If I used a 3200g CPU to get holoiso and paired it with a rx580 would that get better performance or even work at all. was considering make a small itx with some spair parts
ETA, I think you should install this on a mini pc and make a "console" out of it! I feel like that is a great use for Steam OS. Like the steam machine that never was
@@gordface EmuDeck is really messy and annoying, it's MUCH better to do it manually. Edit: if you want to use it, go ahead. It's just using a whole slew of emulators from sources I personally dislike, in folder arrangements that make no sense and have zero organization, and it leaves things all over the OS with no explanation. It's really not worth your time.
There are lots of videos already on it. Eta also made a video on comparison of gaming on windows and manjaro Linux(proton). While some games have lower performance some has performed better in Linux like witcher 3.
@@shlokshah5379 yes but using holoiso which also uses gamescope embedded mode, should run even better than any other distro because of the way this compositor works... So a comparison between windows 10 and Holo ISO could be epic on these type of apus
@@alejandroglfm I don't really know about gamescope but there are steam deck windows vs steam os videos already. Can you explain me what is gamescope and how does it increase performance?
@@shlokshah5379 steam deck windows doesn’t have same performance than a native steamdeckos cuz vid drivers etc, so holo pc vs windows pc make more sense
You've influenced my PC build decisions more than anyone else. Would dearly love to see Holoiso running on your recent all AMD build. Between these two videos it's made be go back to the drawing board and rethink/revisit what I'm trying to achieve in a gaming PC build. I've a RX 6600 XT on order from eBay. Was going to pair it with an i5-12400f and Manjaro KDE. Now thinking a 5600X and Holoiso would be a better experience.
I recently got this same laptop and my Steam Deck is having to be sent back to Valve for RMA this week (like a day or two after getting this laptop I got the dreaded GPU stuck at 400mHz issue 😂😣 what are the odds?). I got curious about trying SteamOS on it and this was the first result for "Steam OS on Lenovo Legion 5 Pro". This will make waiting on my replacement Deck easier to swallow. Thank you for this tutorial & I just wanted to say I have been a big fan of your content for a few years now. I love how the handheld market has been getting flooded the last few years. I definitely don't have the money to just buy a lot of them but watching you review them has been the next best thing. 😊
If anybody is like me where your wifi said "no station found wlan0" or whatever your wifi is called after trying to connect initially just restart the process and at the very beginning type "rfkill unblock wifi" and follow the steps shown in the video and you should be good to go with a SteamOS experience!
I found an i3 10100 sff HP for $180 the other week. Plan to put a RX 6400 in it and use SteamOS as the main OS and install some emulators as well. Perfect little living room setup.
You can use an android phone plugged into a usb port on the laptop/desktop with USB tethering enabled instead of an actual ethernet cable/adapter! I don't have broadband so I use my unlimited 4g data plan with my phones mobile hotspot, and USB tethering worked perfectly for me. Useful if you don't want to bother with enabling WiFi.
great bit of info. thanks! my local ISP had the worst customer service I've ever encountered, phone and in-person. And being the only option in town they get away with their crap service. Finally I said screw them, and now rely entirely off my mobile device for internet and hotspot.
Is it too much to ask if you can do something like comparing steam os vs other linux distros on the same hardware? I'm currently using Linux Mint now. Been contemplating lately if I'll try steamos given I've been playing games from my steam library under linux for weeks now. Just wondering if there is something I would gain switching to a dedicated gaming linux os.
In my experience friend; as SteamOS is built on Arch Linux. You can pretty much install all that comes with steam os anyways. I think something the steam OS adds that you might not have with a distro is stuff like the "sleep" feature with games. (Idk can you do that in mint already and power on and be right back in game?) But if you have the ability to play your games and such I'd argue that its not really needed in your case.
@@mathisblair2798 Nonono, isn't just "sleep", it's about it's built in compositor called gamescope, this thing is such a crazy software and all gamers should be using it right now. And not only that, Holo ISO runs gamescope on "embedded" mode which means that it pushes as much as it cans to use all the power on the hardware without loosing anything on services or background processes
I think the primary benefit is that you get an arch-based OS, latest drivers, latest features (you could install Manjaro which is a user-friendly version of Arch). With Steam OS you gain the ease of use while gaming (like toggling FSR on and off, changing refreshrate/framerate etc.) However the way SteamOS is currently set up, it focuses on "gaming first", meanwhile desktop and productivity is more of a side activity. You could always buy a really fast SD-card (an A2-class card like the Samsung Evo Plus) and basically keep your OS for productivity and then boot SteamOS from the SD-card for gaming. I would have it setup that the computer prioritize the SD-card during boot. that way you can choose if you want to "game" or be "productive" by inserting or removing the SD-Card during boot.
Steam OS 3 is build on Arch so it will work the same as let's say Manjaro KDE with the Steam client installed. Mint will be different as it is build on Debian.
The big change is here, its only a matter of months until companies start recommendations for steam OS with gaming laptops. Value used the steamdeck to prove more than just a point for handheld gaming but to showcase a seamless gaming operating system.
I hadn't checked but I thought Valve just released Steam OS 3, their release on the steam deck, for every PC. I'm sure they will at some point but this is cool that someone is doing this.
I got this working on an HP 650 G2, 8gb Ram, 6200u. It didn't work on the first attempt, but worked fine on the second go. Boots a little slowly even on an m.2 drive. There are some minor issues but it works.
