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SteamOS is Valve's Linux distribution intended for gamers and the Steam Machines game consoles for living room gaming. SteamOS was announced in 2013 after earlier exclusive reports on Phoronix about Valve's Linux intentions. SteamOS is based upon Debian Linux.

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SteamOS Articles & Reviews

Tweaking SteamOS For Better Steam Deck Performance   Linux Gaming   2023-10-02
SteamOS 3.5 Delivering Some Decent Performance Gains For The Steam Deck   Operating Systems   2023-09-18
Streacom FC5: A Chassis To Build A Completely Fanless PC, Great For Linux HTPC/SteamOS PCs   Enclosures   2016-06-02
Intel Broadwell/Skylake Graphics Performance For Steam Linux Gaming   Linux Gaming   2015-10-30
Are The Open-Source Graphics Drivers Good Enough For Steam Linux Gaming?   Linux Gaming   2015-10-29
NVIDIA Benchmarks Of NWI's Insurgency FPS Game On Linux   Linux Gaming   2015-10-28
Is SteamOS Any Faster Than Ubuntu 15.10 Linux?   Linux Gaming   2015-10-27
4K AMD/NVIDIA High-End GPU Comparison On SteamOS Linux   Linux Gaming   2015-10-26
22-Way Comparison Of NVIDIA & AMD Graphics Cards On SteamOS For Steam Linux Gaming   Linux Gaming   2015-10-23
14-Way AMD vs. NVIDIA Linux Gaming Performance For DiRT Showdown   Linux Gaming   2015-08-18
Part 2: Shadow of Mordor Is Easily One Of The Most Demanding Linux Games   Linux Gaming   2015-08-01
Debian Wheezy/Jessie/Sid Benchmarked Against Ubuntu 14.04 LTS   Operating Systems   2014-03-09
Ubuntu Now Often Leads Windows 7 On Intel SNB Graphics Performance   Operating Systems   2014-01-29
SteamOS vs. Ubuntu 13.10 Linux Benchmarks   Linux Gaming   2013-12-20
SteamOS vs. Windows 8.1 NVIDIA Performance   Linux Gaming   2013-12-16
SteamOS vs. Ubuntu 13.10 - Intel HD Graphics Performance   Linux Gaming   2013-12-15
The First NVIDIA GeForce Benchmarks On The SteamOS Beta   Linux Gaming   2013-12-15
13-Way AMD Open Linux GPU Drivers On The Source Engine   Graphics Cards   2013-11-12

SteamOS Linux & Open-Source News

Steam Survey For May 2026 After Delay: Linux Just Under 4%   Valve   2026-06-04
SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta Released With Initial Native Support For AMD HDMI VRR   Valve   2026-05-29
California's Age Verification Law May End Up Exempting Most Linux Distributions   Free Software   2026-05-25
New Lenovo Legion Go Drivers & More Sony HID Device Support In Linux 7.1   Hardware   2026-04-19
Intel Panther Lake & Linux AI/LLM Debates Dominated Q1 For Linux Users   Phoronix   2026-03-31
SteamOS 3.8 Preview Preps For Steam Machine, KDE Plasma Desktop With Wayland By Default   Valve   2026-03-20
Lenovo Legion Go HID Drivers Queued Ahead Of Linux 7.1   Hardware   2026-03-16
Linux 7.0 Brings An EFI Framebuffer Quirk For Valve's Steam Deck   Valve   2026-02-10
Linux Kernel AI Chatter, ReactOS Developments & AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D Topped January   Phoronix   2026-02-01
Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes NTSYNC Kernel Driver   Valve   2026-01-09
Steam On Linux Ends 2025 With 3.19% Marketshare, AMD Linux CPU Use Approaches 72%   Valve   2026-01-01
Updated Linux Drivers Posted For Legion Go & Legion Go S Configuration   Hardware   2025-12-29
Igalia's Work Improving The Linux Kernel For Helping Steam Play Gaming On ARM64   Linux Gaming   2025-12-15
The Opt-In Proactive & Crash Time Data Collection On Valve's Steam Deck   Valve   2025-12-14
Steam On Linux Use Easily Hits An All-Time High In November   Valve   2025-12-01
Updated Steam Runtime Switches To Debian 13 Libraries, SDL2 Using Compatibility Layer   Valve   2025-11-20
VKD3D 1.18 Released With Numerous Improvements For Direct3D 12 On Vulkan   Wine   2025-11-20
Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame   Valve   2025-11-12
Steam On Linux Gaming Finally Cracks 3% For October 2025   Valve   2025-11-01
Steam On Linux Use Up 1% From Last September   Valve   2025-10-01
