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I just posted a SteamOS ISO that can be used to install SteamOS on non-UEFI systems. Thanks to directhex and ecliptik for their work on Ye Olde SteamOSegithub.com - this incorporates many of their changes. Dual-boot and custom partitioning are now possible from the 'Expert Install' option. If you're one of the 300 actual Steam Machine beta testers, you can report bugs and issues directly to Valve (and, if you're one of the 300 actual Steam Machine beta testers, you already know this). For the rest of us, Valve is hosting a community issue tracker on Github, where users can post issues. SteamOS is our Linux-based operating system. The base system draws from Debian 8, code named Debian Jessie. Our work builds on top of the solid Debian core and optimizes it for a living room experience. Most of all, it is an open Linux platform that leaves you in full control. Sep 23, 2013 Thanks to this trick to convert the install to an ISO, the installer just plain works with no headaches. Now, Valve, you really ought to just distribute the ISO, and if people complain tell them to use unetbootin or LiLi to make a bootable USB, or burn to disc, and you don't have to worry about UEFI issues or anything else because IT JUST WORKS. The main goals of SteamOS is to make it easy to install to create your own “Steam Boxes” (console-like devices that run on PC hardware), run optimized software and drivers for gaming, and have the Steam client bundled with the operating system.
Valve, the gaming company behind the hit series Half-Life, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, and Portal, is looking to change the industry once again. With more than 75 million users and a market share estimated at around 75 percent, the company's Steam digital distribution platform has already changed the way computer owners purchase and play games.
Unsatisfied with the way the game console market has shifted in recent years, Valve in 2013 announced a new strategy for invading the living room. The company created SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system designed for playing video games.
SteamOS computers, also known as Steam Machines, from manufacturers like Alienware, Falcon Northwest, and Origin PC, among many others, are slated to launch later this year, but you don't have to wait to get your hands on Valve's new operating system.
The following guide describes how to download the Pop!OS.iso image, write it to a flash drive, and install it on the hardware of your choice. Requirements: At the time of this writing Pop!OS only runs on 64-bit x86 architecture, 2 GB of RAM is required, 4 GB of RAM is recommended and 20 GB of storage is recommended. Make Bootable Drive.
Here's how you can transform your current computer into a Steam Machine:
Hardware requirements
Most mid- to high-end computers should be able to run SteamOS with no problem. You will need either a 64-bit Intel or AMD processor, a minimum of 4GB of RAM, and a hard drive with at least 500GB of storage. While Valve recommends an Nvidia graphics card (they are optimized to work better with SteamOS), the latest beta added support for both AMD and Intel graphics. Additionally, your system must include Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot support, which most modern (past three or four years) motherboards do.
In addition to a keyboard, mouse, and monitor, you will also need a flash drive with at least 4GB of space, an Ethernet connection, and a USB game controller -- I'm using a wired Xbox 360 controller.
For information about building your own computer, including an in-depth description of the parts you will need and a step-by-step build process, be sure to check out CNET's three-part do-it-yourself computer guide.
Installation
SteamOS is still in beta and parts of the operating system are not 100 percent functional. Please be aware that the operating system has some bugs that still must be worked out. Installing SteamOS will also erase your entire hard drive, so it is imperative that you back up any important data to external drive.
There are two methods for installing SteamOS; this guide will cover them both.
Default installation
The default installation process is the easiest way to install SteamOS. The process is pretty straightforward and shouldn't be too much of a hassle for the average user. Note that this method requires at least a 1TB hard drive. To install SteamOS using the default method, follow these steps:
1. Download the official SteamOS file from Valve's Web site.
2. Connect your USB drive to your computer and format it. To do this on Windows, right-click the drive, select format, and choose FAT32. For OS X, enter the Utilities folder in your Applications list, click on Disk Utility, select Erase, and choose MS-DOS (FAT). Rename the USB drive to 'SYSRESTORE.'
