[HN Gopher] Running the Steam Deck's OS in a virtual machine usi... ___________________________________________________________________ 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) (HTM) web link (blogs.igalia.com) (TXT) w3m dump (blogs.igalia.com) | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-07-05 23:00 UTC)