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Testing shows why the Steam Machine’s 8GB of graphics RAM could be a problem (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 10 points 11 months ago* (11 children)

I'm just hoping it paves the way for a public release of Steam OS that I can install on my own hardware (I'm aware of Bazzite, etc.).

I'd have absolutely no reason to run Windows any longer, despite the fact my gaming PC does nothing but boot directly to Steam Big Picture mode.

Unfortunately I think Nvidia will continue to make this difficult.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (10 children)

    I'm just hoping it paves the way for a public release of Steam OS that I can install on my own hardware (I'm aware of Bazzite, etc.).

    But y tho.

    SteamOS is always going to be mostly single purpose. It's going to be Vanilla Arch with their Steam Client and Gamescope compositor.

    Bazzite is still gaming-focused but also functionality extends beyond the basics.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (5 children)

    SteamOS is always going to be mostly single purpose. It's going to be Vanilla Arch with their Steam Client and Gamescope compositor.

    1. It literally originally started as an OS for everything, not purpose built for a single device. See: The original Steam Machines.

    2. Valve has already said that the current iteration of SteamOS would become available to install on any machine eventually.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    It literally originally started as an OS for everything

    [citation needed]

    Valve has already said that the current iteration of SteamOS would become available to install on any machine eventually.

    I don't know what that has to do with what I said.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

    [citation needed]

    Were you not alive in 2013 when the first SteamOS released?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SteamOS

    I don't know what that has to do with what I said.

    Did you forget what you wrote in your previous comment? This should be obvious af if you're not trolling.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    Were you not alive in 2013 when the first SteamOS released?

    I was and I'm fairly confident it was never marketed as an "OS for everything", not 10 years ago, not today, and not anywhere in between, but I'm open to being proven wrong.

    I did not forget what I said, it is not "obvious af", I am not trolling, and I understand English. I didn't say anything that related to or contradicted your statement. Would you care to explain or will you just continue insulting me?

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    I was and I'm fairly confident it was never marketed as an "OS for everything", not 10 years ago, not today, and not anywhere in between, but I'm open to being proven wrong.

    Are you so pedantic you think when I say everything, I mean literally everything and not just, you know, a computer in general? It was built and marketed as a general OS with a focus on gaming, but also just as good for productivity.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

    Are you so pedantic you think when I say everything, I mean literally everything

    I mean you did say literally everything, so yes. I did.

    Yes, it is a general OS. The point was, as I said, it's a gaming-first OS, with little thought going into the desktop experience beyond whatever is packaged by Arch and KDE. Whereas Bazzite has a number of optimizations for the desktop experience like the Bazaar appstore, several Gnome extensions prepakcaged, fractional scaling pre-configured, a GUI for installing some common gaming software, ujust commands for things like installing Davinci and Waydroid, etc. etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    I get your point but my gaming PC is specifically for gaming. If I could make it "dumber" with a more console-like experience that'd be a win for me.

    For productivity I have a MacBook that I'm quite fond of along with a nice desk and docking setup if that's what I feel like. That isn't going away.

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