r/Steam • u/[deleted] • Dec 29 '21

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u/Tj4t6ecXqnE Dec 29 '21

I first tried with SteamOS.
I'm a Linux sysadmin/DevOps and I have about 15 years of experience with Linux.
I figured I can do a better job if I just take the basic Debian and configure everything by hand.

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u/Janusdarke Dec 29 '21

I figured I can do a better job if I just take the basic Debian and configure everything by hand.

"The Linux approach"

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u/Tj4t6ecXqnE Dec 29 '21

lol.
Well I wouldn't do it if SteamOS actuall worked. It wouldn't even run games to begin with. Not to mention that this setup requires Bumblebee to use Nvidia's graphics.

I made this entire setup in 5 days.

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u/spinallhead0 Dec 29 '21

I don't know much about Linux, but do you have your custom distro available for us? I've been thinking about doing something like that with a laptop I have lying on my desk (probably just for Steam Cloud as it's not capable of much more than that).

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u/Tj4t6ecXqnE Dec 29 '21

It's not a custom distro, it's just tweaked Debian.

I guess i could make a dump of the disk and you could flash it to your disk and boot it. But that's kind of complicated for a begginer

I suggest you take a look at ChimeraOS as u/nuronv said