With these great handhelds I think the next step is trying to find a steam deck to fit in your pocket. I've complained about this already but I really want like a phone with integrated gamepad. A steam deck that can fit in your pocket would be amazing
ETA Prime i loved your video. i will add that installing holoiso for a onexplayer has more steps that need to be done to get it fully functioning. if you would make a video about that I think that would get you a lot of likes. would love to work with you on the steps if needed.
Hey ETA, is possible for you to make an install/setup for the AMD Aya Neo and OneXplayer handhelds? I found it to be a bit more challenging to install on those types of machines.
Installed this on my custom desktop: Ryzen 7 1700, ASUS B350 Prime, 32GB Corsair DDR4, 500GB WD Green M.2, Sapphire RX580 8GB, generic USB-BT module, ASUS AC-88 PCI-e WiFi, Razer Basilisk wired mouse, Keychron K2 BT keyboard. WiFi doesn't work because the drivers aren't part of the Linux kernel (I didn't expect it to). Bluetooth works great for my Xbox wireless (One S style, BT) & Keychron keyboard. RX580 graphics work well, but I haven't seen them beat Windows 10 native graphics yet (I've only tested 3 games, all via proton none for any native Linux games). Even though I have a 165Hz monitor SteamOS only seems to be able to output to 144Hz, and so far no game has broken 60FPS even though I have he SteamOS frame cap off. Heroic Game Launcher installed for GOG games, which can be added to Steam as a "game" which allows for any games launched from HGL to have the Steam FPS overlay. Overall impressed with it so far, going to put some more time into it over the coming days.
Can you check if Remote Play is available on this Steam Deck OS? If so, this means we could potentially install this on an old nuc or minipc and get a better experience than the old Steam Big Picture remote play.
Hey I don't know if you've done this before but would love to see your thoughts on a Holo iso as a daily driver using the desktop mode and swapping back and forth between steam mode and desktop mode.
This is going to change everything for the PC gaming landscape. Aside from the IP's Nintendo or Sony may own, handheld PC's like the Steam Deck, AYA, or AYN devices will easily be alternatives to home consoles and portable gaming. Thoughts?
I think about how powerful handheld devices will be in 5-10 years. Unfortunately eventually streaming will take over the mainstream and local hardware won't matter anymore.
@@Macky4941 They have been saying that drivel for years now, I tell you what, the day they get rid of physical gaming, is the day I find a new hobby, or stick with pure retro
Thank you for the detailed video. Installed it on onexplayer amd with a usb drive and I can dual boot to windows/steamos now! Now I have a larger steam deck 😅.
Hi question I'm trying to install it on my onexplayer 5700u and I'm using a network adapter and finish the installation but after the first boot and I press enter stays there and the screen stays like it wants to boot but stays there any suggestions o and I'm trying to install it on a 32gb usb drive
@@tapoutms5608 IIRC this also happened to me, but I think the screen is out of the frame, did you try connecting it to external display? Also from the boot menu selection screen you need to select advance option and select the holoiso from the menu list @11:58 in the video here. This adds wifi support for OXP. I installed it on a 64gb usb drive.
@@TBoneX1 thank you I try all that and the screen stays black like is trying to boot and nothing happens I wait like 5min and nothing I just press the turn off button and try again and nothing
@@tapoutms5608 It could be that something went corrupt during the installation. you can try to do the whole process again as my processor is also the 5700U there isn't any reason for it to fail unless a problem with the installation. I didn't use a network adaptor but connected to the wifi and did the whole installation.
@@TBoneX1 Thank you I did all the proses 3 times without the adapter only with wifi and still the same stays on the black screen and I also connect it to a monitor so I try another usb drive and bypass the black screen and now ask me for my user and pass but when I type them something else comes up my user@myuser do you know what is that
I feel like this would be more useful on a home console like the PS4/Pro or PS5 or the XBox One /X or XBox Series S/X not on a laptop/desktop PC which the Steam big picture mode can give a similar enough experience & you can try to improve performance through the PC settings with the gpu software interface. Still interesting to know you can do this on your Laptop/PC but I'd only be interested in doing this for my for a PS4/Pro or other Home console not my desktop PC or laptop, but clearly others have wanted to do it on their laptop /desktop & good for them that they can now do that.
Can you make a tutorial on how to install the new holoiso-staging version (he previous version got discontinued). I can boot in the preview version from my USB Key, but after installing and rebooting, it gets stuck every time. Cheers.
I'm a great fan of yours since a long time. Keep up the good work. Had a question. Is there a way to install steam OS on android. Also, can we store the games on online drives like google drive and play?
One of my initial tests with HoloISO was on the Atari VCS 800 that I got in the $99 GameStop sale. Solid (but not Steam Deck level) performance and a relatively hassle free experience as long as you can get in to the VCS BIOS to disable secure boot and change the boot order.
Nice! I have a system sitting here AMD 5600 (6c/12t) with an RX 6900XT and 16GB memory. The only time its on anymore is for Steam. Maybe I should try this. I would love to see a video on navigating the UI to setup a second drive for games though. In normal steam Ihave a 4tb NVMe as my game library and my smaller 512gb NVMe is my OS drive. I would like to keep that similar.
I just followed your instructions, everything went smoothly and got into steamos just fine, then realized it was limited to 720p on games launched from gamescope and 60hz, there's a config file that can be changed for this but then the scaling didn't work for me, do you know what I would need to do to get this to work on a 4k 120hz panel? I have an LG C1 OLED display and would LOVE to get this working correctly, thanks a lot for all your videos, really appreciate what you do!
