Valve’s Promise Comes True With SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview: Offers Support To Non-Steam Deck Handhelds And Plasma 6

[Kaz]

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Valve delivers major updates in the SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview: Pi Day, which now includes an upgraded Linux Kernel, KDE Plasma, Mesa Graphics Driver, and more.

 

The SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview is out and is one of the major updates by Valve for the Steam Deck. The Preview is codenamed "Pi Day" and offers several new features, improvements, and updates that take the user experience to a whole new level, offering a desktop-like experience on the console, thanks to the updated KDE Plasma.

 

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Valve's Promise Comes True With SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview: Offers Support To Non-Steam Deck Handhelds And Plasma 6 For Linux Desktop-Like Experience

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Valve has released the SteamOS 3.7.0 Preview for Steam Deck, offering several major and minor improvements...

Valve is really taking the threat of Microsoft serious!  Microsoft'a dominance and desire to be a store front poses a significant risk to Steam's business model.  Microsoft has done a lot of things like saying other office options aren't safe to run because they come from an unknown source.  They aren't unknown, they just aren't Office with a subscription model.

 

As a linux gamer this is great news!  Maybe if Linux has enough users game companies will start enabling anti-cheat for Linux.  I would love to be able to play Siege without booting into Windows.

 

More and more I find myself not using my duel boot and simply opting to play games that don't require me to restart my computer.

 

[GanjaSMK]

 Hmm... is this targeted at everyone or just business / orgs ? 

 

LOL - tired and dumb when posted - this was for the other thread about the Malware issue. 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by GanjaSMK

[Kaz]

SteamOS is designed for end users.  You and me.  It's free and open source.  It's a different operating system than Windows, based on Arch-Linux, which is the core backbone of the system.  SteamOS has Plasma KDE as a graphical interface.  Plasma KDE is how I wish Windows 11 worked...

 

Arch-Linux has a reputation as being the bear bone minimum (most lightweight/fastest) that everything can be loaded on top of.  In general it's not user friendly and takes a lot of time reading manual pages to get things setup and working smooth/correctly.

 

What's awesome about the SteamOS is that Valve has done all the hard work to make everything run smoothly. It's primary audience is gamers and it's configured accordingly.

 

If you are building a computer from scratch you could skip the cost of windows by loading steam OS instead.  It has the added advantage of not spying on users and allowing the end user to control updates.

 

There are some disadvantages that make it unlikely to completely replace Windows.  One of them being anti-cheat software.  Games like Siege, Apex, and GTA 5 are all capable of running on Linux, but anti-cheat software can flag accounts resulting in suspensions.

 

Other companies may also take advantage of steam OS.  The Asus ROG ally is a handheld that can run steam OS.  They aren't locking the operating system down to hardware that Valve sells.

 

Everything about this is a win for users!  However if you are already gaming on a capable PC using windows, it's probably not worth replacing windows with steamOS.  That is, unless you dislike windows spying and AI integration.  It also avoids the dangers of Microsoft Recall taking frequent screen captures.

 

Recall screenshots are supposed to be secure and encrypted, but they aren't doing anything to blur/block sensitive banking information, which means there is a security risk.  If the information isn't going to be used, why are they recording it?

 

Most 'windows' games are working great on Linux when running Proton compatibaility.  It's only games with intrusive anti-cheat that seem to have problems.

[Sir Beregond]

Hmm last time I tried Linux was over 15 years ago and I did not have fun with trying to game on it.

 

Will have to give SteamOS a try one of these days, but sad you still need to basically dual boot Linux and Windows. Would personally love to ditch Windows Spyware.

Edited 14 hours ago by Sir Beregond

[Kaz]

  14 hours ago, Sir Beregond said:

Hmm last time I tried Linux was over 15 years ago and I did not have fun with trying to game on it.

 

Will have to give SteamOS a try one of these days, but sad you still need to basically dual boot Linux and Windows. Would personally love to ditch Windows Spyware.

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I setup a duel boot because I thought the same thing.  I haven't booted windows for over 6 months now...  I have so many games, it's easier to just play a different game than it is to restart my system. 

 

Now when I boot windows I get flooded with updates and am reminded that I would rather just use Linux.