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Use CachyOS or Bazzite instead.
by gabegm 4mo ago
Use CachyOS or Bazzite instead.
- pidgeon_lover 4mo agoCan those be used without logging in online to Steam?
- koolala 4mo agoYes you can use SteamOS without logging into Steam too!
- nopcode 4mo agoYes, they are Arch and Fedora Atomic variants respectively and don't require any accounts or corporate affiliation.
- jon-wood 4mo agoOnly if you don't want to use Steam. I'm not really sure what point you think you're making here by constantly asking whether you can use SteamOS without logging in to Steam. You can however install literally anything you like on a Steam Deck.
- koolala 4mo agoIt's nice on something like Steam Frame where it's hard to install a new OS. Forcing a log-in like Windows is evil and sucks when you don't have internet.
- pjerem 4mo agoNobody knows if it will be hard to install another OS on the Frame.
- koolala 4mo agoThe hard part is making one work on it since none already exist like the hundreds that exist for normal computers like Deck. They might not let their 6dof headset tracking code be shared and getting that working would be very hard.
- jon-wood 4mo agoGiven Valve's past history in this regard I'm inclined to believe it'll be possible to install whatever you like on the thing, and that there'll be a reasonably well documented way of integrating with the sensors/display. Valve have got decades of form on being as open as possible with their hardware and I've seen nothing recently to make me think that's changed.
- koolala 4mo agoSoftware wise their SteamVR / OpenVR stuff is very closed source. Someone had to reverse engineer their Lighthouse tracking which is hard but doing that is easier than making 6dof SLAM tracking just from camera access. All I am saying is its not easy and people will have to do hard work.
- FrozenSynapse 4mo agowhy?