Quoting: NanobangI'm simply not wired to listen to someone as calm and tranquil as this for even ten minutes, let alone forty-four, so I haven't watched hardly any of this video. I wonder, then, if he mentions GamerOS having, or having plans to include, media playing abilities, streaming Netflix etc., or playing local video and music ... features I saw introduced during the life of my X360. (Without these standard console functions, I think SteamOS was sort of doomed from the start.)

I'm perfectly happy with my current Linux living room/TV computer at the moment, but my other one, my Windows 7 box, its days are numbered --- and will not be extended by "upgrading" to Win10. It seems like a perfect candidate for a future version of GamerOS.

An exciting project, to be sure!

Yes you can install kodi which makes it possible to play videos and use netflix alltho the interface for kodi netflix is a bit clunky.

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Quoting: pbI'm gaming on SteamOS 2, but eagerly waiting for SteamOS 3. :whistle:

I liked SteamOS too for the PC I have connected to the TV, but it has got no updates including security updates since summer 2019, so I gave up on it. I doubt SteamOS 3.0 will ever be releases, and if then how can we trusty Valve to not also drop support on that without any announcement?

I trust it will, or maybe they will skip a number or release SteamOS 4 (because 3 was already in the works but they scrapped it - https://repo.steampowered.com/steamos/dists/clockwerk/ [External Link]). I seem to recall they planned to base the new version on another distro, perhaps Arch? There is certainly something going on here: https://repo.steampowered.com/arch/ [External Link]

Sadly its a ppa for gamescope their new display manager, and its based on wayland so it will not be usable for the majority of gamers since Nvidia is the most popular gaming graphics cards according to steam statistics.

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Quoting: einherjarThanks that you did not recommend Manjaro to beginners.

My son is actually switching back to Kubuntu.

Within 2 month he has to reinstall the 2nd time, because Manjaro does not start after an update is made.

"enjoy the simplicity" ???

LOL!

I am using Linux since 1998 and can not remember when (or even if ever) I had such an issue the last time with Ubuntu, Kubuntu or openSuse.

Wierd I had the exact oposite experience Manjaro has been rock solid, but Ubuntu keeps breaking for me alot. Apt system is really bad, and snaps and flatpaks just plain suck, they brake all the time and wont follow system theme, and makes it hard to access files in them or system files from them, makes for a really bad first time impression of linux. Thats why I recomend Manjaro to new users.

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Manjaro Xfce provides the best gaming performance out of the box atm, atleast on my hardware. And being arch based its easy to keep it up to date with the latest software for best performance, and installing a custom kernel for performance in games like Xanmod-cacule is easy. And Ubuntu and pop OS uses snaps and flatpaks which makes them a very bad experience for a new user to linux, they dont follow system theme and crash alot and dont flat out start and brake very often.

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We already have something like that its called GamerOS, its not that hard to install it on a USB.

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They didnt fix the fractional scaling before release, its still making things smaller instead of bigger.

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Tried it but it was to slow in gaming for me and pretty bad font rendering and colors, if I want an arch based one I will stick to garuda minimal or manjaro for now.

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Its updated and now works very well with most distros, I am using ventoy on an external ssd now for fast installs. Its great since I try new distros all the time atleast a couple of installs a week.

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Quoting: PatolaIt's on -35% sale on Fanatical [External Link]. It seems that it will be on sale on Steam after Dec. 22.

Its already on steam.

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Tried it, great idea but alot of distros fail to boot or is buggy when using it.

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