SteamOS
SteamOS community tracker (by ValveSoftware)
steam-deck-tools
(Windows) Steam Deck Tools - Fan, Overlay, Power Control and Steam Controller for Windows (by ayufan)
| SteamOS | steam-deck-tools | |
|---|---|---|
| 123 | 127 | |
| 1,466 | 819 | |
| 0.8% | - | |
| 2.6 | 6.9 | |
| 8 months ago | 4 days ago | |
| C# | ||
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
SteamOS
Posts with mentions or reviews of SteamOS.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-24.
- OLED slower FPS as LCD Deck with Skyrim both on 3.5.7
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Is it known what causes the crashes in 3.5.x?
Create a support ticket and reference this GitHub thread. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1257 it doesn’t effect everyone but it does effect multiple users
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System crashes with 3.5.5+ update to "verifying installation"
Similar discussions: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1257 https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1281
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Crashing
It happened to me too a few times, mostly with hogwart’s legacy. Maybe it is software related though according to this https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1257, so I have hope to not RMA my deck
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Do all OLED Steam Decks have the 3.5mm audio issue?
Edit: Valve should be aware of this issue by now: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1235
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SteamDeck OLED Wifi Issues
This is a known issue with the WiFi cards in the OLED. It looks like the chip itself has poor Linux driver support. See here.
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Disable bad audio device and reset crackling sound
Another issue I saw in 3.5 and before was crackling sound (in some games), after sleep/resume. I saw this in Elden Ring and couple of other games. Looks like resetting pipewire program seems to fix this issue. You may have to add a terminal program to steam, switch to "Nested Desktop" or use decky plugin to execute following bash commands.
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Valve closed bug report of 200/1040 mhz GPU clock bug in 3.5.5-3.5.7 stable WITHOUT fixing it.
From the thread on github with bug report you can see two things:
- Others experiencing issues with 3.5 preview BIOS (F7A0116) breaking suspend/wake?
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Help needed to confirm two 3.5 bugs
Steam in home streaming does not work with the Deck, in either direction (from the Deck to another PC/phone or from a PC to the Deck) (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/1148)
steam-deck-tools
Posts with mentions or reviews of steam-deck-tools.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-27.
- Steamdecks biggest weakness is SteamOS
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Overcoming buyer's remorse?
I use Steam Deck tools for windows for all my deck buttons and shortcuts https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools
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On window 10, in game, x pulls up the keyboard and b pauses the game?
It's friendlier than it looks! First download the latest Steam Deck Tools release from GitHubsteam deck tools, then install RTSSrtss so the overlay and quick menus work, and optionally follow thisvrr guide to get VRR working. Make sure they're all set to run on startup and you should be good to go. The options all live in the task bar, and you can easily toggle between desktop/controller mode and different fan profiles, refresh rates, etc. It takes some fiddling around to get perfect but it has most, if not all, of the functionality of the native OS
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Do you still pay for Game Pass?
Are you sure you are actually using Windows on the deck? Because except for getting the controller working in 3rd party launchers (which needs this single tool: https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools) - there were absolutely NO errors / hurdles at all. Everything just works as expected.
- If you told 10yo me this would be a thing, I'm not sure I'd have believed you.
- Native controller support
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Installing windows
I prefer Steam Deck Tools for Windows https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools this is free, and adds pretty much full Stream Deck functionality to Windows. Steam Deck shortcuts for bringing up the windows keyboard, closing apps, alt tabbing, bringing up an overlay, using the overlay to choose frame rate and scaling options, etc, etc.
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Diablo 4 - detect controller?
Steam Deck Tools I launch Diablo hold start and swaps to controller mode.
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Just got a Steam Deck
Install https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools This gives you control of fans, power limits, controller/mouse mode, etc. Its an all in 1 tool
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Any tips for having windows on steam deck
And I use Steam Deck Tools for Windows for everything else and it works great https://github.com/ayufan/steam-deck-tools
What are some alternatives?
When comparing SteamOS and steam-deck-tools you can also consider the following projects:
holoiso - SteamOS 3 (Holo) archiso configuration
HandheldCompanion - ControllerService
holoiso - SteamOS 3 (Holo) archiso configuration [Moved to: https://github.com/HoloISO/holoiso]
ViGEmBus - Windows kernel-mode driver emulating well-known USB game controllers.
GlosSI - Tool for using Steam-Input controller rebinding at a system level alongside a global overlay
corectrl
SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot - Script to install Clover - a graphical boot manager for the Steam Deck.
steam-deck-utilities - A utility to improve performance and help manage storage on Steam Deck.
Steamdeck-Ultimate-Windows11-Guide - Customizations and instructions for Windows 10/11 setup for Steam Deck
steamdb.info-issues - 🚱 Issue tracker for the SteamDB website
old-RetroBat-obsolete - RetroBat is the best way to play your ROMs collection on Windows !
SteamOS vs holoiso
steam-deck-tools vs HandheldCompanion
SteamOS vs holoiso
steam-deck-tools vs ViGEmBus
SteamOS vs GlosSI
steam-deck-tools vs GlosSI
SteamOS vs corectrl
steam-deck-tools vs SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot
SteamOS vs steam-deck-utilities
steam-deck-tools vs Steamdeck-Ultimate-Windows11-Guide
SteamOS vs steamdb.info-issues
steam-deck-tools vs old-RetroBat-obsolete