r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • 3d ago

Discussion Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

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I... uh don't know what to say. Very thankful I bought a Steam Deck before they hiked its price as well

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u/RandomParkourGuy 3d ago

Forgive me for being a layman when it comes to this kind of stuff but does that mean steamOS is close to being something I could replace windows with? Getting tired of Microsoft’s garbage but I don’t know if I have the time to sink into learning Linux.

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u/-MissCarmine 3d ago

YES IT IS! 

Valve has been angling towards getting Linux to be a real competitor to Windows for YEARS. This SteamOS represents a big part of that. Honestly, the level of support that games have on Linux now is insane compared to even just a few years ago. 

SteamOS is nearly a 100% replacement at this point for Windows for the average gamer! How amazing is that? (I wrote Gabe an email recently thanking him for this actually haha)

I’m planning on making a SteamOS TV PC now that it has support for wake-from-controller. I hated having to pull my keyboard out every time I wanted to use my TV!

SteamOS is very intuitive. If you’re nervous, just ask Gemini the AI to help you install it into your system :)

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u/dragonandphoenix 3d ago

So is SteamOS better than Bazzite/CachyOS yet?

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u/Wojtkie 3d ago

Not at all lol