11:21 (just after the colorful TXT slow down video!) not mentioned but esentialy you need to create Hostname/Password and User/Password in case you were confused as I was xD
I tried to dual boot with windows, even using different drives for each OS, but failed. In my case when I get to the recovery session and choose SteamOS, it shows me the message: "failed to start jupiter bios update service" and it stops there. Any idea what am I doing wrong? I got a Ryzen5 3600, Msi b450 Tomahawk and a Radeon Rx470 gpu.
Going to be installing on asus zephyrus m15 soon. 9th gen i7, Rtx 2070 max q, 32gb dual channel 3200mhz. Going to pair perfectly with my 512gb deck arriving today. Will update.
HP Elitedesk that one that you posted a while back there was a bunch on ebay. I was not able to install on a partition nor an external drive it didnt see them. Once I formatted the extra partition in Windows the holo install saw it but gave errors about it being in use and I should reboot. Tried that twice. I then sacerficed my windows install and chose the full nvme drive like in the video. After that it would come to what looked like a booted os but it was black and squished the mouse worked and would turn into a hand in the corners. I eventually powered it off. On power up it did some updates and back to the same screen. Powered off and on again. This time back at the update screen but this time all the text was boxes. I powered off and booted up one last time before giving up and reinstalling windows and this time it worked. I think perhaps it was because of my 4k screen not sure but it was able to sort itself out in the end. Would still like to dual-boot it through.
Would love to know if you could still cast to another device using moonlight from within this OS. I have my gaming pc in the office but like to play my games via moonlight to my shield TV in the family room
not sure if i prefer an xbox series s or a zotac magnus barebone with steam deck os installed and a geforce rtx 3060 in it. @4:30 edit: ah only few apu / gpu are working, should try to learn more about this before making a decision.
Would this give a better experience than installing Arch Linux and Steam for Linux? Can I still install whatever I want on the Linux desktop, like emulators, or is it partly locked down?
So far ive installed holoiso on a 2012 & 2014 mac mini, skull canyon and devil's canyon intel nuc kits using razer core x with RX6700xt RX 580 and RX 6800XT as testing gpu's and on my main rig Ryzen based R7 5800x with RX6900 XT my main rig was the only one that gave me problems and i found out that its my sound card Soundblaster AE-9 and having a second monitor connected once i unplugged the monitor and removed the sound card the install was smooth as butter. I just reinstalled the sound card after i got Holoiso installed and it boots fine....
Did not work on a GTX 970 system (Ryzen 3 1200 CPU). It seems the (3rd) option to select NVIDIA does not install proper modules for the kernel. This was the case with Ubuntu/ Solus/ etc. updates 2-3 years back, so it should have been tested by the HoloISO team before adding "NVIDIA 9xx+" promptly. We cannot apply the same fixes as earlier because gamescope is not X11. Lots of issues reported for NVIDIA on the git forum. We need to wait a few more releases (NVIDIA did release some of their code as open source recently) for the green side to jump in.
Heads up! The live image will boot into KDE, which has some janky stuff in it. AVOID THAT MESS by typing CTRL+ALT+F2 then login as root by typing root then pick up where Eta Prime talks about iwctrl.
Shame that it only supports Nvidia's 900+ series graphics cards. I have an old Alienware Alpha kicking around that I'd love to install SteamOS on, but the GPU in it is basically a 750ti. This would work on the R2, but it was never a Steam Machine so it's less fun.
really love your video's and greatly influenced my decision recently to get an UM690. It arrived this week and i set it up with the 5600 Mhz RAM and trying things out now. There are a few games that dont run properly under windows (borderlands 3 for instance) and i am keen to try Steam OS. However, rather than throwing out my current windows installation i would prefer to run SteamOS as a dual boot, either on a second partition on the M.2 drive, or on a secondary drive i can install in the UM690. Before i go there however, i wanted to try running SteamOS from an external drive / USB. I've seen you do this on your other video's and it looked very cool. However, i cant find anything anywhere explaining how i make install SteamOS onto a USB drive. I keep getting stuff telling me how to make an installation USB for SteamOS. Is this something you could help with?
sorry. i just went through your video again, and it mentions it in the middle. if there is any way to do that straight from windows that would be a great help. but otherwise i know how to make it work. thx
I am using Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15 Laptop, 15.6" FHD Display, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, 8GB RAM, 256GB Storage. When follow these steps I choose the NVIDA drivers when it reboots the initial Steam setup boot screen comes up but its not centered. The Steam logo comes up in the bottom right so I can't see any setup items. Help?
Question first, then explanation: Can I install the Steam OS within a Windows environment so that, when I boot up Steam, it will be the Deck-style Steam OS instead of the standard Steam OS I'd normally be installing? In other words, not REPLACING Windows, but rather installing it as a "program" of sorts to be accessed from WITHIN Windows? (More:) The reason I ask is this: I have the Steam Deck and I love it, but I have loads of preexisting PC games that for one reason or another don't want to work well within the official Deck OS. One good example is Dead By Daylight, which I actually own THROUGH Steam, but which cannot normally be played on the Deck because its third party anticheat program prevents it. So, I got a 1TB micro SD card, installed Windows on it, and now have that game and dozens more on the card. I can choose to either boot into the Steam Deck OS, where all my official Steam games and emulators are, or my micro SD card, which is a Windows environment and thus runs everything through Windows. So here's the thing: Since I still have need for Steam to be installed on the Windows card, I would love for that version of Steam to be Steam 3, the nice one that comes installed on the Deck and not the more stripped down and basic version of Steam that one would normally download within Windows. Is there any way I can get Steam 3 onto my Windows card, performing more or less like a regular executable, or is it mandatory that Steam OS be the actual operating environment of the card itself?
