I’m sick of Microsofts shameless embrace of dark patterns as well but I’m waiting for more game and mod compatibility. I’d love to jump ship though and fully support Valve in their efforts. I’m keeping an eye on it for now.
I know, I have a Steam Deck and enjoy Steam OS on that, but what I want is as close to a console like experience (which is what Windows is not giving me). Right now it seems that DIY installs of Steam OS are not yet as simple as I want for that sort of experience, and I'm not looking for another Linux sysadmin hobby machine, I've got enough of those.
I'm waiting until there's a big download button on a Valve page, and ideally a supported upgrade path from an existing Windows install.
There is nothing Steam OS will give you that isn't available right now.
Use any low maintenance Linux distro and install Steam through flatpak and you got the exact experience you want. There is no difference. You are waiting for something which might never come out so that installing might be 10 minutes faster. That is totally absurd.
Steam OS ist not more maintenance than any other low maintenance distro.
Nope, do not fall into the hype, i did this and a lot of games did not work. Driver issues, random crashes not to mention games from big studios straight up do not work and are not supported due to anti-cheat software or another layer of sign-in. Yes, some games work but can also stop working with the next driver/kernel update. I also want to completely stop using Windows but it is still very hard for a gaming PC.
That's why they suggested checking protondb, it really depends on the type of games you play. All the games I play work fine on Linux, but if you want to play Fortnite or League of legends then you're out of luck.
spacemadness|9 months ago
danpalmer|9 months ago
I'm waiting until there's a big download button on a Valve page, and ideally a supported upgrade path from an existing Windows install.
aaomidi|9 months ago
constantcrying|9 months ago
Use any low maintenance Linux distro and install Steam through flatpak and you got the exact experience you want. There is no difference. You are waiting for something which might never come out so that installing might be 10 minutes faster. That is totally absurd.
Steam OS ist not more maintenance than any other low maintenance distro.
rockyj|9 months ago
Hasnep|9 months ago
bitmasher9|9 months ago
Kernel level anti-cheat is unethical and dangerous. The sign-ins are mostly spyware.