With windows 10 EOL on the horizon, I need steam OS to come out for desktop soon. I beg you lord Gaben. 👁️
Try bazzite in the meantime.
I’ve been on Bazzite for about a year now at this point and I love it. Everything just works for the most part, and the things that are more annoying can still be worked around easily enough.
Started dual booting CachyOS recently and am loving that as well. Definitely weird at first to use the terminal to install things but super satisfying once you get the hang of it. Feels slightly faster than Bazzite on my pc, I’ve been using it more often then Bazzite the past month or so.
But I definitely recommend Bazzite for anyone hesitasting about switching, it’s a great OS and the Bazzite forums are friendly and helpful when you run into issues.
Yeah Bazzite is great for people that just want an easy to use, set it and forget it system.
Bazzite is basically SteamOS for desktop. Linux is highly flexible in general though, it’s not that important which one you pick most of the time.
I would also like to recommend Zorin for new Linux users, it’s super easy to windows users to swap to and have a good experience.
Does Zorin develop their own tools/patches or what do they bundle as office and creative suite in their Pro version?
Here’s a list of some of the software bundled, although it doesn’t include everything as far as I know.
I don’t personally use it, and I’ve been pretty hands off with my parent’s installs of it after the initial setup, soi can’t really answer either of those questions based on my personal experience of it.
I would also like to recommend Zorin for new Linux users
Yeah, great idea, just recommend them the 2. worst OS ever
Zorins advertising, that it can run just like Windows, just sets the User up for failure. Also its Apps are a mix of bleeding edge and Debian 11. it dosent even give you security fixes right away because you have to buy their pro version
I know of some businesses that have actually ditched windows for Zorin, and I set my aging parents up with it and they’ve been pretty happy with it so far.
So it seems to do well enough as a windows alternative based on those personal observations. I haven’t heard about them witholding security patches though.
I wish I could have protondb badges inside the desktop steam client.
Would be nice if this worked with linux in general.
If you install Decky there’s a plugin that does exactly this that can be installed from the plugin manager (https://github.com/OMGDuke/protondb-decky)
I want this on my desktop, and not just in big picture mode. I already know it can be done on the deck.
So you want it in your desktop Steam client? I don’t think that’s possible but I think there are browser extensions that integrate ProtonDB on the Steam website if I remember correctly. Not ideal but worth looking into?
Again. I know.
That’s why I’m hoping steam would make their own thing that’ll just always be there for linux users.
There’s a plugin for SteamOS that does this, I’m on Bazzite and it works very well.
In desktop mode, on the desktop client, outside big picture mode?
Common valve W
Now if only there was a way to report false steam deck compatibility badges
You can’t? Every time I play a game the library page gives me the option to weigh in if the rating was valid, and to leave feedback if it wasn’t.
I think that only applies to still unfinished ratings. Once it’s done, it’s done
Gloomhaven for example doesn’t launch at all. But there’s no way to report this. Even the support couldn’t help
No, it will say something like “Valve’s testing has this game rated as Steam Deck Verified. Does that match your experience?”
Some games have been delayed from verified because enough people responded “no”.
yes. But I’ve never seen this on already verified games. There is no way to report “this game shouldn’t be verified anymore. Or at least re-checked”
I get it all the time, usually after I play a new game for the first time. It will either say that Valve doesn’t have info on this game yet and ask if it works or not, or it will ask me to confirm whether the existing verified rating is accurate or not.
It only asks one time per game in my experience, and I think you may have had to previously agree to provide feedback on the Steam Deck experience…
On Steam Deck there is, dont believe that shows up on Desktop
Why would it ask you on desktop if the game was Steam Deck compatible?
Desktop release prep?
Nah it’ll be handhelds first
