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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Valve's plan to bring SteamOS to more devices is a promising sign if you want to stop gaming on Windows (www.pcguide.com)

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Even gamers nexus' Steve today said that they're about to start doing Linux games performance testing soon. It's happening, y'all, the year of the Linux desktop is upon us. ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

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[–] pinpin 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

There's no ISO.

[–] GhiLA 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Wrong

https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown

Ok, it's an img file, whatever. Same same.

[–] pinpin 1 points 1 hour ago

Oh man that's the old SteamOS 2.0 from 2015.

Valve completely rebased and revamped it in 2022 for the steamdeck. Steam OS 3.6 is the current version and only available for the steamdeck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

This is the version based on Debian, which is ~10 years old.

The new one is based on Arch.

[–] GhiLA 1 points 1 hour ago

How nice of them to just leave it up there.