SteamOS-alternatives-overview intends to provide an quick glance at the main differences between the Linux distributions offering an experience similar to Steam OS (Steam Deck's OS).
| ChimeraOS | SteamOS 3.x | HoloISO | Bazzite | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Based on | Arch Linux | Arch Linux | Arch Linux | Fedora Atomic |
| Desktop | Gnome | KDE Plasma | KDE Plasma | Gnome/KDE Plasma |
| Install method | ❔ | ❌ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Atomic updates | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Read-write root filesystem | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Custom partitioning | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| General hardware support | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Up-to-date base packages | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Remote app installation | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Built-in EGS & GOG support | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Built-in emulation support | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Additional game tweaks | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Additional artwork | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Built-in GE Proton | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| TDP Control | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❔ | ❔ |
| FPS Limiter | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Built-in Nvidia GPU Support | ❌ | ⚪ | ❌ | ✔️ |
| Automated builds | ✔️ | ⚪ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Steam Libraries on multiple drives | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ | ❔ |
| Full source publicly hosted | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ✔️ |
- ✔️ means yes, it is supported
- ❌ means no, it is not supported
- ❔ means help wanted, author wasn't sure or couldn't judge the covered topic.
- ⚪ means the feature doesn't apply to this distribution and cannot be evaluated.
- an empty cell is missing information. It is not intentionally left blank.
WIP
work in an editor that supports no forced line breaks (word wrap), otherwise you can't read the raw markdown table. VSCodium, Atom, Notepad++, Kate and others are suitable for raw markdown editing.
work in an editor that supports some sort of WYSIWYG like Obsidian or Typora otherwise it is a real mess to fill a markdown table. Typora can clean the final raw markdown table as well, and so can Obsidian with the Advanced Tables plugin.
To add a service it is always good to take the current version of the table to match the columns. I'll try to merge all PRs in a timely manner.
open issue or a PR
Thanks to the ChimeraOS project for most of the information found on the table, and selfhosted-music-overview for the structure inspiration.