Ars Technica did a nice writeup for the Linux-ish folks out there:Ī brief tour of the Steam Deck’s Linux implementation ![]() It sounds as though you need those flatpaks and not the normal arch installation, but I haven’t dug into those details yet as I don’t have a Steam Deck here. It gets better – you can even look through the included Discover app to find “flatpaks” for native apps, a bit like browsing app stores on other platforms. Your games are not all Linux-native, so Valve also uses a customized Wine compatibility layer, which they call Proton.įor audio purposes, this means you can definitely run your Linux-native software, and possibly even run some Windows VST plug-ins. SteamOS is derived from the familiar Arch Linux distro. Valve uses an AMD SOC built by Quanta Computer.) (For the record, Switch uses NVIDIA Tegra X1/X1+ system on a chip it’s the Nintendo system software that creates a closed environment. While it looks like a sort of beefed-up, PC-ish take on Nintendo Switch, under the hood its OS is closer to a PC. Let’s back up and explain what the Steam Deck is architecturally. PulseAudio sound system and minijack out (though JACK and ALSA show up and I can’t see any reason they shouldn’t also work – Mac/PC users, this is roughly equivalent to selecting Core Audio, DirectSound, ASIO, WASAPI…) Bitwig and its Grid. And after devices like Native Instruments’ Maschine+ adopted Linux, it’s also an indication that solutions could come from corners outside music tech makers. ![]() ![]() But it could be a glimpse of what’s to come. Now, Valve’s Steam Deck is pretty deeply back-ordered, so I expect this is mostly hypothetical for even many of us who put in a preorder. I caught Aroon Karvna who’s working with the system and started some early tests, after seeing these photos as teaser. And you know what that means: it’s a synth and a DAW, too. It’s a portable gaming machine – but unlike other such devices, the Steam Deck is also an open, handheld, Linux-powered computer.
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