No matter how I touch the trackpads or where I start my drags, they cannot reach Y H or B. Is there a way to adjust their behavior to be a trackball or just increase the movement speed?

im trying to install steamOS to an old computer, but in the isntructions it says:

"" Automated Installation

1. Download the SteamOS installation
2. Unzip the SteamOS.zip file to a blank, FAT32-formatted USB stick. Make sure to use an MBR partition. ""

How the hell am i meant to do this? the installer file is 7GB and Fat32 is limited to 4GB per file.

I attempted to install HoloISO on my PC with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070. The installer ran smoothly, presumably using a generic video driver. However, upon rebooting into the fresh Holo installation, the graphical user interface (GUI) failed to load. This issue reminded me of a similar situation I encountered with Manjaro due to experimenting with different kernels and accidentally mixing up NVIDIA drivers.

The key difference is that with Holo, I cannot access the TTY (text terminal interface). When I press Ctrl+Alt+F2, nothing happens for a few seconds, and then the TTY menu briefly flashes and disappears. It seems either the display struggles to appear or the keyboard input fails to register.

Given that Holo is an immutable system, modifying the NVIDIA driver directly might not be straightforward. Even if I managed to get the TTY working, updating the drivers remains a challenge. My goal is to set up Holo on my streaming PC, allowing me to use it as a console for gaming on the go without dealing with Windows login issues.

Currently, I'm running Manjaro with Steam set to auto-start and login disabled. However, Manjaro isn't optimized for a console-like experience, which becomes evident in situations like this.

Any assistance or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

TL;DR: My NVIDIA driver is malfunctioning, TTY access is practically nonexistent, and I'm unsure how to modify an immutable system. Please help! 😩

Can it run Firefox, programs like surfshark and games that never released on steam, old and new?

I tried installing Steam OS to my Laptop but for some reason it is as if it was being installed to the USB.

I followed this guide: https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown

When I went to install, it said it completed the install, but when I rebooted without the USB plugged in it did not boot.

How do I get it to install properly?

Edit: It works perfectly with the USB plugged in, but without the USB it won't work.

Update: Ended up going with Bazzite! Gonna install it now!

Hello, I'm planning a new computer build for use as a home entertainment system (console replacer), and I was wanting to primarily use it to run Steam games, maybe emulate some old games, FFXIV (which I do not have on steam), and watch movies. However, I noticed the pinned topic stating to not use the currently publicly available version of SteamOS and was wondering what I should use in it's place for this build? I saw a few comments talking about another OS, but those were from a few years ago, and then I saw yet other comments saying to not, and I'm just very unsure. XD

Hey guys, I'm wondering how do I make ini config files read only on Steam Deck, (for things such as custom resolutions). So that it won't get overwritten every time I access the settings.

I can't seem to do it at all in desktop mode, this option doesn't seem to exist in options for some reason!

I just bought a new SFF PC for Retro Emulation and light Steam games, I will receive it on Sunday. I want to setup SteamOS (plus EmulationStation) to dual-boot alongside Windows 10.

I watched some videos on Youtube but they seem to be at least more than 1 year old. Are there any more recent up-to-date guides for this setup?? I seem to find more videos about EmulationStation, so I'm mostly looking for info regarding SteamOS and dual-booting

I read somewhere that I should install SteamOS to a separate harddrive just in case anything goes wrong, that way I wont lose my Windows install... but the only other harddrive I have available is an external USB drive which I do not plan on using as the OS... I'm hoping since the system is completely new I wont have to worry about losing anything

I'm mostly want to know how to configure things, do I need a separate partition when installing SteamOS? Or should I just not bother with keeping Windows? I dont really need to dual-boot, I just thought it might come in handy for certain tasks, but if the two OS require separate partitions then I guess its not worth it, I just dont want to lose any Windows registration key or activation info

I also heard about some other similar versions like BazziteOS but I don't know where to get info on this stuff... Thanks :)

Hey guys,

On the original Steam Deck, as well as the OLED one,I found a problem where Flatpak apps could not start Dolphin to open an app-specific folder. The solution was using Flatseal to allow these apps to access user/system directories. Later, I found out that SteamOS has Flatpak permission settings built-in, so I switched to those.

