Hey! It's that OS I work on! I just wanted to let you know I'm working on a ton of different methods to use the iGPU to render gamescope to allow the user to use the Nvidia card to play games. I don't have all the hardware to do proper testing myself, but with the help of the community I was able to confirm that if you have a ryzen CPU that has an iGPU that it DOES work amazingly well.
Hey great work! How’s the compatibility with Nvidia cards otherwise? Been dying to put together a living room Linux PC but I only have an RTX 2070 Super available
@@Games-tx1zc It'll work, but gamescope/gamepadui have odd color corruption and scaling issues. I wouldn't recommend it at all unless you enjoy tinkering and finding solutions to problems. It isn't a "just works" situation I'm afraid.
Chimera has a bunch of very good and dedicated devs, they also try to do things right instead of rushing which is very nice for people that want to focus on the gaming experience instead of tinkering. The community is also generally very welcoming and open
There is another great distro called Nobara OS which makes it easy to get up and running with AAA games, and even includes all of the required dependencies for DaVinci Resolve pre-installed.
I tried yesterday. Does not work properly on GTX 750ti, however it has a support for Nvidia and newest drivers installed under os itself. After some time it refused to load with white screen. Also, it lags in full screen mode. Not stable.
Valve really needs to realease an official ISO for any PC, with the same updates as the Deck, plus full Nvidia support. Then we will have the definitive Linux gaming experience on desktop.
It's a colossal work to make it compatible with all variations of PC components, there's too many of them... Not to mention companies usually not being too cooperative... like Intel and Nvidia. Microsoft also just sucks and is a mess but at least here they finally would not matter.
@@cosminmilitaru9920 No the linux kernel contains all the drivers for hardware, distro maintainers aren't writing drivers for every piece of hardware out there. Valve just need to make an official distribution and add some features for use on a generic PC. Maybe things like changing the Deck icons if using it on a PC, default boot into desktop mode, etc. just quality of life things
Was considering this for a living room gaming PC, rather than running Windows. I'd be curious to see how seamless the front end is for emulation as well as how it performs.
I'm running it like this with my old trusty rx vega54 amd card and an i9-9900k. My desktop PC has seen me rarely for game, since I build this living room pc. I think it's really stunning how it performs in 1080p upscaled to a 4K-TV with fsr. I can get 60fps in any game so far, with adjusted graphics settings, of course.
@@harryshuman9637 You got a point, I think the OG Xbox emulator isn't on Linux either. I feel that for many 360 games though, there are PC versions/alternatives
Thanks for showcasing our latest work. Been lurking around your videos for a while and all your builds are nice candidates for this. Kudos and thank you again!
Bro, I literally was thinking about building a PC and running off of the same OS just yesterday. Are you like, reading my mind? 😂 The biggest reason why I want to do it is besides making a home gaming PC that's like a console, is that I want something to play my games on while I stream it to my Steam Deck.
@Slywerk Thanks, yea I'm building a little emulation machine with an HP Elite 800 G3. Dropping an intel I7-6700 in it and just got one of the AMD 6400 SFF cards for it.
This is about Linux gaming. Why would he benchmark it against windows? Your statement already assumes it’s worse so why bother? Do the damn benchmarks yourself while Linux users enjoy their games.
one of the best channels , I actually learned a lot from your channel he shows us how to get a decent budget friendly hardware , and showcases many softwares like in this video . I realy appriciate your hard work
Set up a 2600x + 2070 Super build over the weekend and was getting an error trying to install HoloISO, so I went the ChimeraOS route, and it was flawless. Great option with a smaller installation footprint to boot.
The reason you got the error with HoloISO is that the dev removed support from Nvidia from it. Had too many issues with it. I had to get an AMD card so I could use it.
@@JamesMetcalf77 I ended up doing the same thing, picked up a 6750XT and it worked without an issue. Still sticking with Chimera for now though since it's running really well for it.
@@Krakn3Dfx I tried to install Chimera the other day and the damn thing wouldn't boot. Used Balena and Rufus to make the USB drive. Even tried an ISO emulator and the system wouldn't boot it. Tried a Windows ISO and no boot issues. Gave up on it for now.
Glad to see a followup on this I think you did one when this was still GamerOS. And with the newest version using the Steamdeck interface its Pretty cool O.S.
I love seeing you give good press and exposure to devs in the gaming community. It is a very selfless and excellent use of your platform. Mad respect. I'll certainly be testing this out after seeing it here. :-)
Great insight always appreciate your different, unique take on extending older hardware shelf life! Especially who among us does not have an underutilized older laptop or rig lying around collecting e-waste dust.