Steam On Linux Use Recedes Slightly During August   Valve   2025-09-01
Steam Survey For July Shows Linux Use Approaching 3%   Valve   2025-08-01
Lenovo Legion Gaming Drivers & New Intel Discovery Driver For Telemetry In Linux 6.17   Hardware   2025-07-31
Proton 10.0-2 Beta Delivers More Enhancements For Linux Gaming   Valve   2025-07-29
Lenovo WMI Gaming Series Drivers Expected To Debut In Linux 6.17   Linux Gaming   2025-07-07
Lenovo Legion Go S HID Driver Posted For Linux   Hardware   2025-07-03
Steam On Linux Usage Dips Slightly For June, AMD Linux CPU Usage Hits 69%   Valve   2025-07-02
ByoWave Modular Proteus Controller Kit Support Lands In Linux 6.16   Linux Gaming   2025-06-03
CachyOS Improves NVIDIA Driver Loading, Better Handheld Device Support   Arch Linux   2025-05-31
SteamOS 3.7 Stable Rolls Out With Updated Linux Kernel, Expanding AMD Handheld Support   Valve   2025-05-22
ByoWave Proteus Controller Support Coming To Linux   Hardware   2025-05-18
Steam Deck Adds Battery Maximum Charge Limit Control In Newest Beta   Valve   2025-05-08
Valve Releases Steam Survey Results For April 2025   Valve   2025-05-01
Fair DRM Scheduler v4 Running Well On Steam Deck, "Looks Solid"   Linux Kernel   2025-04-26
Linux Patches Revised For The Lenovo Gaming Series WMI Drivers   Linux Gaming   2025-04-08
Steam On Linux Shows A Wild Swing Back Up For March 2025   Valve   2025-04-01
Linux 6.14-rc7 To Support A Few More Gaming Controllers   Linux Kernel   2025-03-16
Steam Survey For February 2025 Shows A Big Drop To Linux Use   Linux Gaming   2025-03-02
Valve Snuck The Lenovo Legion Go S Controller Support Into The Linux Kernel   Valve   2025-02-23
Steam Linux Use Dips For January 2025 Amid Odd Survey Numbers   Valve   2025-02-01
Intel Battlemage, NVIDIA RTX 50 & Linux Kernel Excitement From January   Phoronix   2025-02-01
Completed NTSYNC Driver Merged For Linux 6.14: "Should Make Many SteamOS Users Happy"   Linux Kernel   2025-01-27
Lenovo Officially Announces The Legion Go S Handheld With SteamOS   Valve   2025-01-07
Lenovo Gaming Series WMI Drivers Updated For Enabling Extra Functionality Under Linux   Hardware   2025-01-02
Steam On Linux Ends 2024 With A Nice Boost To Its Marketshare, AMD Linux CPU Use At 74%   Valve   2025-01-01
Arch Linux Had A Great Year With Valve's Continued Backing, EndeavourOS & CachyOS Boost   Arch Linux   2024-12-31
Steam Survey Results For November 2024: Linux Gaming Marketshare Slightly Higher   Valve   2024-12-02
Steam On Linux Marketshare Hits 2.0% For October, AMD CPU Use By Linux Gamers Approaches 75%   Valve   2024-11-01
Steam On Linux Percentage Receded A Bit Further In September   Valve   2024-10-01
Valve Helping Arch Linux With Build Service Infrastructure & Secure Signing Enclave   Arch Linux   2024-09-28
Frog-FIFO-V1 Aims To Address Mesa's "Fundamentally Broken" Wayland Code   Mesa   2024-09-25
Steam On Linux Drops Below 2% For August 2024 Survey   Valve   2024-09-01
Valve's SteamOS 3.6.9 Beta Brings Many Fixes & Supports More Controllers   Operating Systems   2024-08-07
Steam On Linux Usage Flat For July At Just Above 2%   Valve   2024-08-01
Steam On Linux Use Stayed Above 2% In June   Valve   2024-07-01
Linux BSOD, NVIDIA Linux Excitement, Intel Sierra Forest & Other June Highlights   Phoronix   2024-07-01
Linux Shoots Past The 2% Threshold For The Steam Survey, AMD CPU Use Breaks 75%   Linux Gaming   2024-06-01
Steam Deck Platform Driver In No Apparent Rush For Upstreaming Into The Linux Kernel   Valve   2024-05-22
SteamOS 3.6 Preview Released With Linux 6.5, Updated Arch Linux & Mesa 24.1   Valve   2024-05-09
Valve Publishes Steam Survey Numbers For April 2024   Valve   2024-05-01
Steam On Linux Use Increases - Moves Closer To 2%, AMD CPU Linux Use Hits 72%   Linux Gaming   2024-04-01
SDL Developers Weigh Reverting Wayland Over X11 For SDL 3.0   Linux Gaming   2024-03-26
Steam's February Survey: AMD CPUs & GPUs Continue To Dominate For Linux Gamers   Valve   2024-03-01
Proton 9.0 Beta Makes More Games Playable Under Steam Play, Updates VKD3D-Proton & DXVK   Linux Gaming   2024-02-23