However, recently I had to factory reset my OLED, and since then I can't make the apps open their folder paths in Dolphin - changing permissions in Flatseal or system settings doesn't do anything anymore, Dolphin doesn't react to requests from Flatpak apps.

Am I missing something? Is this a Dolphin-related issue now? Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

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I'm trying to install yay in the steam OS Konsole, I keep getting this error that I can't find anyone else online having !! Here is the output :

==> Making package: yay 12.3.5-1 (Wed 27 Mar 2024 08:25:29 PM PDT) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Missing dependencies: -> pacman>6.1 ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.

What on Earth is this about?? I've been using pacman to install every other dependancy, how can it possibly be missing? Has anyone else even had this error before?

I am wholly new, brought in specifically by my experience with the steam deck, and past interest in Linux where I have always ended back on windows as wine just wasn’t enough for games.

Is the pinned comment after 2 years still the standard state of affairs? What is a good alternative in ya’lls opinion? Arch Linux??

I would love to switch back to Linux as a daily driver, but I do want things to mostly just work, at least as well as Windows 11 Pro.

I've built a couple custom steam boxes based on the NUC8i7HVK PCs running chimera. Where's the best place to put them on market?

LED version

4tb version

I just recently got my steam deck and was browsing YouTube in Firefox on desktop mode. Using the trackpads have been quite the adjustment and i accidentally clicked one of those "dating" ads (not sure why youtube even allow these) and it opened a new tab with the site. I didn't interact with the site at all and closed it immediately. Just wondering if there's anything I should be concerned about? I've only used Linux a handful of times and any protective measures I should consider (besides adblock, I already installed adguard as an extension).

Can anyone familiar with a regular Linux Desktop like Linux Mint tell me their experiences with SteamOS in desktop mode? Since it's an immutable OS I'm afraid I will be very limited in what I can do with it. I can only "install" flatpacks, docker and other container-like applications right? Can anyone that uses the Deck for non-gaming tasks comment?

This is not a criticism of SteamOS since I think an immutable OS is a good idea for the Steam Deck. But still, I imagine it's more inconvenient and inflexible to use than something like Linux Mint. Can anyone tell me their experience? Please be as nitpicky as possible lol.

So my steam deck works fine, still using the installed steamoss the deck came with. However I heard some rumors that it is best to do a complete reset + steamos clean install once a while. To boost performance and delete old files from updates and such.

Is this true ? Is it smart to complete clean install steamoss on the deck Every now and then?

Has anyone had any luck setting environment variables? I have downloaded gPodder and am having difficulty pointing it at my external hard drive.

Hi folks, thank you in advance for taking the time to review this post.

Trying to get this package installed on a Steam Deck's desktop mode: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/startech-usb-crash-cart-adapter

I did the usual song-&-dance for installing from AUR including cloning the git repo, pull request to make sure it's updated, makepkg, pacman -S `package name`, and I think that's it.

The installation *appears* to have been a success. I have the package in my application list, and I also created a desktop shortcut (not that a desktop shortcut matters here.)

The issue, is that when I try to double-click to open the package, it appears in the task bar for a millisecond and then disappears, never actually opening the program.

So I'm pretty stuck here. Not sure how to go about this. If we can get this open...my brain will melt out of sheer excitement for how awesome the Steam Deck actually is. I haven't had the Deck for long. I almost bought a Clockwork uConsole recently, but then I realized I already have something better, so I just decided to try exploring it as a fully capable OS environment today.

I'd appreciate your help here - you could feel the joy of taking partial responsibility for melting somebody's brain.

Thanks again!

Edit: For context, this is the (like the Deck - extremely badass) product that pairs with the application I shared above. https://www.startech.com/en-us/server-management/notecons01

Just installed Linux mint fresh on a new laptop.

