iirc they've mentioned SteamOS for other devices since day one. It's been three years.
iirc they've mentioned SteamOS for other devices since day one. It's been three years.
DMy wifi adaptor for reference: Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
VBig picture being replaced by game mode also took a year, that was a day 0 promise.
KThe Verge
Dual boot is still on the menu, too.
Kthis was more recent.
VOk, I know, point is it already has been forever.
VAnd it probably will continue to take a long time.
Bit's only been one quarter of a valve forever
Bso long as they only have two things to do it will get done
Bif there are three things...
V"They said it though" only works when the same person didn't say the same thing in an interview literal years ago
Kwho knows, I don't own a ROG Ally, but we'll see. It's making it into their beta release notes now at least
KIt's honestly all gravy, Valve certainly have zero obligation to release SteamOS for anything but Steam Deck
BI think they've made some very good strategic moves against microsoft dominance
Bthe newest problem is gamepass
KI just wish they wouldn't cater to dual boot windows-loving cowards.
Kbut they are 
Band the worst is that people don't even SEE how gamepass is a problem
VThey kinda don't
FHello, I’m new
VThey offer kinda shitty drivers, without a full set of drivers for the OLED
KThey specifically said they're looking to improve support for windows and dualboot
VThe installer doesn't have any partitioning options
Kin the same interview
AI think everyone is jumping to conclusions by saying it'll be released "soon"
Kwhich I think is wrong and terrible
AValve never said they're releasing soon, only that they're working on it
VAgain, a "dual boot" wizard has been a concept as long as the steam deck recovery image has been downloadable...
Kbut I am firmly anti dual boot, vehemently so 
Bhow about vfio VMs then
Ka pain in the arse
Bif you can't have two sibling OSes, have a daddy OS and a kiddy OS
Kand still involves using Windows.
Kwhich supports Microsoft
AI don't care for dual boot, but it's the easiest way to convince people to try it, since it's mostly risk free
Kultimately
VSteamOS 3 proper will come out sometime after launch (and even then it may not work on your toaster).On the SteamOS install page from early 2022. But it's coming soon!
KI know, I'm just fanatically anti windows
Kvery biased source is me
VWhile Steam Deck is fully capable of dual-boot, the SteamOS installer that provides a dual-boot wizard isn't ready yet. This will ship alongside SteamOS 3 once it's complete.From october 2022
BI wish all the redditors and whatever would stop saying that a liveUSB is bad because "USB isn't fast enough"
BliveUSB is better than dual boot for safely trying things
VI used bazzite from a USB SSD for like 3 months lol
BI know, right? Yesterday I saw a thread where someone convinced a poor noob that all USB drives had flash that would get destroyed by the writes
Bmeanwhile here I am with an nvme SSD in a USB enclosure
Bseriously tho, if you want to get people to try the thing, let them liveboot it easily
Blike Tails
KEvery time I have to set up a Windows PC, the experience gets worse. Ads, force installed apps, requiring Microsoft accounts (and i'm aware there are ways to get around these things, but it's more effort and time). I made my mother buy a Macbook so she'd quit getting malware and needing me to fix her damn Windows laptops.
AI know that the LGO couldn't run Bazzite well off an external SSD, but that was a Lenovo hardware issue.
KNobody should be booting Tails to see what desktop Linux is like.
AI install Linux for relatives, or tell them to get a Chromebook
