~~2019 is the year of Linux!~~

~~2020 is the year of Linux!~~

~~2021 is the year of Linux!~~

~~2022 is the year of Linux!~~

~~2023 is the year of Linux!~~

~~2024 is the year of Linux!~~

2025 is the year of Linux! HYYYPE

Make America GNU Again

(I'm a real sicko)

Edit: All fine now. It was only a temporary thing.

I get a bad Gateway error. Does this link work for anyone? Or did Valve take the document down / private?

Significantly better thank you!

It depends on how the program works. If SteamOS works like Android then yeah we might be cooked on the hardware support. If SteamOS works like a normal linux distro/OS we'll get more support.

In practice this is a good thing because most of the parts of SteamOS are open source, meaning that as long as you don't have a device with a locked bootloader you'd be able to run comparable OS simply using all the software that's bundled in Steam OS.

This is possibly regarding the updated OS that's on SteamDeck, which is not built on the same distro of Linux as the older SteamOS from back in the day.

It's beyond me why Valve hasn't yet deleted that page or at least updated it to make it clear that it's an obsolete version that hasn't received an update in 8 years.

That's the old one based on Debian. The new one on Steam Decks is based on Arch iirc.

Deckard will probably be a split unit: a lightweight headset with a small stationary unit for wireless streaming. That stationary unit will also work as a normal steam machine connected to a TV and will be on sale seperatly. (This is all speculation)

SteamOS itself isn't what's great, what's great is the game mode that came with SteamOS. It's also available in a couple other distros, like Bazzite for example. If you aren't taking advantage of the game mode, and the Steam Input that came with it, then you're missing out on one of the best features of the Deck.

You seem to be comparing it to other Linux distros. The success is that it's not Windows, can still run pretty much all the games, and lowers the hardware requirement.

What makes it appealing imo is the immutable aspect. It makes it much harder to break which is what the average user needs. And Distrobox is now included by default which makes it possible to install whatever packages you need inside a container.

Not sure if that's a joke about a since-corrected typo or if you're serious.

Just in case serious, it's the Linux-based operating system that runs on the Steam Deck, and soon to be related devices. So, Linux modified to work better for gaming, especially with Steam.

I don't have a tutorial, but once you do have a Linux install, for standalone games I can recommend checking out Lutris. It has many user-provided install scripts that can set up games automatically, seems to include Guild Wars 2: https://lutris.net/games/guild-wars-2/

Interestingly, Guild Wars 2 is apparently also on steam - for steam games I recommend looking them up on protondb, in many cases windows-only games work out of the box, but if you're not afraid to do a bit of tweaking, you can often find fixes there: https://www.protondb.com/app/1284210

Linux mint is a stable distro that I would recommend to beginners. Or maybe Nobara or Bazzite would be a good choice too. Use whatever distro you like most.

All you really would have to do after installing your distro is to install Steam and enable "Steam Play" in settings. It allows Windows games to run on Linux. Then you install Civilization V through Steam as normal and when installing Guild Wars 2 you can use Steam as well. Run the installer as a non-steam app and install it. Then run the game exe through Steam once it's installed.

There should be good guides online (YouTube or Google) for installing Linux Mint alongside Windows.

Once you have your system installed feel free to let me know if you need help with Steam and getting the games running