[HN Gopher] Running the Steam Deck's OS in a virtual machine usi...
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Running the Steam Deck's OS in a virtual machine using QEMU
Author : caution
Score : 64 points
Date : 2022-07-05 20:57 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| qmarchi wrote:
| In case anyone wanted to run SteamOS on metal (or inside a VM),
| the more user friendly approach is probably to use HoloISO from
| https://github.com/theVakhovskeIsTaken/holoiso.
|
| They've managed to get things working like the Deck UI,
| Gamescope, and other internal components.
| philo23 wrote:
| A little bit off topic, but in case anyone wants to try out the
| new Steam Deck UI on their desktop you can do it without
| installing Steam OS, just follow these steps:
|
| 1) Quit Steam
|
| 2) Find the "package" directory inside of the main Steam install
| directory (typically C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam on Windows,
| ~/.steam/steam on Linux)
|
| 3) Inside there create a file called "beta" (no extension), with
| the following content:
| steampal_stable_9a24a2bf68596b860cb6710d9ea307a76c29a04d
|
| 4) Reopen Steam with the -gamepadui argument
|
| Fair warning: it's a little bit janky when it's not running on
| Steam Deck hardware. At least it was when I tried it out, but
| it'll give you a pretty decent idea what it's like. Also to undo
| it just delete that file and relaunch Steam without the extra
| argument.
| pwdisswordfish9 wrote:
| > C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam on Windows, ~/.steam/steam on
| Linux
|
| FYI you can stop worrying about special casing Windows and just
| use bog standard slash as separator when discussing path names
| virtually anywhere where they come up.
| bsedlm wrote:
| how do you know this? how does one figure this kind of thing
| out?
| bluepizza wrote:
| Compare the Steam directories and files from a non-Steam Deck
| Linux install to a Steam Deck one.
| walrus01 wrote:
| unfortunately it still seems to be impossible to buy a steam deck
| at a normal price, they're on ebay from scalpers... I've no idea
| what the real world waiting list time is right now.
| striking wrote:
| The waiting list is starting to subside afaict. It'll still be
| some time (they say "October or later" for current
| reservations) but picking one up from a scalper is probably not
| worth the monetary and moral cost.
| stuart78 wrote:
| So far they are meeting or beating the expectations set for
| pre-order customers. My own order was targeted at Q3 (July -
| Oct) and I got my order completion link on 6/30. Currently they
| list only "After Q3", so def hard to know what that means, but
| it does seem that they are catching up.
| vehemenz wrote:
| After owning a Steam Deck for several months, I think it's
| worth paying ebay prices. They are pretty reasonable if you're
| used to the scalped GPU/console market. That's just my opinion
| though.
| toasteros wrote:
| If you put a reservation in today, there's a solid chance
| you'll get it at a normal price in October. It's $5 for the
| reservation. Just put one in and be patient.
|
| If anything, I would probably say it's better to wait and get a
| Deck later than sooner, because it is improving on the software
| side incredibly rapidly. The day one experience you have with
| your Deck in October will be a lot better than what I had last
| month.
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