Steam On Linux Falls Short Of 2% For January, AMD CPU Adoption On Linux Hits 70.5%   Valve   2024-02-01
Intel's New "Xe" Driver Submitted For Linux 6.8 Along With Imagination's PowerVR Driver   Linux Kernel   2024-01-11
Linux 6.8 HID: Steam Controller Driver Fixes From SteamOS, Nintendo NSO Controller Support   Hardware   2024-01-09
Steam On Linux At Nearly 2% For Ending Out 2023   Valve   2024-01-02
Valve's Linux Contributions, Wayland & Open-Source NVIDIA Milestones Topped 2023   Phoronix   2023-12-28
Steam Linux Marketshare Surges To Nearly 2% In November   Valve   2023-12-01
SteamOS 3.5.5 Released To Stable With Steam Deck OLED Support & Many Other Changes   Valve   2023-11-16
RADV Adds Knobs To Force Shader Re-Compilation - Helping Games On The Steam Deck   Valve   2023-11-13
Steam Linux Usage Dropped Lower In October But With More Questionable Data   Valve   2023-11-01
Wayland Progress, Ryzen AI & Linux Benchmarks That Made For An Exciting October   Phoronix   2023-11-01
Steam On Linux Percentage Dips Further In September, AMD Powers 70% Of Linux Gamers   Linux Gaming   2023-10-01
Raspberry Pi 5, Steam Deck & New AMD CPUs Dominated Q3   Phoronix   2023-09-30
Sound Open Firmware 2.7 Released With AMD Van Gogh Support   Multimedia   2023-09-29
Counter-Strike 2 Now Available With An Initial Linux Build   Valve   2023-09-27
Linux 6.7 Adding New Feature To Btrfs For The Steam Deck   Linux Storage   2023-09-25
Valve Is A Wonderful Upstream Contributor To Linux & The Open-Source Community   Valve   2023-09-22
XDC 2023 To Provide Update On AMD HDR For The Steam Deck, Rusticl & Wine Wayland   X.Org   2023-09-20
SteamOS 3.5 Rolls Out In Preview On The Steam Deck With Many New Features   Valve   2023-09-15
Steam Survey Results For August Show A Linux Dip After A Very Exciting July   Valve   2023-09-01
Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS   Valve   2023-08-01
Steam On Linux Use Steady For June, ~40% Of Linux Gamers Are Using The Steam Deck   Valve   2023-07-02
Steam On Linux Use Ticked Higher In May, 25% Of Linux Gamers Are Using The Steam Deck   Valve   2023-06-01
Fedora 39 To Raise Its vm.max_map_count To Satisfy Some Steam Play Games   Fedora   2023-05-31
Updated AMD Linux Graphics Driver Patches For Color Management   Radeon   2023-05-24
Fedora 39 Looks To Boost vm.max_map_count To Help Windows Games With Steam Play   Fedora   2023-04-24
Improved AMD Color Management Being Worked On For The Steam Deck   Valve   2023-04-24
Valve Shows A Huge Drop In Linux Gamers For March, But The Numbers Are Questionable   Valve   2023-04-01
Linux 6.4 AMD Graphics Driver Picking Up New Power Features For The Steam Deck   Radeon   2023-03-18
Steam On Linux Marketshare Percentage Dipped In February   Valve   2023-03-01
Linux 6.3 Bringing Proper Support For The 8BitDo Pro 2 Wired Controller   Hardware   2023-02-24
Steam Survey Results Start 2023 With Linux Marketshare Flat   Valve   2023-02-01
Valve Revises Steam Survey Results For December - Still Pointing Down For Linux   Valve   2023-01-02
Steam On Linux Metrics End Out 2022 With Some Odd Numbers   Valve   2023-01-02
KDE Lands Wayland Fractional Scaling Support   KDE   2022-12-17
Linux Adding New Control Since Its Splitlock Detector Is Wrecking Some Steam Play Games   Linux Kernel   2022-12-13
Steam On Linux Usage Climbs Higher Thanks To The Steam Deck   Valve   2022-12-01
OneXPlayer Sensor/Fan Support Extended To More Models With Its Linux 6.2 Introduction   Hardware   2022-11-28
OneXPlayer AMD Sensor Driver Coming For Linux 6.2   Linux Gaming   2022-11-13
Steam Linux Use Tips Up In October Thanks To The Steam Deck   Valve   2022-11-02
OneXPlayer Linux Platform Driver Sent Out For AMD-Powered Gaming Handheld   Linux Gaming   2022-10-30
Mesa Adds "Block On Depleted Buffers" Option To Reduce Latency   Mesa   2022-10-25
Steam On Linux Usage Receded Slightly In September   Valve   2022-10-01