I was wondering the same. That should be possible as far as I know but I'm still a Linux noob so i could be wrong. You just won't be able to dual boot with a GRUB screen, but it should be possible to switch between the Windows drive and the HoloOS drive from BIOS, and that OS will boot up everytime by default until you go back to bios and switch to the other OS drive.. This could be a little pain to go into bios each time you want to switch OS as opposed to just having a GRUB screen which you would get with other Linux desktop distros. Hope i made sense.
WHat Hardware have you tried this on so far, and did it work?
Texas Instruments calculator is the only thing in my current budget
My seven-year-old motherboard has a GTX 970 on it with 16 gigs ram DDR3 🧙♂️ is this gonna work on that?
I wanted to try it in virtualbox but it said no bootable media for some reason. I have also put it on my ventoy usb drive with same issue.
If I used a 3200g CPU to get holoiso and paired it with a rx580 would that get better performance or even work at all. was considering make a small itx with some spair parts
I just installed Pop-Os on a used surface pro 4. Even got the touchscreen to "work". I kinda want to install this on it lol.
ETA, I think you should install this on a mini pc and make a "console" out of it! I feel like that is a great use for Steam OS. Like the steam machine that never was
Agreed
and then maybe use emudeck to setup emulation if it works on hardware other than the deck (i dont see why it wouldnt). Love the content!
I would love to see this on a powerful PC and then some sort of Steam Link over 2.5Gb Ethernet but a Steam Link that uses the newer UI as well.
I am waiting for a video like that, I really wanna make a "Steam Console" Been saving up my steam games for it lol
@@gordface EmuDeck is really messy and annoying, it's MUCH better to do it manually.
Edit: if you want to use it, go ahead. It's just using a whole slew of emulators from sources I personally dislike, in folder arrangements that make no sense and have zero organization, and it leaves things all over the OS with no explanation. It's really not worth your time.
Straight forward straight to the point no BS, thank you!
and the best part your getting rid of the bloatware you pc came with windows it self🤣🤣🤣
It will be a great topic to compare gaming performance between SteamOS and Windows on a PC.
There are lots of videos already on it. Eta also made a video on comparison of gaming on windows and manjaro Linux(proton). While some games have lower performance some has performed better in Linux like witcher 3.
@@shlokshah5379 yes but using holoiso which also uses gamescope embedded mode, should run even better than any other distro because of the way this compositor works... So a comparison between windows 10 and Holo ISO could be epic on these type of apus
@@alejandroglfm I don't really know about gamescope but there are steam deck windows vs steam os videos already. Can you explain me what is gamescope and how does it increase performance?
@@shlokshah5379 steam deck windows doesn’t have same performance than a native steamdeckos cuz vid drivers etc, so holo pc vs windows pc make more sense
You lose or gain 5-10 fps in most games
My WLAN is also named The LAN Before Time lol. Great video and fantastic tutorial, thanks!
You've influenced my PC build decisions more than anyone else.
Would dearly love to see Holoiso running on your recent all AMD build.
Between these two videos it's made be go back to the drawing board and rethink/revisit what I'm trying to achieve in a gaming PC build.
I've a RX 6600 XT on order from eBay. Was going to pair it with an i5-12400f and Manjaro KDE. Now thinking a 5600X and Holoiso would be a better experience.
I don't get it. What is the problem with using 12400f+6600XT? HoloISO supports it, doesn't it?
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Eww manjaro
I recently got this same laptop and my Steam Deck is having to be sent back to Valve for RMA this week (like a day or two after getting this laptop I got the dreaded GPU stuck at 400mHz issue 😂😣 what are the odds?). I got curious about trying SteamOS on it and this was the first result for "Steam OS on Lenovo Legion 5 Pro". This will make waiting on my replacement Deck easier to swallow. Thank you for this tutorial & I just wanted to say I have been a big fan of your content for a few years now. I love how the handheld market has been getting flooded the last few years. I definitely don't have the money to just buy a lot of them but watching you review them has been the next best thing. 😊
I miss these tutorials please more of these again I’ll be definitely going try this out
If anybody is like me where your wifi said "no station found wlan0" or whatever your wifi is called after trying to connect initially just restart the process and at the very beginning type "rfkill unblock wifi" and follow the steps shown in the video and you should be good to go with a SteamOS experience!
This looks amazing. Feels like it would be a great fit for other handhelds like the AYN Loki
Thank you, I needed this! I am turning an old desktop into a game streaming/emulation machine.
Did it work?
Wow, So we can have it installed in the upcoming Rog Ally? PERFECT
I found an i3 10100 sff HP for $180 the other week. Plan to put a RX 6400 in it and use SteamOS as the main OS and install some emulators as well. Perfect little living room setup.
Doe this work with an Intel Processor? I thought it only worked with AMD?
@@LoungeAct1978 i hear it works better with an AMD processor, but it works fine for me. Mainly just didn't work with Nvidia GPUs.
