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Valve says they want SteamOS to be installable on any PC (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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In an IGN interview, Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais said that "[they] want [SteamOS] to be at the point where at some point you can install it on any PC". Below is a transcript of the interview. I tried to clean it up to my best ability.

Just like Steam Deck paved the way for Steam OS on a variety of third-party handhelds, we expect that Steam Machine will pave the way for Steam OS on a bunch of different machines in either similar form factors, different perf envelopes, different segments of the market, and get to a good outcome there. We definitely want to encourage people to try it out on their own hardware. We'll be working on expanding hardware support for the drivers and the base operating system. Just last week, we fixed something that was preventing us from booting on the very latest AMD CPU platforms. Last month, we added support for the Intel Lunar Lake platforms. We're constantly adding support and improving performance. We want it to be at the point where at some point you can install it on any PC, but there's still a ton of work to do there.

If the embedded video doesn't take you to the correct part of the video, the correct timestamp is 5:37.

EDIT: Here’s the written article of the video:
https://www.ign.com/articles/valves-next-gen-steam-machine-and-steam-controller-the-big-interview

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[+] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world -11 points 5 days ago (5 children)

As much as I appreciate Valve's contributions to the Linux gaming world: If I wanted a computer with an Operating System dedicated to / optimized for gaming, I would buy a console instead.

I do believe that an operating system by steam for anything but the SteamDeck is a bad idea. It might leech market share of other linux distros, and trigger less well maintained generic linux compatibility - and at that point, Valve could get procured by one of those parasitic megacorps and the enshittification thumbscrews will be tightened HARD. With the end result throwing Linux gaming back a decade in favor of proprietary hot garbage.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm slightly worried that games on Linux will end up targeting Steam os, instead of just running great on any distribution.
And I'm fine running SuSE and Fedora. Also they run my games just fine and I wish it stayed that way.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

that is what I was trying to say - in more words and with a couple of typos ;)

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Well in that case I agree with you!

[–] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

just running great on any distribution

Just running great on some Bob's distribution for which Bob made sure no game will ever run on it...

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

I have a pretty beefy gaming PC and a separate middling mini-PC for my linux workstation. I enjoy the separation of concerns and distractions and would love to install a gaming-focused OS on my gaming PC.

[–] Natanael 2 points 5 days ago

The compatibility bit is actually not a major problem here, because the target environment for software on SteamOS is actually a portable container environment and not the OS itself.

You can make the Steam Linux runtime work on any distro with Kubernetes or equivalent as long as they support the container image format and dependencies like Vulkan

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It's got a use case. I mean, I know not everyone has a dedicated gaming PC, but some people (myself included) do. I don't keep any personal info on it, it's just for gaming. I have a separate mini-PC for general use. It's a good option for a "consolized" PC at the TV for gaming, in lieu of the typical gaming console. Many already use Bazzite for the purpose.

Either way, I'm glad to see it as an option. And that's all it is. I doubt I'd use dedicated SteamOS (I like my gaming rig to be fully up-to-date on the latest kernel so I use Endeavor), but it's a simple and straightforward choice. There's Bazzite, Cachy gaming, and plenty of standard and immutable distros, SteamOS is just one more.

[–] XiberKernel@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Valve isn't getting acquired any time soon. They're a small-ish group that basically gets 30% of nearly every PC game sold. They're private, so finances aren't published, but I have a hunch they have a healthy amount of cash on hand to do whatever the fuck they want for decades, and they might in fact be closer to the size of those mega corps.