SteamOS (Arch)
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Description and history
Device speficic, Arch-based 'firmware' for the Steam Deck (released on 25 February 2022), the general SteamOS have not been released yet.
SteamOS use some kind of atomic updates (A/B design)
Developed by Valve Software
| username | password | |
|---|---|---|
License and type
Packaging, sources, repositories and building
Source tarballs with pkgbuilds, mirror of Arch Linux packages and sources, repositories can be found at https://steamdeck-packages.steamos.cloud/archlinux-mirror/
2 repositories exist holo and jupiter
Side note, on repo.steampowered.com exist an Arch repo, valveaur, which have some packages like mesa-aco-git and linux-fsync, they are signed and have a packager but are dirty builded, last updated on 28 May 2020.
Table
| Homepage | |
| Based on | Arch Linux |
| Status | Active |
| Architecture | x86_64 |
| Category | Gaming, handheld |
| Desktop (default) | Steam, KDE Plasma |
| Desktop (available) | |
| Source | https://steamdeck-packages.steamos.cloud/archlinux-mirror/ https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/explore/groups |
| Download | |
| Release model | Rolling |
| Packaging | |
| Package management | |
| Installer | |
| Init | systemd |
| Shell | |
| C library | glibc |
| Core utils | GNU |
| Compiler | |
| Language | |
| Country | USA |
| IRC | |
| Forum | |
| Mailing list | |
| Docs | |
| Bugtracker | https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS |
| Translation | |
| Donations | N/A |
| Commercial | Bundled with hardware |
| Price | Bundled with hardware |
| Contact | |
| ArchiveOS | |
| Distrowatch | |
| Wikipedia | |
| on LWN.net | |
| Repology | |
| In the timeline | No |
Releases
Media coverage
- https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/portable-linux-gaming-with-the-steam-deck.html
- https://9to5linux.com/valve-says-steamos-3-0-will-be-available-for-everyone-to-download-and-install