I was thinking the same thing. I just squeezed the trigger on a new sff couch PC with one of those AliExpress 6600M gpu's. Looking forward to using this as a main distro. Fedora is what I run otherwise on my gaming desktops, but something about this seems to make sense for the TV.
I got a Dell SFF with a i7-4970 from work for free. I added a used 1TB HDD and 8GB from my parts bin, and got a LP RX550 4GB off eBay for $50. Great for a my 1080p 60FPS machine for my living room TV.
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Wow! How cool is this with a ryzen mini pc like Beelink or Minisforum products! Love it!
I tried ChimeraOS on a 7700x + RTX 4090 machine, and indeed encountered artifacts when I plugged my monitor to the 4090 directly. Whenever I set the screen resolution to 4k, there's just insane artifacts when any game mode UI or 3rd party launcher is on screen. However if I plug the monitor into the motherboard HDMI port, everything just works fine and there's no artifact. I can even get the performance overlay. I can confirm that the system was rendering with the 4090 too, since there's no way the 7700x iGPU can handle AAA games like Elden Ring or Cyberpunk 2077 at 4k. Shadow of the Tomb Raider's launcher also provides a selector where you can specify which graphics device you want to use for rendering and the default for my setup was the 4090. There is a problem with this workaround though. I can't seem to get games to run above 60fps in game mode. I've disabled gamescope's framerate limiter, and have set the screen to 4k 120hz in setting. Both steam's overlay and cyberpunk's benchmark counter report the game's capped at 60. While in desktop mode I can get ~90fps at same graphics settings. Anyway using an nvidia card in this OS is just pointless. The only reason I did it was I didn't have an AMD card. With Nvidia you get all the shortcomings and non of the benefits. Nvidia specific features like RTX, reflex and DLSS are all unusable with proton.
Due to compatibility with some of my favorite games, I'll probably stick with windows. That being said it's awesome seeing how far gaming on linux has come, and I'd love to jump in if it werent for a couple things.
NVIDIA's support when it comes to Linux distro has been a big 'NO' but glad to see ChimeraOS developers taking their time to make their gaming oriented OS compatible with NVIDIA graphic cards in addition to AMD ones. Gaming PCs with chipsets incompatible with Windows 11 such as 7th gen Intel & earlier as well as Zen (1st gen) should take the advantage of installing this distro.
I just recently built my first PC. Unfortunately I decided to go with Intel and Nvidia and use Windows, because it's what I'm more familiar with. But I have messed around with Linux Mint on my old school laptop and Steam OS on the deck. If I do decide to build another PC in the future I'd definitely would consider going AMD and using this OS.
I have a nice Corsair One Pro (intel CPU/Nvidia GPU) that would love to repurpose for Steamdeck OS when the OS gets to where it needs for it. Looking forward to future reviews with Intel/Nvidia hardware.
Currently using Windows for gaming. But this distro seems very interesting, I have to test this out, even comparing games performances against Windows!
I have no experience in performing the following, so any help and detail would be most welcome: is it possible to dual-boot Chimera OS with Windows 11? What I'd like to do is have Chimera be my main games-centric OS, free from bloatware and have Windows 11 left completely untouched. I've been watching this channel for a while now and these recent videos have been catching my attention, getting me excited for the possibility of finally having a more true console-like PC gaming experience. The new GamepadUI, Valve provided, was just extra incentive to capitalize on this pursuit.
I am considering building something similar for personal use but with significant difference: no full desktop mode, just game mode, nothing superadvanced only what is necessary. For maintenance i was thinking perhaps ssh so you can ssh from your laptop to replace deprecated stuff, otherwise idea for updating and upgrading involves creating option inside settings to update. There is something else i could implement though it requires bit more research.
It would be so cool if the devs had their own gaming console or hardware with their chimera os on it. I know the market is a bit tight atm but i would support it.
I love chimera. It's been more compatible with steam games that otherwise didn't run ok other os. But i could never get the integrated retro emulators working (the ps2 ones at least)
I have a system I'm looking to finish next week. I was going to go for HoloISO to put EmuDeck on, but if it works with ChimeraOS, I'd consider switching over.
Just waiting for the AYA Neo 2 QAM support before I switch it over. I absolutey despise using windows on a handheld now that i've used a steamdeck, but apparently chimera still doesn't support Aya buttons so you can't access menus and such.
It depends on the Aya Neo device. My Aya Neo Air Pro's Aya+QAM buttons work on ChimeraOS, but the Aya Neo 2's buttons work differently. The ChimeraOS devs are working on a fix for the Aya Neo 2, but you're right, it's currently not working for the Aya Neo 2.