3. After the download has finished, unzip and extract all of the files to the USB drive. Make sure they are on the root of the drive, meaning that they aren't stored in a folder.
4. Power down your computer and boot to the USB drive. This can be done from the BIOS boot menu, which can be accessed by holding either the DEL, F8, F10, F11, or F12 keys as the computer is powering on (depending on your system). The selection you are looking for will read something along the lines of 'UEFI: USB Brand Name PMAP.'
5. Next, select the 'Restore Entire Disk' option from the boot menu.
6. Once installation is complete, press Enter to shut down the machine.
7. Remove the USB drive and power on your computer. You should now be running SteamOS.
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:
1. Download the official custom-install SteamOS file from Valve's Web site.
2. Connect your USB drive to your computer and format it. On Windows, right-click the drive, select format, and choose FAT32. On OS X, enter the Utilities folder in your Applications list, click on Disk Utility, select Erase, and choose MS-DOS (FAT).
3. Unzip the file and extract its content to the root of your flash drive.
4. Power down your computer and boot to the USB drive. This can be done from the BIOS boot menu, which can be accessed by tapping either the DEL, F8, F10, F11, or F12 keys once the computer is powering on (depending on your system). The selection you are looking for will read, 'UEFI: USB Brand Name PMAP.'
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Once the system reboots, select the option that reads, 'SteamOS GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.10-3-amd64.'
8. Change the pull-down to the 'GNOME' option and enter 'steam' for the username and password.
9. 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.
10. Click on the Steam button in the top right corner of the screen and log out of your session. Log back into the GNOME desktop, but this time with the username and password 'desktop.'
11. Type '~/post_logon.sh' in the Terminal window, hit Enter, and enter the password when prompted to do so -- don't panic if the numbers don't appear when you type them out. Just type 'desktop' and hit Enter.
12. The system will now reboot. When prompted to do so, hit the 'y' key, followed by Enter.
13. Now when you reboot your system you should be running SteamOS. Simply log in to an existing account or create a new one.
Limitations
Why would you want to download SteamOS? Good question. In fact, there is no real reason for you to run the operating system at all. It's severely limited and most Steam games don't even support it, yet.
Out of the 102 games I own on the platform, only 41 currently support SteamOS, a majority of which are either games from Valve -- Portal, Left 4 Dead, Half-Life -- or from smaller, independent developers. To make matters worse, only 16 games out of the 41 I own that support SteamOS have full or partial support for game controllers.
Conclusion
I must admit, it's cool to play some of these games with a controller, although this can also be done via Steam's Big Picture mode. One of the games I tested was Left 4 Dead 2, which included full support for game controllers, and it was relatively smooth. At first, performance on SteamOS appeared to be on par with that of Windows. As I continued to play, however, the game completely froze and I was forced to quit. I also experienced freezing and low frame rates playing Brutal Legend and Dungeon Defenders, two games that aren't necessarily high-end.
Despite the beta tag, I found the actual operating system to be fairly stable. While gameplay performance, which appears to vary by game, has room for improvement, the interface of SteamOS was quite fluid. Due to the limited selection of games, however, there isn't much you can do with it yet. I suspect the only reason people would be interested in running SteamOS is to get a sneak peek at the software on the upcoming Steam Machine; other than that you're better off gaming on Windows or even OS X.
Valve’s SteamOS is a living-room gaming operating system based on desktop Linux. It’s currently in beta, but you can install it yourself on almost any computer thanks to Ye Olde SteamOSe, a modification of the SteamOS installer.
Important Note: We tested this ourselves, but we’re using an unofficial modification of a beta operating system here. Before doing this, ensure you have back ups. You do this at your own risk — you could run into problems.
Why We Recommend Ye Olde SteamOSe
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So why are we recommending Ye Olde SteamOSe, an unofficial third-party “respin” of the SteamOS installer rather than Valve’s official installer? Well, SteamOS is currently in beta — although it feels more like an alpha — and Valve appear to be focusing on their official Steamboxes. The official installer will eventually become the best option, but here are some current limitations Ye Olde SteamOSe solves:
- SteamOS requires a computer with UEFI. The unofficial respin supports both UEFI and traditional BIOS.
