• n1ckn4m3@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      15 hours ago

      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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      Yeah, Linus didn’t actually bother clicking the links. The old OS download links redirect to the arch based steam deck os

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        Yeah, Linus didn’t actually bother clicking the links.

        Ya know, somehow I’m not surprised to hear LTT didn’t do their research

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            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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          Tbf, I only know because I watch too much YouTube and bringus studios mentioned it a couple months ago.

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          Nope, been like that for months.

          Eta: it was mentioned in a bringus studios video a couple months ago, iirc installing steam on a cardboard box

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            Interesting, I looked into it about 6 months ago and all the info was not to use the link so maybe they didn’t go on the page because everyone was saying not to 🤷

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              Yeah 6 months sounds about right from my recollection. It was available for a while after they released the steam deck, and something like 6-8 months ago they started redirecting to the deck os instead.

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      They were talking about SteamOS 2.0 being Debian and made for general hardware and SteamOS 3.0 being Arch based and really only meant for the Steam Deck, though it’s unclear if there’s drivers enough to put it on other hardware, but we’re looking at Powered By SteamOS devices coming out. So, am I to take it that SteamOS 3.0 is implied to be capable of installing on alternate hardware now?

      Like, I’m just going to stick with my Steam Deck but it’s interesting to think you can make Steam Machines again.

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      To be fair it’s not exactly obvious that the downloaded file is generic enough to be used on something else than the Steam Deck when the file is named steamdeck-repair-20231127.10-3.5.7.img.bz2