For this type of setup you could get more performance for your money by having a 3600X/3800X just something with either alot more frequency or both more cores/threads and frequency.
Great video ETA Prime!!!! Are you using the stock PSU? I've been thinking of going Radeon RX 6600 but not sure if the stock PSU can handle it. I have that same Pavillion and I need to know if I need a new PSU. Thanks for your advice.
nvidia not working well with linux isn't something valve can fix. Any linux distro doesnt work too well with nvidia because nvidia is closed source, while AMD is open source and easy to work with. Nvidia needs to fully support linux to work better.
Great! That is the content I am looking for! What size is this PSU to run the RX 6600? +ETA PRIME I bought a similar HP Pavilion 595 with a Ryzen 2600, GTX 1050 2GB and a 310 Watt PSU a year ago. Now running a 1050 Ti but wanted to upgrade to a cheap RX 5700 XT. *But I am not sure about the 310 Watt of the HP OEM PSU with its custom plugs!* *Does the PSU in your PC have 400 Watt or more?* What does it pull from the wall with that RX 6600? Are there any tricks or adapters that are advised to run a more befier GPU? How can I make sure it's relativly safe? Does make undervolting a significant difference?! I think the upgradeability of these cheap HP Desktop systems is a great topic to look further into. Also in tearms of cooling and fresh air! And I do like this Chimera OS! It great to test it on an older, second SSD many people should already have at home. I'll definetly look into this! Greetings from Germany!
Hm, looks nice. But what about first boot experience? Also mesa driver is 22.3.4, but 23.0 has been released on Feb 23, if it's arch based it should receive it, isn't it?
This is very good for a steamdeck but for a desktop gaming I would use Manjaro or openSUSE. However, all of them are very good with CPU thread performances and AMD Mesa/Vulkan, of course.
It's possible to run gamescope using a compatible iGPU and use prime-run to use the Nvidia card itself to play the games. It's a workaround that seems to work fairly well.
@@mar2ck_ not every linux distro has the exact same version of gamescope if it has it at all for stability reasons. Steamos/holoiso and chimera might not have it if the version of gamescope with nvidia support is deemed unstable.
I wonder does this build has cd/dvd drivers built in. I love holoiso, but I have a project that I'm working on where I can have both gaming and home theater options.
I installed this OS on my mini pc with an intel 9500 just so i can stream from my main gamin pc but i cant get the sound out (display port) to hdmi.. but really impressive!
So I have a i3-10105 and rtx a2000 in a SFF HP pc and had to go with Tiny11 then I simply ran a script to use Steam Big Picture which basicly the exact same ui and the performance is fantastic but if this OS ever gets nvidia support I would def try it out
Please make a video showing how to configure retro arch and controllers for retro arch on Chimera OS, I can get mine to work but it should be running a lot smoother then it is. Performance and input wise.
Testing ChimeraOS because HoloISO gives a black screen after install and the internet is not so helpful in solving that. I know its not your usual but a video on how to fix that would be amazing since nothing seems to exist.
The main problem for me is that the file system is locked. meaning that even if you unlock it every time it updated you lose all changes that you did except for your home folder...
/etc is also kept, so you can configure a lot of stuff, if you really need to configure other things you can just fork the project and use your own version too.
the only thing stopping me from doing this is my download speed... times are tough and i went from being able to download a game in like 20-30 minutes to 2 or 3 days hah... im so sad but food is more important at the moment
@@needlesandsonics5819 i think a 20gig game right now would take me like 8ish hours to download. and most of the games im playing right now are pushing 80gigs+ and i dont really want to leave my pc running all night just to download them. honestly i wish i had a older laptop i could throw a linux distro on and just network them together so i could transfer between pc's but the laptop i did have i donated to local charity getting kids pc's or laptops when covid hit.
Would it be worth using ChimeraOS on lower-end systems (such as Optiplex 3050 with Iris) vs Windows? Is the performance any better? Because that 3050 you recommended is thoroughly underwhelming..
@@clc6433 dang, this why im skeptic about getting an optiplex, even just for emulation. Sometimes the spec is just perfect but then you run it and its slower than expected.
Does anyone know if you can get this to use the beta and do the shared install feature from other computers on the network? This is def more appealing since Holoiso can't fully update and updates keep erroring out in desktop.
Hey man, how are you? I'm from Brazil and I want to test this Chimera OS. Not just for Steam games, but for Retro consoles. I'm currently using Batocera, but I'm having difficulties with emulator settings. Browsing the net, I found this Chimera and became interested. I have a box with: CPU: Xeon E3 1270 V2 GPU: Radeon RX 580 8GB 2048SP RAM: 16GB HDD: 4TB MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2H Can I play retro consoles and these Steam games?
