gamescope-session VS holoiso

I'm trying out gamescope on my laptop, and I came across ChimeraOS's fork of it. I'm not sure why I would choose one over the other. ChimeraOS mentions something about "session switch", but I'm not sure what that's about.

I did a little digging and found this: gamescope-session

gamescope-session

You’re not alone, it always felt a bit ‘dirty’ having to keep windows on my devices just for gaming. I had no idea how far Linux gaming had come along over the years until the steam deck. Now I’ve removed windows from everything and run an arch-based Linux install (I typically like Manjaro to avoid starting from complete bare-metal). Check out this to (easily) run some of the best features from steam os on any distribution as well -> https://github.com/ChimeraOS/gamescope-session

I am using this: https://github.com/ChimeraOS/gamescope-session With this AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gamescope-session-git

with this or you will get an Steam update error.

If you want to try: https://github.com/ChimeraOS/gamescope-session

If you're really feeling adventurous.. try Holo ISO

Today I tried to install this https://github.com/HoloISO/holoiso, a version of arch Linux, on a 64 gb Sandisk sd card. After installing, the linux would not start. I tried to boot it on multiple devices with no luck. And now the sd card seems to be stuck in read only. Windows says it requires a format to work, which fails. Linux is able to read it but in properties says only the user “root” can write things on the card. Is this the card dying or is there a way to gain access??

I have not personally tried it, but HoloISO claims to bring SteamOS 3 (the current arch-based version) to generic non-Steamdeck hardware.

https://github.com/HoloISO/holoiso

Check out HoloISO. Just as good

There's an open issue about it: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/issues/742—since Dec 2021. There is https://github.com/HoloISO/holoiso though, but I suppose they just use the same binary packages as the real stuff..

The Steam Deck is less powerful but can accommodate a cheaper pricepoint. I see you are fairly experienced with general Linux so I will spare you the details, other than that ProtonDB is an excellent resource. The Ally is said by many to be less comfortable and it also lacks 2 back buttons and touchpads. The Ally can actually run SteamOS via HoloISO and it is a fairly good experience. Alternatively, if you stick with windows, you can get the Steam Deck UI by using Steam Big Picture.

The Project you mean is called HoloISO - which according to their Github - This project attempts to bring the Steam Deck's SteamOS Holo redistribution into a generic, installable format, and provide a close-to-official SteamOS experience. (There is also ChimeraOS that features some more things)

You can use https://github.com/HoloISO/holoiso to get SteamOS on your desktop