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finaly,
one of the verry last things i was missing.
now $(date +"%Y") will truly be the year of the linux desktop
I tried this out, I was unable to log in with Firefox or Chromium. It appears the only games that it supports in this alpha are Stardew Valley and Cyberpunk 2077. I have Stardew Valley installed and it finds it.
It's a good start, though. I hope this gets updated soon.
That sucks. I was able to log in with Firefox but it was goofy. It took two tries.
YEAH SWEET I'll give my feed back for sure... After I get enough money for the steam deck...
Just install Linux on your laptop or desktop.
If you want a hassle-free setup, get Linux Mint, or if you use Nvidia, Pop!_OS.
To get as close to the Steam Deck setup as reasonable, get EndeavourOS with KDE. It is Arch-based and may require maintenance though.
Kubuntu is a good middle ground, with the same desktop interface as SteamOS (KDE) but also pretty hassle-free setup.
Just install Linux on your laptop or desktop.
I have been trying
I don't think my laptop likes to boot from a USB, things used to be so much easier. Maybe I need to try a DVD.
I need to find a DVD.
Mind if we collectively do some troubleshooting?
What are you using to write to the usb key? Have you tried tools like Ventoy? What OS are you using to write the USB iso? Which iso are you using?
What model is your laptop? How far along in the process are you able to get? Is the USB key in the boot device list? Do you have USB enabled in the BIOS under bootable options?
I would really appreciate that in fact.
I tried Rufus and UNetbootin, both on the windows 10 machine I'm intending to try Linux on, to a 32gb flash drive (I tried two different ones actually). I used an AV Linux ISO and Ubuntu Studio ISO. I have not tried Ventoy.
It's an HP. I'll have to check the model. I went through the bios, and while admittedly it's been some time, I thought everything seemed right. I recall trying to change the priority.
It wouldn't boot at all. Windows just forces its way through.
Edit: I looked I to Ventoy a bit. I'll give it a try tomorrow.
There should be a a button that you can press repeatedly to open up a boot menu - it can be the delete key, f2, etc.
Depending on how new your laptop is, you may need to disable something called "Secure Boot". Keep in mind if your windows installation is encrypted with BitLocker or whatever else Windows is using these days. If it is encrypted, and you have secure boot enabled you may run into issues booting back into Windows - it will freak out that secure boot was disabled and require your encryption key.
At least, that's what happened with my ROG Zephyrus M16 - I had to find my BitLocker key to boot into Windows and then decrypt it using the settings menu.
Also, if you want to be able to use both Windows and Linux - see if your laptop has an expansion port for a second hard drive. Windows historically has screwed over dual booted Linux grub with updates, and if you can just boot to a entirely different drive that won't happen.
It's at least 5 years old. I'll look into secure boot. I wouldn't be against ditching windows entirely but I'm not sure I'm up for transferring all my files over right now. No way my laptop supports another drive unfortunately
Edit: however much to my surprise I did find an official service guide
Yeah, I may catch flak but I wouldn't be inclined to ditch windows altogether. Unless you literally only do web browsing on your laptop, there's a high likelihood you may run into a few things that need troubleshooting to get working under Linux, and dual being able to switch back to Windows seamlessly is a huge help/comfort.
If you can find the model number or service tag, that would be a big help for troubleshooting.
There should be a sticker under your laptop with a bunch of tiny text, or if I recall correctly you can use System Information. See this article
That's good advice, but I'd put forward that you can do all your troubleshooting in a live install so you can bail if you need to. Chances are most things just work and then it's easier to hit the button.
I only do audio production on my laptop. All browsing is come on my phone whenever possible. The software in my workflow is all Linux compatible and the distros I'm interested in are geared toward that focus. That said I would appreciate the convenience of having windows for now still. Especially since there are some plugins I occasionally use which unfortunately aren't Linux compatible.
UNetbootin stopped being useful a long time ago. Rufus is OK as long as you set it up right.
Partition scheme: MBR
Target system: BIOS or UEFI
File system:FAT32
Then in the BIOs setting on the HP go to advanced and set "Legacy Support Enabled". Save and exit.
Smash the F9 key repeatedly during boot to pull up the boot menu. You should see your USB device listed to pick and boot from.
I feel like those were the settings I used in Rufus. Sounds like legacy support might be what I need, thanks.
It might take a bit to wade through the BIOS settings to get it up but I'd recommend a process of elimination based on "Doesn't sound relevant to the boot sequence" to figure it out. I have a recent HP laptop and I installed KDE Neon on it.
Searching for "How to install Linux on [your BIOS and version]" might also help.
I use kubuntu with nvidia and it works really well. The only issue I have is stuttering on games with a locked framerate lower than my monitor refresh rate. I was able to fix the stuttering on elden ring with mods and so far that is the only game that has been wonky about it.
WAIT I CAN JUST INSTALL LINUX ON THE LAPTOP AND IT TRANSFORMS INTO A STEAM DECK!?
Software-wise, if you are using a Linux installation with KDE interface, on an AMD CPU and AMD GPU, and are using a wayland session with gamescope to play games, it is very VERY close to the Steam Deck and you are benefiting from all the optimizations that were made for Steam Deck. Bonus points if the hardware is Ryzen 3000 series and Radeon RX 6000 series.
You probably saw this, but Nexus Mods are asking feedback from Linux users, not just Steam Deck. Because, you know, apart from the sticks, size and touch pads, Steam Deck is just another Linux machine.
if you have an amd gpu and install bazzite its basically the steamos version valve hasn't released yet but with a fedora base instead of arch. I wouldn't actually do the deck image though because game mode is kinda annoying unless controller really is your primary input. I use the desktop image on all my computers that aren't server use.
Did you remember to wish upon a star during install?
I really love the thing. It's been my almost exclusive gaming device for the last couple years, except for the past few weeks where I've been binge gaming shattered pixel dungeon on my phone.
Cross platform now!? Oh happy day! As time moves on I find less and less that would force me to hold on to this Win10 install just for gaming. One of those things was "Aw but their mod manager was really good."
Absolutely astounding.
I don't game that much on pc anymore, but this reminded me of this post about Linux gamers providing good bug reports.
Does it work with nonstandard steam directories and proton?
Seems to work with my personal setup at least, with two libraries - the default on ~/.local/share/steam, and one on /mnt/storage/steam - and Stardew Valley installed in the secondary storage library
Worst case scenario you could just bind mount the nonstandard steam directory into the usual place
It only works with Stardew Valley right now, but a gog and steam are support so I think you can point it to where you have the game.
I never really used their previous client. I liked the control of doing it manually and found it got in the way.
I'm glad to hear they're working Linux support in to this new version though.
Directly asking for feedback is a good sign. I'm looking forward to the future of modding on Linux