It's Time to Bring Back the Steam Machine

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@helenslunch @MajorHavoc whats gamescope and how does big picture help on a desktop, at least if i have more than one screen and wanna do desktop stuff on the ones that dont have the game on them?

Gamescope is a graphical compositor. It gives you all those neat side menus on Steam Deck.

SteamOS is not for desktops. It's intended to make your PC into a controller-friendly console for the couch.

@helenslunch didnt they work on a desktop version for steam os? Wouldnt it help with getting people to switch from windows to linux?

didnt they work on a desktop version for steam os?

Yes they launched SteamOS as a downloadable originally alongside Steam Machines. But alas the current official Steam version is not available for anything other than Steam Deck.

Wouldnt it help with getting people to switch from windows to linux?

I'd certainly think so, much in the way that Android did.

I'm not sure about GameScope,I didn't even realize I was missing out on it.

Big picture is the full screen controller friendly interface, in case you don't want to connect a mouse and keyboard.