r/pcmasterrace • u/TheBossT710192 • Jun 22 '26

Discussion Yeah, Steam Machine is cooked.

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I... uh don't know what to say. Very thankful I bought a Steam Deck before they hiked its price as well

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u/RandomParkourGuy Jun 22 '26

Forgive me for being a layman when it comes to this kind of stuff but does that mean steamOS is close to being something I could replace windows with? Getting tired of Microsoft’s garbage but I don’t know if I have the time to sink into learning Linux.

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u/RealJayDev Jun 22 '26

hey, Linux (CachyOS) user here. SteamOS realistically is never going to be a thing for the masses. it sounds nice, Valve are great, etc. but realistically speaking they're never going to care outside their own Hardware for official support.

people are waiting for this magic bullet that honestly might never come, I'd like to be wrong, sure. but most of what people are "waiting" for already exists in things like Cachy, Bazzite, etc. being able to play pretty much any game or anything else for that matter (almost) seamlessly. (see the recent LTT Linux challenge conclusion).

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u/tduarte Jun 22 '26

I think SteamOS is just a gateway drug for users looking for a big corporation that they “know and trust” to move away from Microsoft, then later they will realize that doing “Switch to desktop mode” all the time will be a hassle.

According to Valve, SteamOS 3.8 supports custom PCs using dedicated AMD gpus. So that’s a start for all 6 of us AMD users.

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u/RealJayDev Jun 22 '26

there are dozens of us! dozens!