This would be nice to run everything on the AMD gpu, but use the Intel iGPU to encode for Sunshine running in flatpak (I have not figured out how to do that yet...)
Honestly, it depends on the games you are playing + the experience you want. Do you want a very console-like experience? ChimeraOS. Want to play tons of anti-cheat games? Windows.
Hey I don't know if you noticed but the Green LED on the front of that hp gets extremely hot mine got so hot it started milking the plastic I had a disconnect it I'm not sure if that happens at all units
Is there any way to have it organize video content with meta data? I use Kodi for a home theater PC with games handled by switching to RetroArch. It's a clunky way to do things, and I'm always on the lookout for HTPC software that will boot with a machine and do videos and games through a single interface. My less tech-savvy family just won't get over any kind of significant speed bumps. Also, the cabin has no access to the internet, so anything that it's going to do must be doable offline (it can require internet to set up, download metadata, etc., just not for operation once set up).
So can I just pick gamemode or doninjave to sign in with Steam ? Cause for whatever reason I click game mode it goes back and than goes back to the desktop
Hey! It's that OS I work on! I just wanted to let you know I'm working on a ton of different methods to use the iGPU to render gamescope to allow the user to use the Nvidia card to play games. I don't have all the hardware to do proper testing myself, but with the help of the community I was able to confirm that if you have a ryzen CPU that has an iGPU that it DOES work amazingly well.
doing god's work
Is there any increase in performance with Chimeraos vs SteamOS/Holo Iso?
Hey great work! How’s the compatibility with Nvidia cards otherwise? Been dying to put together a living room Linux PC but I only have an RTX 2070 Super available
@@Games-tx1zc It'll work, but gamescope/gamepadui have odd color corruption and scaling issues. I wouldn't recommend it at all unless you enjoy tinkering and finding solutions to problems. It isn't a "just works" situation I'm afraid.
Amazing stuff! Thank you for including the desktop mode!
Chimera has a bunch of very good and dedicated devs, they also try to do things right instead of rushing which is very nice for people that want to focus on the gaming experience instead of tinkering. The community is also generally very welcoming and open
we're very lucky to have so many dedicated foss devs ! send em love folks
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Does it work with pirated games ?
There is another great distro called Nobara OS which makes it easy to get up and running with AAA games, and even includes all of the required dependencies for DaVinci Resolve pre-installed.
Installing nobara 36 to my ps4 atm 😁
It is a good distro even though i problems with it lol. Cant even use it
I tried yesterday. Does not work properly on GTX 750ti, however it has a support for Nvidia and newest drivers installed under os itself. After some time it refused to load with white screen. Also, it lags in full screen mode. Not stable.
@@proximacentauri3358 Yeah nvidia stuff make crazy on linux system
Valve really needs to realease an official ISO for any PC, with the same updates as the Deck, plus full Nvidia support. Then we will have the definitive Linux gaming experience on desktop.
It's a colossal work to make it compatible with all variations of PC components, there's too many of them... Not to mention companies usually not being too cooperative... like Intel and Nvidia. Microsoft also just sucks and is a mess but at least here they finally would not matter.
@@cosminmilitaru9920 arch already runs on everything
@@cosminmilitaru9920 It already works with AMD, they just have to implement the Nvidia drivers
@@cosminmilitaru9920 No the linux kernel contains all the drivers for hardware, distro maintainers aren't writing drivers for every piece of hardware out there. Valve just need to make an official distribution and add some features for use on a generic PC. Maybe things like changing the Deck icons if using it on a PC, default boot into desktop mode, etc. just quality of life things
Kinda like the words "Military Intelligence" lol.
Was considering this for a living room gaming PC, rather than running Windows. I'd be curious to see how seamless the front end is for emulation as well as how it performs.
the emulation is about as smooth as windows 10 but with no bloat at all
I'm running it like this with my old trusty rx vega54 amd card and an i9-9900k. My desktop PC has seen me rarely for game, since I build this living room pc. I think it's really stunning how it performs in 1080p upscaled to a 4K-TV with fsr. I can get 60fps in any game so far, with adjusted graphics settings, of course.
@@handsomejack4094 Except half the emulators aren't even supported on Linux.
Like, forget about running Xenia on Linux.
@@harryshuman9637Bruh who said half ? Almost every emulator has a Linux build.
@@harryshuman9637 You got a point, I think the OG Xbox emulator isn't on Linux either. I feel that for many 360 games though, there are PC versions/alternatives
Thanks for showcasing our latest work. Been lurking around your videos for a while and all your builds are nice candidates for this. Kudos and thank you again!