@@BADD2087 Oh ok. Good to know. Thanks man!
Hey, I got an mini PC with i3 6100T, but I got a black screen at boot, any solutions?
wow would be interesting to compare game speed vs windows!
This is AWESOME. I hope there is continued support for this package.
ETA Prime, the day you bring a tutorial to install SteamOS on an Xbox Series X or S. Well this will be game-changer ! 😉
You can use an android phone plugged into a usb port on the laptop/desktop with USB tethering enabled instead of an actual ethernet cable/adapter! I don't have broadband so I use my unlimited 4g data plan with my phones mobile hotspot, and USB tethering worked perfectly for me. Useful if you don't want to bother with enabling WiFi.
great bit of info. thanks!
my local ISP had the worst customer service I've ever encountered, phone and in-person. And being the only option in town they get away with their crap service.
Finally I said screw them, and now rely entirely off my mobile device for internet and hotspot.
Is it too much to ask if you can do something like comparing steam os vs other linux distros on the same hardware? I'm currently using Linux Mint now. Been contemplating lately if I'll try steamos given I've been playing games from my steam library under linux for weeks now. Just wondering if there is something I would gain switching to a dedicated gaming linux os.
In my experience friend; as SteamOS is built on Arch Linux. You can pretty much install all that comes with steam os anyways.
I think something the steam OS adds that you might not have with a distro is stuff like the "sleep" feature with games. (Idk can you do that in mint already and power on and be right back in game?) But if you have the ability to play your games and such I'd argue that its not really needed in your case.
Vs manjaro and vs dragonized edition
@@mathisblair2798 Nonono, isn't just "sleep", it's about it's built in compositor called gamescope, this thing is such a crazy software and all gamers should be using it right now. And not only that, Holo ISO runs gamescope on "embedded" mode which means that it pushes as much as it cans to use all the power on the hardware without loosing anything on services or background processes
I think the primary benefit is that you get an arch-based OS, latest drivers, latest features (you could install Manjaro which is a user-friendly version of Arch). With Steam OS you gain the ease of use while gaming (like toggling FSR on and off, changing refreshrate/framerate etc.) However the way SteamOS is currently set up, it focuses on "gaming first", meanwhile desktop and productivity is more of a side activity. You could always buy a really fast SD-card (an A2-class card like the Samsung Evo Plus) and basically keep your OS for productivity and then boot SteamOS from the SD-card for gaming. I would have it setup that the computer prioritize the SD-card during boot. that way you can choose if you want to "game" or be "productive" by inserting or removing the SD-Card during boot.
Steam OS 3 is build on Arch so it will work the same as let's say Manjaro KDE with the Steam client installed. Mint will be different as it is build on Debian.
Go Linux, Go Go 🐧
ye ye lets gnu
Gnu grub resure: 😁please your hard drive is dead 😀🤣🤣🤣
can we get a updated video with ISO Update 3.2 cause SO Update 1 doesn't download anymore at least not for me.
This will slap windows 11 real hard
The big change is here, its only a matter of months until companies start recommendations for steam OS with gaming laptops. Value used the steamdeck to prove more than just a point for handheld gaming but to showcase a seamless gaming operating system.
I'm honestly surprised at how many people are not talking about this Linux distro...
I hadn't checked but I thought Valve just released Steam OS 3, their release on the steam deck, for every PC. I'm sure they will at some point but this is cool that someone is doing this.
I got this working on an HP 650 G2, 8gb Ram, 6200u. It didn't work on the first attempt, but worked fine on the second go. Boots a little slowly even on an m.2 drive. There are some minor issues but it works.
i'm glad they're using ARCH for the OS
With these great handhelds I think the next step is trying to find a steam deck to fit in your pocket. I've complained about this already but I really want like a phone with integrated gamepad.
A steam deck that can fit in your pocket would be amazing
That's what the aya neo air is gonna be pretty much
@@pghj100 Ayn loki is going to be simmilar but I prefer the Odin because it has a good battery life and makes sense to travel with it.
@@pghj100 aya neo air/odin/loki aren't what I'd call pocketable. They're smaller than the deck but still too big to pocket, approx switch lite sized.
I really hope steam releases steam os as a download soon would love to set up a PC completed dedicated to gaming
ETA Prime i loved your video. i will add that installing holoiso for a onexplayer has more steps that need to be done to get it fully functioning. if you would make a video about that I think that would get you a lot of likes. would love to work with you on the steps if needed.
Hey ETA, is possible for you to make an install/setup for the AMD Aya Neo and OneXplayer handhelds? I found it to be a bit more challenging to install on those types of machines.
Mutahara put it on an ayaneo in one of his videos. Check (Someordinarygamer)
Onexplayer mini has an issue where steam os is upside down but the desktop mode is fine
Great step-by-step guide for the Steam Deck OS. Thank you for sharing ETA Prime.
3:50 - *"Yes, Gabe. SteamOS functions well on a toaster."*
I'm dyyingggg 💀
Only if you installed it on a partition or external storage device, if you wipe existing drive you will remove Windows
Installed this on my custom desktop: Ryzen 7 1700, ASUS B350 Prime, 32GB Corsair DDR4, 500GB WD Green M.2, Sapphire RX580 8GB, generic USB-BT module, ASUS AC-88 PCI-e WiFi, Razer Basilisk wired mouse, Keychron K2 BT keyboard.