Installed Steam, went to settings and enabled Proton support so I can play Windows games on Linux.

Am I missing steps? Tried to install a old Lego game I have and it's saying the update files are corrupt?

Update: I got most things working now and I'm giddy. Thanks to everyone who gave advice.

I know people have hacked together some builds of the newer SteamOS, but is there anything official from valve yet?

I’m talking about a page where I can download SteamOS and flash it on any machine.

Total linux newbie here..
I'm trying to install an old abandonware norwegian game from 2000 for Windows: "Flåklypa Grand Prix 3D". Here in Norway it was extremely popular back in the day.
I got two disc images of the game; the first disc is in .mdf and .mds format, and disc two is in .iso. My plan was to mount both discs with CDEmu and try to install/make it work with Wine or Bottles. But I can't even install CDEmu....

When I try to compile the CDEmu tar.xz packages with the "make" command in console, I just get the error " bash: make: command not found".

I asked ChatGPT4 for assistance, who told me that I need to install the build-essential package with sudo apt-get install build-essential, but that doesn't work either. I only get " sudo: apt-get: command not found " ...

What am I missing? Any help or tips would be much appreciated.

Hi guys, I was wondering how good/easy it would be to play on my new x360 hp spectre with the new Ultra 5 125 h cpu with integrated graphics, with SteamOS.

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I have no idea how it works. Would drivers be compatible/ effiecient?

Can you control TDP on such a new CPU?

Is there a significant loss/gain in performance?

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Thanks

I’m trying to disable read only with the sudo steamos-readonly disable command but i have no clue where i put the command. I can’t find instructions anywhere either.

Hey, I have a problem where I can't log into Steam on my MacBook. It keeps saying that it cannot connect to the servers, and then when I manage to log into my account, I again can't connect to the servers. Additionally, it suddenly asks me to download an update from June, and when I click to do that, Steam resets itself and starts downloading the update. The funniest thing is that despite these issues, I could still play games normally and everything was fine, but when I bought a new game, I can't download it.

I just downloaded steam Os but when I try to download steam it says my system storage is full. I’m very new to Linux so please forgive me for any ignorance.

I'm wanting to switch my desktop to Linux, and I'm quite fond of the desktop OS that the steam deck uses. However I remember a while back that the Deck used a new version of SteamOS than the readily available public release. Is this still the case or are they the same version now?

Dear all, hello! I'm seeking help to install and configure the new SteamOS on my PC. I've just purchased a new M.2 SSD, upgrading from 128GB to 1TB, and I wanted to install the Steam operating system on this occasion.

The issue I'm encountering is that on the official Steam page, it's indicated to download a ZIP file and extract its contents onto a FAT32 formatted USB drive... However, the link provided for the download is a BZ2 file instead of a ZIP. This is already an inconsistency by itself... but it gets worse because FAT32 only supports files up to 4GB in size, while the ISO contained within the compressed file is 7GB and cannot be copied.

So, I tried using RUFUS to create a bootable USB with that ISO, but unfortunately, the computer doesn't boot! Then I tried not extracting and creating the BOOT with the BZ2 file, but still no luck.

Next, I tried using a utility called Ventoy, where I copied the ISO file into the root... The boot starts, I select the ISO, and the computer just remains with a blinking cursor in the top left corner and does nothing more.

Additionally, I noticed that on the page where I download the OS file, it's stated that the file is not compatible for restoring the installation for Steam Deck (that's fine), however, when downloading the file they indicate as correct, I end up with a file named "steamdeck-repair-20231127.10-3.5.7"!!!

In short, it's a huge mess, none of the instructions provided even remotely correspond to the steps I need to execute to install, and I would therefore like to find support from someone experienced to complete this installation, which seems like a PUZZLE to me!!!

Usually, I never have problems installing Linux distributions or for example CHROME OS FLEX on any of my computers, but this is pushing the boundaries!!!