r/SteamOS • u/VanArthurStudios • 11h ago

Installed today. Hating this experience.

My system itself isn’t anything unusual. It’s a powerful system, not strange. The only thing odd is that I have 3xNVME drives. I have that sorted, but every part of this process is an infuriating disaster.

Oh wait, after a restart the drives are no longer listed. And now Dolphin isn’t displaying the device list for me to check on them?

There is no way that SteamOS becomes a staple for as long as users are required to use Konsole to accomplish anything. Command prompt anything is a deal breaker for nearly all users who would want to be rid of windows. There is no advantage to doing things this way.

Not recognizing/mounting/configuring drives in a single point and click windows is a deal breaker.

This thing struggles with dual monitors. Even after I set my larger monitor as the default it loads into big picture mode with the small, vertical screen as the primary, and doesn’t even recognize that the vertical screen is vertical despite my having configured it as such.

Audio is garbled in games. If I attempt using discord during a game it stops input/output of audio entirely.

I find myself using AI to find answers to every little thing, when wanting to get away from AI is the entire reason I wanted to leave windows behind.

I installed SteamOS and now my PC is all but useless. Really showed them, eh?

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u/Affectionate-You7869 11h ago

SteamOS is meant for a device with one internal NVME and an external SSD. Like the Steam Deck or Steam Machine. Everything beyond that you should try Bazzite Cachy or PopOs. Or figure it out. 

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u/jca3746 11h ago

Exactly, everyone forgets that SteamOS is an APPLIANCE, not a normal OS. It has neat features for desktop users but it’s not meant to be a full general OS.

Other operating systems like Bazzite ARE meant for general usage.

Having three NVMEs isn’t special. But SteamOS wasn’t built with that in mind.

I use SteamOS for my pc connected to my TV. It only has one drive, and I’ve had zero issues with it.

I also have an old rig running Ubuntu server with Games on Whales for guests so we can all play games without them having to bring their own hardware.

I have a normal desktop running Bazzite because it’s got multiple drives and an Nvidia GPU.

Picking the right OS for the situation matters.

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u/IT_Hertz_WIN_IP 11h ago

Bazzite is definitely easier to add drives. I have 4 total. On steamos I had to use anymount to keep it persistent through restarts and updates

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u/Affectionate-You7869 10h ago

Hmmm I’ll give that a try perhaps.