Thank you for showcasing all of these other great distros! Love seeing all of these fantastic choices to go with other than windows.
I’m really excited for what Linux has in store for 2023. I feel like it made some decent steps in 22 so 23 will just be bigger and better!
Oh man, this makes me really want to build the HTPC + Gaming PC I've had planned for a while... just waiting on prices to be more accessible
Couch pc gaming is awesome, I got a couch desk so I mouse and keyboard while reclining back with my feet up lol
You can start with some low end stuff and upgrade it over time
6950xt best price you're gonna get. Recommend it
Thinking strongly about doing my main gaming rig at home soon with this distro.
Bro, I literally was thinking about building a PC and running off of the same OS just yesterday. Are you like, reading my mind? 😂
The biggest reason why I want to do it is besides making a home gaming PC that's like a console, is that I want something to play my games on while I stream it to my Steam Deck.
@Slywerk Can steam deck OS run emulators and arcade games like the steam deck itself can?
@Slywerk Thanks, yea I'm building a little emulation machine with an HP Elite 800 G3. Dropping an intel I7-6700 in it and just got one of the AMD 6400 SFF cards for it.
Now do some benchmark comparisons between ChimeraOS and Windows OS. I'd like to see how much worse FPS is with Chimera and especially the 1% lows.
This is about Linux gaming. Why would he benchmark it against windows? Your statement already assumes it’s worse so why bother? Do the damn benchmarks yourself while Linux users enjoy their games.
one of the best channels , I actually learned a lot from your channel
he shows us how to get a decent budget friendly hardware , and showcases many softwares like in this video .
I realy appriciate your hard work
Set up a 2600x + 2070 Super build over the weekend and was getting an error trying to install HoloISO, so I went the ChimeraOS route, and it was flawless. Great option with a smaller installation footprint to boot.
The reason you got the error with HoloISO is that the dev removed support from Nvidia from it. Had too many issues with it. I had to get an AMD card so I could use it.
@@JamesMetcalf77 I ended up doing the same thing, picked up a 6750XT and it worked without an issue. Still sticking with Chimera for now though since it's running really well for it.
@@Krakn3Dfx I tried to install Chimera the other day and the damn thing wouldn't boot. Used Balena and Rufus to make the USB drive. Even tried an ISO emulator and the system wouldn't boot it. Tried a Windows ISO and no boot issues. Gave up on it for now.
Glad to see a followup on this I think you did one when this was still GamerOS. And with the newest version using the Steamdeck interface its Pretty cool O.S.
I love seeing you give good press and exposure to devs in the gaming community. It is a very selfless and excellent use of your platform. Mad respect. I'll certainly be testing this out after seeing it here. :-)
Great insight always appreciate your different, unique take on extending older hardware shelf life! Especially who among us does not have an underutilized older laptop or rig lying around collecting e-waste dust.
This might be perfect for the 4K setup I've been working on. Easy access to title-agnostic FSR is so handy.
I was thinking the same thing. I just squeezed the trigger on a new sff couch PC with one of those AliExpress 6600M gpu's. Looking forward to using this as a main distro. Fedora is what I run otherwise on my gaming desktops, but something about this seems to make sense for the TV.
Chimera vs Steam os vs windows comparison would be awesome!
Maybe a second video showing the Web UI and installing non-Steam games?
You can also get fsr 2.0 to work usually where fsr is supported, if you mess around a bit.
As soon as I received my Asus Rog Ally, i'll install directly this OS on it.
I got a Dell SFF with a i7-4970 from work for free. I added a used 1TB HDD and 8GB from my parts bin, and got a LP RX550 4GB off eBay for $50.
Great for a my 1080p 60FPS machine for my living room TV.
Wow! How cool is this with a ryzen mini pc like Beelink or Minisforum products! Love it!
Thanks, Prime. Chimera's come a lonnnnnnng way.
Thanks! This was exactly what I was looking for in terms of a gaming setup OS.
Really nice operating system! Thank you for letting us know!
Thanks for the review! I will really consider it for my laptop! 😄
Ur videos were so much inspiring to me
I am watching ur videos from two years
I tried ChimeraOS on a 7700x + RTX 4090 machine, and indeed encountered artifacts when I plugged my monitor to the 4090 directly. Whenever I set the screen resolution to 4k, there's just insane artifacts when any game mode UI or 3rd party launcher is on screen.
However if I plug the monitor into the motherboard HDMI port, everything just works fine and there's no artifact. I can even get the performance overlay. I can confirm that the system was rendering with the 4090 too, since there's no way the 7700x iGPU can handle AAA games like Elden Ring or Cyberpunk 2077 at 4k. Shadow of the Tomb Raider's launcher also provides a selector where you can specify which graphics device you want to use for rendering and the default for my setup was the 4090.
