I have a SFF pc with an AMD GPU and AMD CPU both with better specs that the new Steam Machine just waiting for them to release a standalone installer for SteamOS :(

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20after4 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I just use vanilla debian and Steam works great. Just set it to launch steam on login and set your system to auto-login, that should get you most of the way.

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bsimpson 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You can use the Steam Deck recovery image to flash an SSD with SteamOS. It's what those of us on other handhelds do.

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presbyterian 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Have you tried Bazzite? It’s basically a drop-in replacement. It’s based on Fedora’s Atomic stuff instead of Arch, but if it wasn’t for the logo at the start, I’d be hard pressed to notice I was using it and not vanilla SteamOS.

	▲	p1necone 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I did try using Bazzite but I had weird issues with stuttering/throttling on the RX 7600 which made most games totally unplayable (I confirmed the same hardware worked fine on a windows install). That was a while ago though, it's probably worth me trying again. Normally I just use regular Fedora/Arch/OpenSUSE for gaming on Linux and never see any issues (albeit that's on a 6800xt at the moment) but I want that consolized experience. edit: found the thread where I discussed fixing this - few bits of false hope and then I eventually gave up. https://www.answeroverflow.com/m/1314736793190662216

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runsonrum 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Have you tried CachyOS? May get the results you are looking for with Desktop or even Handheld addition.