WiFi doesn't work because the drivers aren't part of the Linux kernel (I didn't expect it to).
Bluetooth works great for my Xbox wireless (One S style, BT) & Keychron keyboard.
RX580 graphics work well, but I haven't seen them beat Windows 10 native graphics yet (I've only tested 3 games, all via proton none for any native Linux games).
Even though I have a 165Hz monitor SteamOS only seems to be able to output to 144Hz, and so far no game has broken 60FPS even though I have he SteamOS frame cap off.
Heroic Game Launcher installed for GOG games, which can be added to Steam as a "game" which allows for any games launched from HGL to have the Steam FPS overlay.
Overall impressed with it so far, going to put some more time into it over the coming days.
I've been watching your videos for a long time, but only now I noticed I hadn't subbed to your channel yet lol
It's fixed now
Awesome video as usual. Could we please see a performance comparison between SteamOS and windows?
yeah that would be cool to see how games running native on windows vs through steams emulation to show how each performs to the other
this helped me alot,i can now play games on steam os,thanks for sharing
Can you check if Remote Play is available on this Steam Deck OS? If so, this means we could potentially install this on an old nuc or minipc and get a better experience than the old Steam Big Picture remote play.
Hey I don't know if you've done this before but would love to see your thoughts on a Holo iso as a daily driver using the desktop mode and swapping back and forth between steam mode and desktop mode.
It's not so great in desktop mode. In theory it would be once you're in developer mode, because out of the box it's locked down.
This is going to make those mini PC's into Steam Consoles
This is going to change everything for the PC gaming landscape. Aside from the IP's Nintendo or Sony may own, handheld PC's like the Steam Deck, AYA, or AYN devices will easily be alternatives to home consoles and portable gaming. Thoughts?
I think about how powerful handheld devices will be in 5-10 years. Unfortunately eventually streaming will take over the mainstream and local hardware won't matter anymore.
@@Macky4941
They have been saying that drivel for years now, I tell you what, the day they get rid of physical gaming, is the day I find a new hobby, or stick with pure retro
@@Macky4941 I do not think streaming will take over. If it does, we own nothing anymore.
Those wifi SSIDs got a couple good chuckles out of me.
Will i be able to put my Desktop PC or my laptop in my pocket after i install this ?
hopefully
Depends. Skinny jeans?
Just like steam deck 😂 NO.
Gabe is my best friend and he told me personally, that the answer is yes
@@berrymckockiner5883 tell Gabe that he is a level 100 techsavvy
Thank you for the detailed video. Installed it on onexplayer amd with a usb drive and I can dual boot to windows/steamos now!
Now I have a larger steam deck 😅.
Hi question I'm trying to install it on my onexplayer 5700u and I'm using a network adapter and finish the installation but after the first boot and I press enter stays there and the screen stays like it wants to boot but stays there any suggestions o and I'm trying to install it on a 32gb usb drive
@@tapoutms5608 IIRC this also happened to me, but I think the screen is out of the frame, did you try connecting it to external display? Also from the boot menu selection screen you need to select advance option and select the holoiso from the menu list @11:58 in the video here. This adds wifi support for OXP. I installed it on a 64gb usb drive.
@@TBoneX1 thank you I try all that and the screen stays black like is trying to boot and nothing happens I wait like 5min and nothing I just press the turn off button and try again and nothing
@@tapoutms5608 It could be that something went corrupt during the installation. you can try to do the whole process again as my processor is also the 5700U there isn't any reason for it to fail unless a problem with the installation. I didn't use a network adaptor but connected to the wifi and did the whole installation.
@@TBoneX1 Thank you I did all the proses 3 times without the adapter only with wifi and still the same stays on the black screen and I also connect it to a monitor so I try another usb drive and bypass the black screen and now ask me for my user and pass but when I type them something else comes up my user@myuser do you know what is that
I need to save this for future reference. Thx man 👍
Upside down and weird scaling when done on a OneXPlayer, the WiFi also doesn't work initially but that can be fixed using the Aya neo fixes package.
brilliant video, as always. thanks for sharing
MACBOOK M1 PRO works correctly? 🤯
Love your neighbor's list of wifi networks lol
I feel like this would be more useful on a home console like the PS4/Pro or PS5 or the XBox One /X or XBox Series S/X not on a laptop/desktop PC which the Steam big picture mode can give a similar enough experience & you can try to improve performance through the PC settings with the gpu software interface. Still interesting to know you can do this on your Laptop/PC but I'd only be interested in doing this for my for a PS4/Pro or other Home console not my desktop PC or laptop, but clearly others have wanted to do it on their laptop /desktop & good for them that they can now do that.
Can you make a tutorial on how to install the new holoiso-staging version (he previous version got discontinued). I can boot in the preview version from my USB Key, but after installing and rebooting, it gets stuck every time. Cheers.
Same, i get a black screen and thats jt
I'm a great fan of yours since a long time. Keep up the good work. Had a question. Is there a way to install steam OS on android. Also, can we store the games on online drives like google drive and play?
Did anyone try running this on intel hd 620 ?
Any idea when the new SteamOS be officially released? I would like to install it on my Atari VCS.
One of my initial tests with HoloISO was on the Atari VCS 800 that I got in the $99 GameStop sale. Solid (but not Steam Deck level) performance and a relatively hassle free experience as long as you can get in to the VCS BIOS to disable secure boot and change the boot order.