- SteamOS claims to require 500 GB of hard disk space. The unofficial respin has more realistic space requirements of about 40 GB.
- SteamOS only officially supports NVIDIA graphics. The unofficial respin should include more graphics support, including for Intel, AMD, and even VMware and VirtualBox graphics. At the moment, 3D acceleration is only working inside VMware, not VirtualBox.
- SteamOS takes over your entire computer. The unofficial respin can dual-boot with Windows. Its installer includes support for resizing Windows NTFS partitions to make this happen.
- SteamOS networking is limited to Realtek hardware or firmware-free networking. The unofficial respin includes typical Linux networking drivers, including Wi-Fi support.
- SteamOS only supports HDMI audio output. The unofficial respin supports almost any sound card.
You can attempt to install Valve’s build of SteamOS, but unless you have a fairly specific hardware configuration, it just won’t work without some tweaking. Ye Olde SteamOSe’s developer, directhex, has done this tweaking work for us and packaged it up.
Start Installing SteamOS
First, visit the Ye Olde SteamOSe page and download the installer disc image with a BitTorrent client. As SteamOS is freely redistributable, this is entirely legal.
Burn the ISO image file to a DVD and boot your computer from the disc. If you’d rather use a USB flash drive instead of a DVD, use Win32 Disk Imager to write the ISO image to the USB drive and create a bootable USB drive.
When you boot from the disc, you’ll see the boot menu. This is a customized version of Valve’s SteamOS boot menu. The Power User install (custom partitions) option here is specific to Ye Olde SteamOSe and will allow you to resize your existing partitions and set up a dual-boot system.
Very Important: You must select the Power User install option to set up a dual-boot system. Selecting the Automated install option will wipe your entire first hard disk, erasing any Windows system or files on it and installing SteamOS over the empty space.
Partition Your Hard Disk
The Power User install option will put you in the SteamOS installer, which is actually a customized version of the Debian Linux installer. Much of the installation process will happen automatically, but the process will stop once you reach the Partition disks screen.
Select the Manual option and click Continue to start partitioning your disk. If you select the Guided – use entire disk option, your hard disk will be wiped and SteamOS will use the entire disk.
Select your Windows NTFS partition and click Continue to resize it, which will make space for SteamOS.
If you have a second hard drive you want to install SteamOS on, you should be able to choose the second hard drive here and create partitions on it instead of resizing an existing Windows partition.
Select the Resize the partition option and click Continue.
You’ll be asked whether you want to write any previous changes you made to disk. If you’ve been following this process, you haven’t made any changes so you can select Yes and continue.
Enter a smaller size for your Windows partition to shrink it and free up space for your SteamOS system. Be sure to leave enough space for Windows, but also provide enough space to Steam OS.
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Select the “FREE SPACE” you created and continue. We’ll now create several different partitions for SteamOS.
First, we’ll create a partition for the SteamOS base system. Select the Create a new partition option and enter a partition size. Valve uses a 10 GB partition for this, but directhex says you can use a 3 GB partition at absolute minimum.
We recommend making this a Primary partition and place it at the Beginning of your free space when asked.
Ensure the partition is set to “Use as: Ext4” and “Mount point: /”. These options should be automatically selected.
Select the Done setting up the partition option and click Continue when you’re done.
Second, we’ll create a swap partition. This is basically the same thing as the pagefile on Windows. Select the free space again, click Continue, and enter a partition size. Valve uses 10 GB for this, but directhex says you only need a gigabyte or two. This will actually depend on how much RAM you have in your computer and what games you’ll be playing — if you’re installing SteamOS on an old computer with little RAM, you may want to create a larger swap partition.
We recommend making this a Logical partition and placing it at the Beginning of the free space when asked.
