Steam needs to drop a whole OS for PC.
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2025
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https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown
You can install it yourself on PC.
~~Note that the SteamOS download on that page is NOT the current version of SteamOS used on the Steam Deck, it's the 2-3 year old version that Valve released a while back and doesn't have most any of the actual improvements to SteamOS that make it worthwhile. The only way to get the current SteamOS is to download the recovery image for the Steam Deck at https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2BB3 and install from there.~~
Linus from LTT did a video about getting it up and running here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdR-bxvQKN8
EDIT: As per usual, Linus didn't do good research and was incorrect about the SteamOS version available at that link, updated to strike the incorrect info.
Yeah, Linus didn't actually bother clicking the links. The old OS download links redirect to the arch based steam deck os
Yeah, Linus didn’t actually bother clicking the links.
Ya know, somehow I'm not surprised to hear LTT didn't do their research
Why anyone ever watched their garbage videos is beyond me.
I'd like to think they provide a useful service. "useful" as in entertaining and a sense of community. They get things wrong but I'd like to think that they try and in the "churn" of making videos and running a company you screw up every now and again.
I haven't watched an LTT video in a while though. I just hate their thumbnails (I get the algorithm forces them) but over time I think their content just isn't for me, but I can see why others would.
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Seems like the instructions are still for SteamOS 2, they mention a file named “SteamOS.zip” while you get a file bzip archive of an img file
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It's in the works. Valve is working to develop SteamOS for other devices, including PC.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/6/24315098/valve-steam-machines-steamos-steam-deck-vr
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I hope they bring SteamOS to ARM eventually.
It’d be great, but they haven’t even ported the Steam desktop client to 64-bit x86 yet*, I feel like we’re going to wait a while for that.
* and that’s not even true, they were forced to port it for the Mac, so they’re just sitting on the 64 bit builds for the other OSes for some reason
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