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LukeShortCloud
Switch to Desktop function broken
Using the switch to desktop option in the power menu just freezes the whole steam interface and does nothing
Is this with the "Steam Deck Client"? There is an assumption with it that it is running on a Steam Deck with a vanilla/unmodified SteamOS. In that scenario, Steam is launched in it's own X11 session. When you switch to desktop, it launches and switches to a new X11 session with the full KDE Plasma desktop environment. This won't ever work until Valve updates this special Steam Deck Client to work on normal Linux distributions. We are using workarounds to get early access to it.
Glad we could help sort out some of your other issues!
As for this one, winesapOS takes a very different approach to how we use SteamOS compared with the HoloISO project. Our target audience is desktop users and we install SteamOS as if it were Arch Linux. We use SteamOS repositories and then start the installation with pacstrap. The main benefit is that we get more flexibility in the customization of the installation but the downside is that we lose some of the uniqueness of how Valve installs and uses SteamOS. Here's a detailed comparison of the differences:
https://github.com/LukeShortCloud/winesapOS#comparison-with-steamos
Long-term, I do want to bring some of those special SteamOS features to winesapOS. I don't fully understand how they implemented it and just need time to sit down and reverse-engineer it. Here's one GitHub issue we have that is related to this:
https://github.com/LukeShortCloud/winesapOS/issues/241
@LukeShortCloud I appreciate your very prompt replies. I actually like that you use Arch repos and basically a pure arch system. Keeps packages newer. It's just the global fsr function I can't use or even enable it in the steam settings menu. And the fact I can't minimise the gamescope window when using the full screen workarounds
Thanks for opening up these GitHub issues and I'm glad to hear you like the approach of winesapOS! These issues all help to improve the project and help us understand where to prioritize new features. My hope is to have those last issues regarding Steam Deck differences will be addressed before the end of this year. Short-term, our top priority is to create a minimal image as that has been the most requested feature.
@tooelitepete holo iso has the same problem as the last iso released, with a lot of search I found winesapOS I will test it soon, I'm very hopeful
@jpbrisa Hey, I'm the creator of winesapOS. Thanks for giving it a try! We provide SteamOS targeted towards desktop users with a focus on cross-platform support (AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA graphics are fully supported).
This GitHub issue is to track an issue / feature request is for better Steam Deck UI support. We provide support for it but there are a few known issues with it that we are working on (such as switching from the Steam Deck UI back to the desktop if you are running it full screen).
Also, so you folks here know, I will be releasing 3.1.0-rc.0 this weekend. I'm working on that right now. This will be our best and most stable release yet. If all goes well, this will be our our stable release (as-is with no changes).
In winesapOS 3.3.0, we're using the new Big Picture Mode which now works as expected for getting back to the desktop. In winesapOS 3.4.0, we will also be using the same gamescope-session that upstream SteamOS and HoloISO use.
Related: https://github.com/LukeShortCloud/winesapOS/issues/241