There is a problem with this workaround though. I can't seem to get games to run above 60fps in game mode. I've disabled gamescope's framerate limiter, and have set the screen to 4k 120hz in setting. Both steam's overlay and cyberpunk's benchmark counter report the game's capped at 60. While in desktop mode I can get ~90fps at same graphics settings.
Anyway using an nvidia card in this OS is just pointless. The only reason I did it was I didn't have an AMD card. With Nvidia you get all the shortcomings and non of the benefits. Nvidia specific features like RTX, reflex and DLSS are all unusable with proton.
They should make a steam deck flip with built in keyboard and external mouse
Due to compatibility with some of my favorite games, I'll probably stick with windows. That being said it's awesome seeing how far gaming on linux has come, and I'd love to jump in if it werent for a couple things.
Only a couple?
NVIDIA's support when it comes to Linux distro has been a big 'NO' but glad to see ChimeraOS developers taking their time to make their gaming oriented OS compatible with NVIDIA graphic cards in addition to AMD ones. Gaming PCs with chipsets incompatible with Windows 11 such as 7th gen Intel & earlier as well as Zen (1st gen) should take the advantage of installing this distro.
I just recently built my first PC. Unfortunately I decided to go with Intel and Nvidia and use Windows, because it's what I'm more familiar with.
But I have messed around with Linux Mint on my old school laptop and Steam OS on the deck. If I do decide to build another PC in the future I'd definitely would consider going AMD and using this OS.
I have a nice Corsair One Pro (intel CPU/Nvidia GPU) that would love to repurpose for Steamdeck OS when the OS gets to where it needs for it. Looking forward to future reviews with Intel/Nvidia hardware.
Even if you have an older 5700XT laying around it'll be a perfect companion for this 3600/3600X CPU
Currently using Windows for gaming. But this distro seems very interesting, I have to test this out, even comparing games performances against Windows!
I was just going to ask if you would review this! Great OS.
I have no experience in performing the following, so any help and detail would be most welcome: is it possible to dual-boot Chimera OS with Windows 11? What I'd like to do is have Chimera be my main games-centric OS, free from bloatware and have Windows 11 left completely untouched. I've been watching this channel for a while now and these recent videos have been catching my attention, getting me excited for the possibility of finally having a more true console-like PC gaming experience. The new GamepadUI, Valve provided, was just extra incentive to capitalize on this pursuit.
This is timely. I'm upgrading an HP Pavilion from the late 2000s for entry-level gaming and I'm looking for options.
Really interesting. Will install it on some devices. Thanks!
I am considering building something similar for personal use but with significant difference: no full desktop mode, just game mode, nothing superadvanced only what is necessary. For maintenance i was thinking perhaps ssh so you can ssh from your laptop to replace deprecated stuff, otherwise idea for updating and upgrading involves creating option inside settings to update. There is something else i could implement though it requires bit more research.
It would be so cool if the devs had their own gaming console or hardware with their chimera os on it. I know the market is a bit tight atm but i would support it.
I love chimera. It's been more compatible with steam games that otherwise didn't run ok other os.
But i could never get the integrated retro emulators working (the ps2 ones at least)
I have a system I'm looking to finish next week. I was going to go for HoloISO to put EmuDeck on, but if it works with ChimeraOS, I'd consider switching over.
Wow I thought that card wouldn’t fit. I might have to try this as Holoiso isn’t too great in desktop mode.
I definitely wanna try this. This looks interesting.
Just waiting for the AYA Neo 2 QAM support before I switch it over. I absolutey despise using windows on a handheld now that i've used a steamdeck, but apparently chimera still doesn't support Aya buttons so you can't access menus and such.
It depends on the Aya Neo device. My Aya Neo Air Pro's Aya+QAM buttons work on ChimeraOS, but the Aya Neo 2's buttons work differently.
The ChimeraOS devs are working on a fix for the Aya Neo 2, but you're right, it's currently not working for the Aya Neo 2.
@@aru3 yeah that's the device I have.
what does the game mode look like just with emulators installed please? considering trying this over Batocera. thank you.
3:28 You said "But with this latest update" twice.
deskTOP :D
Finals they added a Desktop and Gamepadui. I will use Chimera now in my living room PC 🎉
For this type of setup you could get more performance for your money by having a 3600X/3800X just something with either alot more frequency or both more cores/threads and frequency.
5:26 - Who needs Software Center when there is the terminal to use? xD
I wonder how it'll run on the steam deck in comparison to stock SteamOS 3
For the console experience. I will try 30 fps.