@@joe.dormido - Never got my Atari VCS to boot with HoloISO. Not touching it again. Yes, secure boot was disabled. Waiting for a proper installer.
Be cool if this could get put on a phone or tablet that uses android.
Tried this on an Intel iGPU system and couldn't boot into it. got "Failed to start Jupiter BIOS Update service"
Adding this to my ventoy toy
Nice! I have a system sitting here AMD 5600 (6c/12t) with an RX 6900XT and 16GB memory. The only time its on anymore is for Steam. Maybe I should try this. I would love to see a video on navigating the UI to setup a second drive for games though. In normal steam Ihave a 4tb NVMe as my game library and my smaller 512gb NVMe is my OS drive. I would like to keep that similar.
Going to try this on a surface pro thank you ill update later.
I just followed your instructions, everything went smoothly and got into steamos just fine, then realized it was limited to 720p on games launched from gamescope and 60hz, there's a config file that can be changed for this but then the scaling didn't work for me, do you know what I would need to do to get this to work on a 4k 120hz panel? I have an LG C1 OLED display and would LOVE to get this working correctly, thanks a lot for all your videos, really appreciate what you do!
Also, I'm installing on a desktop computer that has a 5600x / 6700xt / 16gb of ram, on a 1TB sata ssd
Scaling problems, in SD UI enable developer options and in developer settings disable OPENGL rendering, restart the system.
11:21 (just after the colorful TXT slow down video!) not mentioned but esentialy you need to create Hostname/Password and User/Password in case you were confused as I was xD
I tried to dual boot with windows, even using different drives for each OS, but failed. In my case when I get to the recovery session and choose SteamOS, it shows me the message: "failed to start jupiter bios update service" and it stops there. Any idea what am I doing wrong? I got a Ryzen5 3600, Msi b450 Tomahawk and a Radeon Rx470 gpu.
Going to be installing on asus zephyrus m15 soon. 9th gen i7, Rtx 2070 max q, 32gb dual channel 3200mhz. Going to pair perfectly with my 512gb deck arriving today. Will update.
where's the update?!?!
HP Elitedesk that one that you posted a while back there was a bunch on ebay. I was not able to install on a partition nor an external drive it didnt see them. Once I formatted the extra partition in Windows the holo install saw it but gave errors about it being in use and I should reboot. Tried that twice. I then sacerficed my windows install and chose the full nvme drive like in the video. After that it would come to what looked like a booted os but it was black and squished the mouse worked and would turn into a hand in the corners. I eventually powered it off. On power up it did some updates and back to the same screen. Powered off and on again. This time back at the update screen but this time all the text was boxes. I powered off and booted up one last time before giving up and reinstalling windows and this time it worked. I think perhaps it was because of my 4k screen not sure but it was able to sort itself out in the end. Would still like to dual-boot it through.
Would love to know if you could still cast to another device using moonlight from within this OS. I have my gaming pc in the office but like to play my games via moonlight to my shield TV in the family room
Fingers crossed this can be loaded to an M1 Macbook at some point. I am hopeful as other Linux distros are now working.
With the current open source project to port linux to M1 it's only a matter of time till that functionality gets ported to the general kernel
The list of WiFi networks is pretty funny. I see that you are somewhere in the vicinity of Hogwarts. XD
The question is the performance better than in windows?
Sometimes yes
Most of the time similar to windows and sometimes better or worse
Nope
What about updates? The SD gets OS updates frequently…
Thanks for the tutorial!
Btw, can you unlock Steam Deck's special profile bundle with this?
Fantastic! Can you do some videos for putting SteamOS on the Aya Neo or OneXPlayer handheld devices please?
not sure if i prefer an xbox series s or a zotac magnus barebone with steam deck os installed and a geforce rtx 3060 in it.
@4:30 edit: ah only few apu / gpu are working, should try to learn more about this before making a decision.
Would this give a better experience than installing Arch Linux and Steam for Linux? Can I still install whatever I want on the Linux desktop, like emulators, or is it partly locked down?
Keep up the awesome info...
This would make the perfect HTPC OS
Can't wait to see this in the Aya neo 2 with AMD 6000 APU
I noticed the refresh rate control fps, but does the hardware actually switch and is it as quick as the deck's or closer to windows
So far ive installed holoiso on a 2012 & 2014 mac mini, skull canyon and devil's canyon intel nuc kits using razer core x with RX6700xt RX 580 and RX 6800XT as testing gpu's and on my main rig Ryzen based R7 5800x with RX6900 XT my main rig was the only one that gave me problems and i found out that its my sound card Soundblaster AE-9 and having a second monitor connected once i unplugged the monitor and removed the sound card the install was smooth as butter. I just reinstalled the sound card after i got Holoiso installed and it boots fine....
Probably not much to see but I would like a demonstration of switching to desktop mode and poking around in it.
Did not work on a GTX 970 system (Ryzen 3 1200 CPU). It seems the (3rd) option to select NVIDIA does not install proper modules for the kernel. This was the case with Ubuntu/ Solus/ etc. updates 2-3 years back, so it should have been tested by the HoloISO team before adding "NVIDIA 9xx+" promptly. We cannot apply the same fixes as earlier because gamescope is not X11. Lots of issues reported for NVIDIA on the git forum. We need to wait a few more releases (NVIDIA did release some of their code as open source recently) for the green side to jump in.
I want to see a performance test in this machine running windows 10 vs steam os
You might wanna wait for the official release. Right now, the resolution is capped at 720p and the framerate is capped at 60fps.
