The bottom of the window with the OK button may be off the screen, in which case you need to tab through the options a few times using the keyboard to confirm your selection. Next you need to get Steam installed. Open up Terminal from the applications window, type in "steam" and then press enter.
Once Steam is installed, close the open windows and logout of the system. Login to the Gnome session again, this time using the username "desktop" and the password "desktop".
Terminal will prompt you for a password, which is also "desktop". The system will automatically reboot and create a recovery partition. Once that's done the system will reboot again and you'll finally be presented with the Steam login screen! Unfortunately, we encountered another issue when we connected via HDMI that caused an incorrect resolution to be displayed in Steam.
To fix this, you need to enable access to the desktop by going into the settings by clicking the gear icon at the top right of the screen, selecting "Interface", and then checking "Enable access to the Linux desktop". Now when you click the power button at the top right you'll be presented with an additional "Return to Desktop" option.
You'll likely be asked for your password, which will again be "desktop". This opens up a text file that you can scroll through using the arrow keys. Find the line that says "Preload", press enter to create a new line, and then type in "xrandr -s x", replacing x with your preferred resolution.
Hit Ctrl and X on your keyboard and then Y to save the file. After a restart you should be presented with the correct resolution. While that might seem like a lot of effort to go to in order to get things working, in the grand scheme of Linux, SteamOS fares pretty well. Everything aside from the correct screen resolution worked straight away, including things like audio and the Ethernet port, components that traditionally require a bit of terminal fiddling to get working.
Even swapping out an Nvidia card for an AMD one didn't throw up any issues, with the system automatically recognizing the card without the need to install additional drivers. If you're setting up a dual boot system and like us are using two physical drives, unplug the SteamOS drive, plug your other one in, and go through the standard Windows setup. Leaving the other drive plugged in would mean Windows would overwrite the default Grub bootloader for SteamOS with its own, and while you can fix it with a bit of Windows and Linux magic as found here , this method is far simpler.
Once Windows is installed, plug the other back in and you'll be able to switch between the two systems using the default boot selection screen built into your motherboard. Currently, there's only a limited selection of games that have actually been ported to SteamOS.
The Linux section of the store is mostly populated with indie titles, the exception being Valve's own games like Left 4 Dead 2, as well as the likes of Football Manager and Metro: Last Light.
Each game was run with identical settings across both operating systems. Last edited by NeptNutz ; 11 Sep, am. So its not detected right away by windows. I'll look into it though, because it uses the same drivers, so I think it should be fine. I'll keep you guys updated, Getting on and changing to alchemist beta tonight. Originally posted by NeptNutz :.
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Custom installation While the default method is the easiest way to install SteamOS, some people have reported running into problems. If that's the case, you should try the custom installation method. The process is slightly more complicated than the first, but it also gives advanced users the power to tweak certain settings.
Follow these steps to install SteamOS using the custom installation method:. On Windows, right-click the drive, select format, and choose FAT Select the "Automated install" option from the menu, but remember this will erase your entire hard drive. The installer will automatically partition the drive and install the new operating system.
After installation is complete, remove the USB drive, hit the "Continue" button, and your system will reboot. If you are having trouble booting into SteamOS, enter the BIOS settings and make sure the computer is booting from the hard drive that has the operating system installed.
Click on the Activities button in the top left corner of the screen, select the Applications tab, open the Terminal application, type in "steam," hit Enter, and accept the the terms of use agreement.
Click on the Steam button in the top right corner of the screen and log out of your session. Just type "desktop" and hit Enter. The system will now reboot. When prompted to do so, hit the "y" key, followed by Enter. Now when you reboot your system you should be running SteamOS. Simply log in to an existing account or create a new one.
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