some laptop wifi cards out of the box.
  
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bw42@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Sure.

I have a cheap $250 AMD APU based mini pc I bought off Amazon running SteamOS. I just used the Steam Deck restore USB image to install it. I imagine you could use the Steam Machine image the same way when its available.

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- knova@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  What kind of performance are you getting with that? Wondering if I can pick up something like that to play some 2d platformers, maybe some low poly 3D stuff (think Overcooked or Moving Out). Been doing more of that stuff in my living room with my kids.
  
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  - bw42@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I haven’t had any issues yet with performance. Though I’ve been running it at 1080p and heaviest I’ve ran on it so far is Cats Quest 3.
    
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davad@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You can do this now. But it’ll probably be more effort than using something like Bazzite. The image is available publicly. It just assumes a certain set of hardware (AMD GPU, for example). It might be enough to install the GPU drivers you need. Worst case, you might have to recompile the kernel. But all the user space configuration should be fine.

help.steampowered.com/en/…/65B4-2AA3-5F37-4227

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