@@generativeyoutuber ooh, thanks for the info! I dont know that
@@hightforceyour welcome
Heads up! The live image will boot into KDE, which has some janky stuff in it.
AVOID THAT MESS by typing CTRL+ALT+F2 then login as root by typing root then pick up where Eta Prime talks about iwctrl.
Thank you!! That happened to me and I thought I missed a step.
Exactly when do i need to type ctrl alt f2?
2:28 I just got the Project Cars on Steam, feels so realistic that's so difficult compared to Forza
Shame that it only supports Nvidia's 900+ series graphics cards. I have an old Alienware Alpha kicking around that I'd love to install SteamOS on, but the GPU in it is basically a 750ti. This would work on the R2, but it was never a Steam Machine so it's less fun.
should work on the 750/750ti but not on other 7xx series gpus
Installed and running on Chuwi Hi10 Go with Intel N5100. Caveat-built-in audio doesn’t seem to be working, but Bluetooth headphones do.
really love your video's and greatly influenced my decision recently to get an UM690. It arrived this week and i set it up with the 5600 Mhz RAM and trying things out now. There are a few games that dont run properly under windows (borderlands 3 for instance) and i am keen to try Steam OS. However, rather than throwing out my current windows installation i would prefer to run SteamOS as a dual boot, either on a second partition on the M.2 drive, or on a secondary drive i can install in the UM690. Before i go there however, i wanted to try running SteamOS from an external drive / USB. I've seen you do this on your other video's and it looked very cool. However, i cant find anything anywhere explaining how i make install SteamOS onto a USB drive. I keep getting stuff telling me how to make an installation USB for SteamOS. Is this something you could help with?
sorry. i just went through your video again, and it mentions it in the middle. if there is any way to do that straight from windows that would be a great help. but otherwise i know how to make it work. thx
I am using Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15 Laptop, 15.6" FHD Display, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, 8GB RAM, 256GB Storage. When follow these steps I choose the NVIDA drivers when it reboots the initial Steam setup boot screen comes up but its not centered. The Steam logo comes up in the bottom right so I can't see any setup items. Help?
Why does it say it cant find a matching file in this zip archive?
I still running an R9 290. Guess I'll have to finally upgrade.
Bro, just what i needed today!!! i never thought the timing. Wow HAHAHA thanks bro
Dang! Was hoping this would have worked on my GPS Win1
THE NEXT GENERATION OF STEAM MACHINE IS HERE
Question first, then explanation: Can I install the Steam OS within a Windows environment so that, when I boot up Steam, it will be the Deck-style Steam OS instead of the standard Steam OS I'd normally be installing? In other words, not REPLACING Windows, but rather installing it as a "program" of sorts to be accessed from WITHIN Windows? (More:)
The reason I ask is this: I have the Steam Deck and I love it, but I have loads of preexisting PC games that for one reason or another don't want to work well within the official Deck OS. One good example is Dead By Daylight, which I actually own THROUGH Steam, but which cannot normally be played on the Deck because its third party anticheat program prevents it. So, I got a 1TB micro SD card, installed Windows on it, and now have that game and dozens more on the card. I can choose to either boot into the Steam Deck OS, where all my official Steam games and emulators are, or my micro SD card, which is a Windows environment and thus runs everything through Windows.
So here's the thing: Since I still have need for Steam to be installed on the Windows card, I would love for that version of Steam to be Steam 3, the nice one that comes installed on the Deck and not the more stripped down and basic version of Steam that one would normally download within Windows. Is there any way I can get Steam 3 onto my Windows card, performing more or less like a regular executable, or is it mandatory that Steam OS be the actual operating environment of the card itself?
Was just wondering if you still have your Atari VCS? Make for an interesting combo with the Steam Deck OS 👍
Can you try installing steam OS on a cheap windows laptop like the ASUS M210 11in I’ve seen it recently only going for $109 super curious
I just curious how installed pirate game in steam os it is possible?
Yes possible . install game in windows than in steam os add non steam game and select that game
"JD Ros" made a video on how to run "quacked" games on steam os
@@walnut1542 thanks for info
@@useraccount4201 thanks for info
I want to install this as a dual boot system. One ssd for Windows, and another for SteamOS and gaming..
I was wondering the same. That should be possible as far as I know but I'm still a Linux noob so i could be wrong.
You just won't be able to dual boot with a GRUB screen, but it should be possible to switch between the Windows drive and the HoloOS drive from BIOS, and that OS will boot up everytime by default until you go back to bios and switch to the other OS drive..
This could be a little pain to go into bios each time you want to switch OS as opposed to just having a GRUB screen which you would get with other Linux desktop distros.
Hope i made sense.
@@zerotactix5739 You can do it within grub aswell. You just have to configue grub to boot from the windows drive.
@@durschfalltv7505 well that's the part we non Linux guys get stuck in and even end up messing something big up.
I got it installed on my desktop (3900x, 3090) and it's not working too well. It's really slow and flickery.
Please BENCHMARK it vs other OSs (Manjaro, MS WOS 10, 11).
I'll try to install this on my Lenovo Yoga Tab 13 and post a reply if I'm successful.
This on the loki max is going to be perfect 👌🤩
That's what I plan on doing!
Silly question, does it matter what type of CPU or motherboard platform you’d use? I got a Ryazan 5 1600 on a Aorus Pro b-450 board.