Select the Use as: option and set it to Swap area. When you’re done, select Done setting up the partition and click Continue.
Third, we’ll create a recovery partition for SteamOS’s recovery feature. Select the free space again and create another partition in the same way as above. Valve uses 10 GB for this partition as well, but directhex says you can probably use 3 GB at an absolute minimum.
Ensure the partition is set to “Use as: Ext4.” Select the Mount point option and click Continue to set up a mount point. Click Enter manually and click Continue to enter a custom mount point.
Enter /boot/recovery as the partition’s mount point. Select Done setting up the partition and click Continue again when you’re done.
Fourth, and last, we’ll create the partition where SteamOS installs games. You should make this as large as possible, as you’ll need the most space here.
Select the free space again and click Create a new partition. You can select the default partition size to use the remaining free space for your games partition.
Set the partition to “Use as: Ext4” and “Mount point: /home”. The installer should choose these options automatically. When you’re done, continue.
Your SteamOS partitions should now resemble the ones in the screenshot below. Select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk when you’re done.
After confirming the changes, the rest of the installation process should happen automatically.
The installer will ask you about setting up a dual-boot setup with the GRUB boot loader. Click Yes and allow it to continue.
After installing SteamOS, you’ll see a boot menu each time you boot your computer. This will allow you to choose whether you want to boot into SteamOS or Windows. Use the arrow keys and Enter to select an operating system.
The boot menu will be themed to match the rest of SteamOS after you complete the rest of the process below.
Post-Install Setup
You’re not actually finished the setup process yet. After booting into SteamOS the first time, you’ll see a login screen. Log into the system with the account name “steamos” and the password “steam”. Select the GNOME session.
On the SteamOS desktop, click the Activities option, select Applications, and open a Terminal window.
Type “steam” into the terminal and press Enter to run Steam. Accept the EULA and allow Steam to set up the system.
You don’t actually need to sign into Steam yet. You can close the window when you’re asked to sign into your Steam account.
After the process completes, log out of the desktop by clicking the steam account option in the upper-right corner of the screen and selecting Log Out.
Next, log in with the account name “desktop”, the password “desktop”, and the GNOME session.
Open a Terminal window in the same way as before. Type the following command into the terminal and press Enter:
~/post_logon.sh
Enter the password “desktop” when prompted. The script will set up SteamOS and automatically reboot the computer into the recovery partition utility, so just let it run.
(We’re not sure what was going on with the graphics when we took the screenshot below, but everything seemed to work out okay. This is just a very beta experience.)
Type “y” and continue to create the recovery partition.
You can now reboot into SteamOS.
Using SteamOS
SteamOS should now be working normally. It will boot up in a more polished way with a progress bar. When it boots up, you won’t see any old Linux login screen — you’ll see the same SteamOS experience you’d get on a new SteamBox.
Log in with your Steam account to use SteamOS. All your games that support Linux will be available to download and play. Winzip gratis download.
If you’d like to access the desktop again, go to Settings > System > Enable access to the Linux desktop. You can then select the Exit option and choose Return to Desktop.
SteamOS doesn’t yet provide good official support for a variety of sound cards. You’ll need to run the PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol) application from the desktop’s Activities menu and use it to select your sound card and system volume levels. The volume control integrated into the GNOME desktop won’t work with Ye Olde SteamOSe at this time.
Ye Olde SteamOS primarily functions as a modification to the SteamOS installer, adding additional installation functionality and packages that aren’t present in the official distribution of SteamOS. Your SteamOS system should now automatically update from the official SteamOS repositories, just like an official Steambox. It does this in the background using standard Linux package management tools — SteamOS is very similar to standard desktop Linux systems.
Over time, this process will become much simpler. One day, Valve will provide their own easy installer that will support a wider variety of hardware and easy dual-boot setup. For now, we have to jump through these hoops — but it’s better than not being able to run SteamOS at all.
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Thanks to directhex for creating the Ye Olde SteamOSe respin and doing all this work!
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