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I bought a Miyoo Mini Plus last year, just an impulse buy because it was on sale dirt cheap. Ended up liking it so much I wish I'd bought a more expensive model with analog sticks.
Meanwhile, my Deck gathers dust because it's just too bulky too fill the void left behind by the GBC/GBA/DS I grew up on.
First manufacturer to get SteamOS running on a form factor that fits in my pocket gets my entire bank account. Doesn't have to be beefy, just needs to run all my favorite 2D indie games.
I bet there will be phones or tablets that will get this through the community.
Ngl, even though I am happy about this, ill prob just stick to bazzite, and just move anything else thats "powered by steamOS" to it as well. And Windows. I am simply too much a sucker for the quality of life stuff on it, like ROM data taken from the file
What makes Bazzite so much better to use on a Deck versus SteamOS? It doesn't seem any different than just using Remote Play/Moonlight/whatever and streaming from your main gaming rig?
Have you visited their website? It explains what it is and it is definitely a lot more than just a way to stream games from your PC. How did you come up with that conclusion?
That's the first description on the website. It says it's a cloud native Linux image that comes pre-installed with all the apps for gaming, e.g. Steam, Lutris, etc. I was asking a question as to why it's better than SteamOS, as when I see cloud native I just assume it's something designed for and around streaming. I may be misunderstanding its purpose, but that's the impression I get from the site.
Yeah, it seems to be a misunderstanding. They are using cloud tools to generate and update the base operating system.
"Better" is always relative. Personally I generally prefer not to use software that comes bundled with the hardware, that way I avoid any vendor lock in. The hardware vendor should not be in a position of deciding what I should or shouldn't be able to do with their hardware, and software should be open to the customer, so that it does exactly what they want, not more or less.
The main advantages of Bazzite versus SteamOS is receiving system packages in updates at a much faster rate, choice of an alternative desktop environment, Waydroid support, layering system-level packages at your own risk without messing with the filesystem, and printing support.
From their FAQ page https://docs.bazzite.gg/General/FAQ/
Pretty much all linux distros have printing support
Except SteamOS, as I discovered when I needed it badly.
Still, I'm sticking to SteamOS on the deck and Bazzite for the desktop.
I want SteamOS on desktop 😅
I'm hoping to build my first Desktop soon and i'm praying that Valve gets an Official SteamOS release out by then. I'd kill to have it.
I’d kill to have it
US army: Heyyy
What are you hoping to get from SteamOS that you aren't able to get from any other Linux distro?
No system management. A set once and forget it system, ala console style, but with the potential of off the shelf high power components for PC games on the living room is a quality proposition.
Bazzite as HTPC and you can do that already, if you want to test your dream.
Sure, but the support, both technical and reputational that a steam OS compatible machine brings would steer the market for more accessible and purpose made components. Bazzite is awesome and my daily driver, but it doesn't have the fancy endorsement of Valve, the owner of the largest game store in the world today.
I just think it'd be neat to have a gaming Linux distro, made by a company that distributes games. Maybe it will be a standard distro for game developers to test their games.
I use my Deck docked regularly. In desktop use I see no benefit over Fedora and alike.
Check out Bazzite. It even has a GNOME variant.
How is bazzite as a daily driver?
Pretty solid on desktop. Most issues i have are upstteam and not bazzite related. Main annoying thing is you can't install fedora packages and have to mainly rely on appimages and flatpaks
I second Bazzite. It's been a phenomenal experience on my laptop.
Interestingly, I was messing with BoxBuddy a week or two ago, and looking at what distroboxes were available to install, and there's a SteamOS container on there. Not sure if it's official or what, but I was able to run games on it (though absolutely unnecessary).