Great video ETA Prime!!!! Are you using the stock PSU? I've been thinking of going Radeon RX 6600 but not sure if the stock PSU can handle it. I have that same Pavillion and I need to know if I need a new PSU. Thanks for your advice.
nvidia not working well with linux isn't something valve can fix. Any linux distro doesnt work too well with nvidia because nvidia is closed source, while AMD is open source and easy to work with. Nvidia needs to fully support linux to work better.
Great! That is the content I am looking for!
What size is this PSU to run the RX 6600? +ETA PRIME I bought a similar HP Pavilion 595 with a Ryzen 2600, GTX 1050 2GB and a 310 Watt PSU a year ago. Now running a 1050 Ti but wanted to upgrade to a cheap RX 5700 XT. *But I am not sure about the 310 Watt of the HP OEM PSU with its custom plugs!*
*Does the PSU in your PC have 400 Watt or more?* What does it pull from the wall with that RX 6600?
Are there any tricks or adapters that are advised to run a more befier GPU? How can I make sure it's relativly safe? Does make undervolting a significant difference?!
I think the upgradeability of these cheap HP Desktop systems is a great topic to look further into. Also in tearms of cooling and fresh air!
And I do like this Chimera OS! It great to test it on an older, second SSD many people should already have at home. I'll definetly look into this!
Greetings from Germany!
Dumb queston ... so using this OS gives better gaming experience as compated to windows?
@Don_Coyote noted, thanks!
what would be a good source to learn the basics in setting up a Linux distribution for gaming pc
@Don_Coyote Got it... thank you! I really want to give this a try, really appreciated :)
ETA prime I love your channel! Can you do a review on Garuda Linux?
Damn... I thought you were going to show me something I can do with this exact computer I bought but then you showed me you upgraded it 😥
Hm, looks nice. But what about first boot experience? Also mesa driver is 22.3.4, but 23.0 has been released on Feb 23, if it's arch based it should receive it, isn't it?
This is very good for a steamdeck but for a desktop gaming I would use Manjaro or openSUSE. However, all of them are very good with CPU thread performances and AMD Mesa/Vulkan, of course.
The bios is atrocious on those pavilions. But when I was young, poor, and desperate for a gaming PC, it would absolutely be a great value build.
I don't think that valve can do much when it comes to Nvidia support. Nvidia + Wayland had always been a headache but they're fixing it :)
It's possible to run gamescope using a compatible iGPU and use prime-run to use the Nvidia card itself to play the games. It's a workaround that seems to work fairly well.
They certainly are dragging their feet about though
The patch Nvidia sent in to get their driver working with Gamescope got merged quite a long time ago. Surely it should work now?
@@mar2ck_ not every linux distro has the exact same version of gamescope if it has it at all for stability reasons. Steamos/holoiso and chimera might not have it if the version of gamescope with nvidia support is deemed unstable.
Can I add specific emulators on the gaming UI? Or do I have to run the ROMs through each emulator separately?
I wonder does this build has cd/dvd drivers built in. I love holoiso, but I have a project that I'm working on where I can have both gaming and home theater options.
But with this lastest update but with this lastest update X2
Awesome video I'm running it on my aya neo pro amazing os
I installed this OS on my mini pc with an intel 9500 just so i can stream from my main gamin pc but i cant get the sound out (display port) to hdmi.. but really impressive!
So I have a i3-10105 and rtx a2000 in a SFF HP pc and had to go with Tiny11 then I simply ran a script to use Steam Big Picture which basicly the exact same ui and the performance is fantastic but if this OS ever gets nvidia support I would def try it out
Well I will try it again, last time I tried it the desktop mode was missing alot of essential software to get a good experiance with it.
Please make a video showing how to configure retro arch and controllers for retro arch on Chimera OS, I can get mine to work but it should be running a lot smoother then it is. Performance and input wise.
I’d like to also say i really love this OS and for the most part its light and simple. It’s perfect for my current situation.
And the gui is Gnome instead of KDE Plasma like the stemdeck.
So, any particular recommendations for a vertical handheld that you can use to earn retro achievements. I have an rg280v and has no WiFi card
Testing ChimeraOS because HoloISO gives a black screen after install and the internet is not so helpful in solving that. I know its not your usual but a video on how to fix that would be amazing since nothing seems to exist.
can you try use this os with portable pc? I think this will be good for pc that is intended for portable gaming
The main problem for me is that the file system is locked. meaning that even if you unlock it every time it updated you lose all changes that you did except for your home folder...
/etc is also kept, so you can configure a lot of stuff, if you really need to configure other things you can just fork the project and use your own version too.
