Tucked into their FAQ about the Steam Machine release was a mention about making your own Steam Machine by installing steamOS to a computer you already have. AMD only for now.
I prepped for this a long while. Right down to having an AMD CPU and AMD rdna 2 GPU.
I’ve never seen a computer that’s a Radiator. Thank you everyone have a great evening
Might I interest you in an Analytical Engine?
Gotta put in on my Steam Deck
Have someone managed to jailbreak it?
Dude that’d be so sick!
This appears to be the page to pay attention to for actually doing this. https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/65B4-2AA3-5F37-4227
It appears support is not yet there, but is intended to be.
Support started with 3.8 release. It might say steam deck in the file name, but as long as the version is 3.8.xx then it should be good.
Direct Link to download: https://steamdeck-images.steamos.cloud/steamdeck/20260618.10/steamdeck-oobe-repair-20260618.10-3.8.10.img.zip
Wasn’t that always allowed?
Allowed but janky, this is probably a more polished installer.
What’s been janky about it? I have it installed on a custom build since like February, never had any hiccups, besides the same rare issues on my steam deck (some occasional sound issues when switching between desktop and game mode, recently now solved I think). It’s otherwise been a flawless experience. Config is pure AMD : 5800X + 7600 XT 16GB with 16GB RAM. I was just hoping to get a steam controller but that proved harder than expected :(
I think some hardware configs are harder to use, like if you have Nvidia.
I see, and yes, you needed some technical savvyness (is that a word?) to do this on your own before
“Savvy” is both the noun for the trait and the adjective for someone who possesses it.
Allowed and available, but not endorsed.
They only had the old SteamOS available for installing to anything but a Steam Deck. But they had said the current SteamOS was going to be available for all PCs a long while back, anyway.
Love it, giving us an easy arch-based gaming distro basically. Now they just gotta give us half-life 3 as well.
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I aspire to be like valve
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