A fun experiment I was doing for the past few months: a desktop experience that feels very controller-friendly, and as a bonus a unified gaming library. I use Hyprland and Quickshell, everything is custom made to work with my laptop.

Found this plugin (fork!) that lets you use FSR 4.1.2 (Lite) in your Steam OS devices, super easy to use, Decky Loader plugin AND it includes FSR 4 Frame Generation so you don't need to combine it FG plugins like LSFG or MAKO. An All-In-One solution

I tested it on 007 First Light on my Steam Deck OLED, but it should work on other titles as well. The results for me were really impressive, all that shimmering caused by FSR 3 in the built-in 007 was gone and I got a very steady image that could not be achieved using the in-game settings. Check it out!

I run a XAX with SteamOS.

I'm currently playing Expedition 33. I've been using XESS as my upscalers because it performed the best and I thought it looked good.

I read that FSR 4.1.2 (lite?) is supposed to be better optimized for handhelds and people are having amazing results.

Im using CachyOS Proton, I put the optiscaler command in, and ran it. I put DLSS as the input and changed the upscaler to FSR 4.1.2.

However, when I activate it on both balanced and performance I get this horrible static looking artifact all over the lights and hair. When I turn it to FSR 3 the artifacts go away. I don't have these issues on XESS either.

What am I missing here? Is there a different version of FSR I need to install?

I click play on the launcher and it launches the client, but holds me at a black screen forever. Does anyone have a diagnosis and/or troubleshoot?

Troubleshoots tried:

Repair files

Launch Options<“PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE=1 %command%”

Default/Stable (Proton 11.0-2), Proton Experimental, Proton 9.0-4

Okay so I saw that steam OS has added support for Intel gpus, so I decided to give it a shot. I have b860ma motherboard, Intel 250kf plus cpu, and a b580 gpu. I have been struggling to get this thing to boot up into steam os. I have a flash drive with steam os, I have turned off secure boot. I have got twice to the part where it in desktop mode and you click wipe and install steam os. I proceed and it seems to do its thing. I tell it to continue once that’s done. But it just boots a blank black screen? Any help would be huge, first time trying Linux. Love my steam deck and had planned on using this matx build as a steam machine. Thanks!

I’m running the latest version of SteamOS on my Xbox Ally X (Z2 Extreme), and I’ve noticed some strange TDP behavior.

There are three main issues:

• TDP limit not applied after sleep: After waking the device from sleep, the configured TDP limit doesn’t seem to be enforced properly. I have to manually adjust the TDP slider again for it to take effect.

• Power consumption exceeds the configured TDP: Even when the limit is applied, the APU sometimes draws significantly more power than configured. I suspect this might be related to short-term power limits like FPPT/SPPT, but I’m not entirely sure.

• 20W performs worse than 17W: This is the strangest issue. In the same games, I actually get lower FPS at 20W than at 17W. This doesn’t happen on Windows, where increasing the TDP improves performance as expected.

I’m using the native SteamOS TDP controls without SimpleDeckyTDP or any other third-party TDP management tools.

Has anyone else experienced these issues specifically on the Xbox Ally X running SteamOS? Is this a known bug, or has anyone found a fix?

Hello,

I have a pc running steamos when I play my games on my TV. I like when the kids are on the TV to stream remotely on my steam deck. It was working fine up until recently and the resolution is kept on 1080 instead of 720. I see only 1/4 of the screen on the steam deck.

I tried to dabble on the client settings without success. Even if I force a custom resolution.

Anybody have this issue?

I am thinking about potentially building a custom Steam Machine.

I have a current gaming PC but it's a few years old. But it'll form the basis of the first version. I just need to get some storage for it but that's being sorted. I also have a Steam Deck.

It's a micro ATX build in a relatively compact case, although ideally I'd like it to be smaller and more console-like. It has an AMD Ryzen 5 5800 CPU, 16GB RAM, and a Nvidia 2060 6GB graphics card. I'm buying a 2TB 2230 SSD as I'm getting a smallish (compared to some bonuses) end-year bonus from work, which comes in the form of vouchers.

I know the issues around Steam OS and Nvidia GPUs at the moment. I'll use Bazzite at least initially on it.

My plan for next year is, if money allows - which it may not - is to upgrade the PC to a new mini ITX build in a Fractal Ridge case with a new GPU. Ideally I'll be able to use the same processor, at least initially, and the same RAM and storage. I'm hoping I might be able to find a pre-owned GPU locally before the year is out. I'll need a new PSU for this but that's fine.

Thoughts? Things to be wary of? Should I get a new/pre-owned Nvidia GPU even if Steam OS (currently) works better with AMD Radeon GPUs? Any other comments or feedback on this idea?

The main aim of this is so I can play GTA VI when it comes out on PC/Steam.

before i explain my issue more both in firefox and librewolf I have this problem.

weather its a song or music on youtube through firefox or librewolf (both downloaded from discover) and having roblox (sober from discover added to steam as a nonsteam game) playing i hear shuddering, and no not buffering like my internet is slow, like they are fighting each other. i have levels on my panel displaying the cpu/gpu/ram (specifically the simple system senor statics widgets on the panel) and either 3 is being maxed out. this is all happening on the steam machine running steamOS 3.9.5 build: 20261023.100

When playing games or watching youtube, steamOS progressively fills the entire 32 gb ram, ultimately resulting in the PC either crashing fully or slowing down to the point of needing a restart. how can i fix this? I have already tried to reinstall the system.

Anyone else experienced when updating to 3.10.0 an intermittent screen flicker when on the dashboard since updating to this preview build? Happens a bit randomly and it’s not a constant flicker. But it is annoying.

9070xt to LGC1

This wasn’t an issue before this update.

Need to download a later version, i know i can update to beta when in, but the installer wont boot into setup on the new msi claw ex 8 ai+, i have done a workaround where i installed on a different device and then swapped the ssd but i read somewhere there may be a problem with drivers and compatibility. I believe its still 3.8 on the download image. Does anyone know if there is a safe link for a later version to burn onto install usb

I Dualboot steamos and windows on my personal PC not steam deck or machine, I want to ask if it is possible to make secure boot work in steamos or I can just enable and disable secure boot everytime I'm on windows playing games that require secure boot?

I know a lot of you guys have been getting the slow charging notification, the same thing has been happening for my partners steam deck and even on my Xbox rog ally with steamos, we both have decky loader and steam grid installed I disabled steam grid didn't work however I did power down both devices without the cable plugged in, and as soon as it was fully powered off I plugged them in and let them sit for 30 minutes and both devices batteries were picking up a charge so depending on whatever device you guys have and whatever state their battery is in charge time will very, also the notification does stay off after devices have reached 100% charge if you keep it plugged in if you're docked or just trying to get more juice out of performance plugged in to a power source.

Not my post originally, but I'm having the same issue. Seems to always be with non-Steam games added to Steam and run in Game Mode. Has anyone encountered this and found a fix?

I'm not a tech guy (I'm completely ignorant about it) and I don't understand anything about other operational systems that are not Windows, so can someone explain to me what are the advantages and disadvantages of a new operational system like the SteamOS?

The reason that my curiosity peaked is because the Windows occupies lots of space in my disk, has lots of apps that I couldn't care less about and the freaking auto updates (that I can't find the option to disable) that randomly appear and slow my PC in ways I couldn't think of

Oh will I need to pay for SteamOS? Btw, I prioritise convenience, the easy navigation through the system and safety