@@fabianoshz yes I could fork it, but why would I do that, when there are a lot of alternatives.
@@rhianor what kind of things you want to do that the locked filesystem is blocking you from doing?
@@fabianoshz install new software, for instance
@@fabianoshz and keep in mind that I don't hate it... Lol I have installed on my ayaneo.
I wonder how they got all the performance management options integrated into it. Does anyone know if this is possible on a regular desktop?
Do you have to switch to legacy boot in the bios like the previous version or does it finally allow to use UEFI?
I love your Videos!!
the only thing stopping me from doing this is my download speed... times are tough and i went from being able to download a game in like 20-30 minutes to 2 or 3 days hah... im so sad but food is more important at the moment
Not making light as I get the tough times now everywhere, but 2to 3 days? What are you d/l with? A 56k modem? Genuinely curious.
@@needlesandsonics5819 i think a 20gig game right now would take me like 8ish hours to download. and most of the games im playing right now are pushing 80gigs+ and i dont really want to leave my pc running all night just to download them. honestly i wish i had a older laptop i could throw a linux distro on and just network them together so i could transfer between pc's but the laptop i did have i donated to local charity getting kids pc's or laptops when covid hit.
OMG I loved theses pokeballs
Where do you buy them?
Would it be worth using ChimeraOS on lower-end systems (such as Optiplex 3050 with Iris) vs Windows? Is the performance any better? Because that 3050 you recommended is thoroughly underwhelming..
Why is it underwhelming if you don't mind me asking
@@gorebish7950 Can't even get F-Zero GX to run at stable 60 fps @720p using multiple versions of Dolphin and tweaks, for example.
@@clc6433 I'll have to see the eta video again to compare. But can that optiplex take a normal sized gpu?
@Gorebish Nope. It's the micro. I put an NVME and paired 16gb 2666 ram too; it's about as beefy as it can get.
@@clc6433 dang, this why im skeptic about getting an optiplex, even just for emulation. Sometimes the spec is just perfect but then you run it and its slower than expected.
Can you make a comparison video between chimera OS and Holo ISO?! 🤔
Does anyone know if you can get this to use the beta and do the shared install feature from other computers on the network?
This is def more appealing since Holoiso can't fully update and updates keep erroring out in desktop.
How is ChimeraOS vs a Steamdeck? I am looking more for a living room Steam games console. That or just build a windows PC in Big Picture mode.
Hey man, how are you?
I'm from Brazil and I want to test this Chimera OS.
Not just for Steam games, but for Retro consoles. I'm currently using Batocera, but I'm having difficulties with emulator settings.
Browsing the net, I found this Chimera and became interested.
I have a box with:
CPU: Xeon E3 1270 V2
GPU: Radeon RX 580 8GB 2048SP
RAM: 16GB
HDD: 4TB
MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2H
Can I play retro consoles and these Steam games?
What does ChimeraOs do?
Keep up the good work buddy!
This would be nice to run everything on the AMD gpu, but use the Intel iGPU to encode for Sunshine running in flatpak (I have not figured out how to do that yet...)
Thanks for the video! Nobara or Chimera for HX90g ? Unfortunately, i had little luck with holo iso😢
Can you please do a review on "Retrobat".
It reminds me a lot of Steam’s Big Picture mode. Maybe a little too much.
Hi!Can I ask to you how to activate the gamescope?
I have ChimeraOS actually installed on my PC but I don't know how use it.
Please!!
Is the frame time better with Linux than windows I get a lot of stuttering on my 6700xt in windows
Would you guys suggest installing Chimera OS or Tiny11 if I want to build a strictly gaming PC
Honestly, it depends on the games you are playing + the experience you want. Do you want a very console-like experience? ChimeraOS. Want to play tons of anti-cheat games? Windows.
would use Chimera
Hey I don't know if you noticed but the Green LED on the front of that hp gets extremely hot mine got so hot it started milking the plastic I had a disconnect it I'm not sure if that happens at all units
Is there any way to have it organize video content with meta data? I use Kodi for a home theater PC with games handled by switching to RetroArch. It's a clunky way to do things, and I'm always on the lookout for HTPC software that will boot with a machine and do videos and games through a single interface. My less tech-savvy family just won't get over any kind of significant speed bumps. Also, the cabin has no access to the internet, so anything that it's going to do must be doable offline (it can require internet to set up, download metadata, etc., just not for operation once set up).
So can I just pick gamemode or doninjave to sign in with Steam ? Cause for whatever reason I click game mode it goes back and than goes back to the desktop
So fsr can be used exactly the same way as it is on the steam deck?