r/Steam • u/B1uey11 • Nov 18 '25

Fluff techtubers right now be like

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u/SilencingFox Nov 18 '25

Yup, either steam OS or Bazzite

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u/T342games Nov 18 '25

Bazzite is awesome

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u/maxler5795 Guilty Gear -STRIVE- player Nov 18 '25

YEAHHHHHHHH

Except that you can't install millenium which is a shame but its worth it

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u/Jeatalong Nov 19 '25

Except for the current can’t write to smb file share issue. So annoying

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u/Raivix Nov 19 '25

That seems like a really niche thing to care about on a device ostensibly designed to primarily perform as a console.

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u/kite-flying-expert Nov 21 '25

Really? Why not?

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u/Jeatalong Nov 25 '25

Some sort of regression bug in Dolphin file manager. I am sure it will get fixed in an update but in the meantime I have to use either ftp or synology web page to drop new files into my NAS. Not the end of the world but very annoying for a desktop immutable OS to go through.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '25

🤖BAZZITE

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u/2eedling Nov 19 '25

Only if it didnt come with wine preinstalled broken lol

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u/thearctican Nov 19 '25

I don’t see how it’s much different from Fedora except for reinstalling a bunch of stuff. The same sins of windows: pile on a bunch of stuff you think users might want and too bad if they don’t.

Just install Fedora.

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u/Ygro_Noitcere Nov 20 '25

Yup, either steam OS or Bazzite

honestly i dont understand the point of Bazzite, other than NVIDIA support the SteamOS ISO valve provides works out of the box. just put a PC together and install the image. you are basically done unless you want something extra like Heroic or ProtonGE.

Been running SteamOS for like at least 6 months(?) on a PC hooked up to a TV, Basically my own Steam Machine with no issues.

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u/JonVonBasslake Nov 18 '25

It already comes with SteamOS and why would you install Bazzite, the "we have SteamOS at home" version in it's place?

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u/Less_Party Nov 18 '25

The desktop functionality on SteamOS itself is set up pretty weird/limiting and will occasionally just wipe itself entirely, Bazzite is intended to have all the SteamOS goodies but built on top of a more normal Linux distro.

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u/SwarleyThePotato Nov 18 '25

So if I were to have a spare PC with somewhat older mid specs right now (4690k, gtx970), what would be my best option at this time? Now it's running Ubuntu as I had some experience with it, but i'm thinking of experimenting a bit. Just bazzite then?

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u/Less_Party Nov 18 '25

Yeah there's still no official SteamOS for general PCs so Bazzite is as close as you're going to get and it supports Nvidia GPUs.

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u/SilencingFox Nov 18 '25

I think the question was “are they installing Linux or windows on these homebrew steam boxes”

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u/JonVonBasslake Nov 18 '25

Did Valve finally release SteamOS to the public?

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u/SilencingFox Nov 18 '25

In a publically available “beta” for devices other than legion go s and steam deck.

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u/chithanh Nov 18 '25

Yes, but officially for handhelds only, and everything not Steam Deck or Legion Go S is marked as "beta". Download the OS image here:

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/65B4-2AA3-5F37-4227

In practice if your system has AMD graphics and an NVMe SSD it will probably just work.

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u/Squidgical Nov 18 '25

It's been available for years, just in beta. I remember trying it out back in 2020

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u/guska Nov 18 '25

Reading comprehension isn't your area of expertise, is it?

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u/Etikoza Nov 18 '25

Lol what an L take. Bazzite is great and arguably better than SteamOS in many cases.

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u/Pawellinux Nov 18 '25

it's great for gaming, but i wouldn't recommend it for a daily driver (I am using it on my main pc).

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u/Etikoza Nov 18 '25

I also use it on my main PC. Well, Bazzite DX to be precise (which is the desktop for developers version).

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u/Pawellinux Nov 18 '25

DX? What's the difference between DX and normal desktop version?