Distrobox 1.4 Released - Easier Container Upgrades, Local Podman Install For Steam Deck   Operating Systems   2022-09-08
Steam On Linux Marketshare Crawls Up To 1.27% For August 2022   Valve   2022-09-01
Atomic Async Page Flips Proposed, Valve's Gamescope Compositor Has Support Pending   Valve   2022-08-25
Proton 7.0-4 Released For Steam Play With Many Game Fixes, More Playable Titles   Valve   2022-08-16
Valve Expanding Steam Deck Availability To Asian Markets   Valve   2022-08-03
SteamOS 3.3 Now Available With Many Improvements For The Steam Deck   Valve   2022-08-02
Steam On Linux Marketshare Ticks Up To 1.18% For June   Valve   2022-07-01
SteamOS 3.3 Beta Released With Updated Drivers, Many Fixes   Valve   2022-06-30
Wine 7.10 Brings 56 Fixes, Proton 7.0-3 RC Prepared With Support For More Games   WINE   2022-06-04
Arch Linux Hits Top Linux Spot Over Ubuntu In May's Steam Survey   Valve   2022-06-01
NVIDIA's Open-Source Kernel Driver, Graviton3 & Fedora 36 Made For An Exciting May   Phoronix   2022-05-31
SteamOS 3.2 Released With More Improvements For The Steam Deck   Valve   2022-05-26
XWayland Adds New Option To Expose Dummy Modes For Gamescope / Steam Deck   Wayland   2022-05-20
Steam On Linux Gaming Usage Grew In April   Valve   2022-05-02
SteamOS 3.2 Beta Brings Improved Fan Control, Experimental Refresh Rate Switching   Valve   2022-04-28
Proton 7.0-2 Released For Getting More Windows Games Running On Steam Play   Valve   2022-04-21
Lutris 0.5.10 Released With Steam Deck Support   Linux Gaming   2022-04-01
Steam Survey Results For February 2022 Put Linux Right Above 1.0%   Valve   2022-03-07
KDE Had An Exciting Week With Plasma Available On The Steam Deck, Many Fixes   KDE   2022-02-26
Radeon Vulkan Driver Lands Dynamic VRS To Help With Power Savings - Helps The Steam Deck   Radeon   2022-02-16
Steam Deck CAD Files Published Under Creative Commons   Valve   2022-02-11
AMD Is Hiring Again For Their Linux - Client - Effort   AMD   2022-02-07
Steam Deck Platform Driver Posted For The Linux Kernel   Valve   2022-02-06
Valve's Gamescope Compositor Adds AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution Support   Valve   2022-02-01
2021 Brought A Convenient Installer For Arch Linux, Powering The Steam Deck   Arch Linux   2021-12-31
The Most Exciting AMD Linux / Open-Source News Of 2021   AMD   2021-12-29
Ubisoft Is Hiring A Linux Developer For An "Unannounced Project" But Don't Get Too Excited   Linux Gaming   2021-12-13
More BattlEye-Protected Games Now Working With Steam Play On Linux   Linux Gaming   2021-12-03
Valve Posts Updated Steam Deck FAQs To Address More Community Questions   Valve   2021-11-29
Valve Shares New Steam Deck Details, Proton Update Available For Testing   Valve   2021-11-12
LE9, Canonical's Profits, Steam Deck, & Loongson 3A5000 Made For An Exciting July   Phoronix   2021-08-01
Valve Announces Steam Deck As Portable SteamOS + AMD Powered Portable PC   Valve   2021-07-15
Steam On Linux Ends Q1'2021 Still Below 1% Marketshare   Valve   2021-04-02
Valve Continued Doing A Lot For Linux Gaming & Open-Source Radeon Drivers In 2020   Valve   2020-12-30
Gamescope Continues Advancing As Wayland/Vulkan Compositor Backed By Valve   Valve   2020-09-16
Debian GNU/Linux Turns 27 Years Old   Debian   2020-08-16
Debian's Excitement In The 2010s From Big Releases To Systemd Usage To Powering SteamOS   Operating Systems   2019-12-27
2010 Through 2019 NVIDIA Linux News Topped By Linus Torvald's Criticism + Overclocking   NVIDIA   2019-12-19
The Most Popular Linux / Open-Source News Of This Decade   Phoronix   2019-12-11
Valve's SteamOS Compositor Has Begun Seeing Some Activity Recently   Valve   2019-10-23
Valve Will Not Be Officially Supporting Ubuntu 19.10+   Valve   2019-06-22
Valve Reveals Specifications For Their Index VR Headset, Controllers & Base Stations   Valve   2019-04-30
SteamOS/Linux Requirements For Valve's Artifact Is Just A Vulkan Intel/AMD/NVIDIA GPU   Valve   2018-11-11
It's Now Been Six Years Since Valve Began Rolling Out Steam For Linux   Linux Gaming   2018-11-06