just wanted to throw this out since Minecraft was mentioned as a game that needs windows: its totally fine on the Deck, and Linux in general. bedrock version is not playable yes, but java is fully accessible and runs great with something like Prism Launcher.
@@tray84 excellent point! i kinda forgot because the distro im using dosent have the right drivers and such for waydroid (i could probably get it working but dont want to put in the time lol)
@@donotdew the unofficial bedrock launcher is on the Linux app stores (like discover or snap) and it is the Android version so you can't have raytracing even with nvidia
Ever since becoming a tinkerer I must say it’s very satisfying. Sure I could just run it all on my main rig but I do really find it fun to get these marvelous games running on lower spec hardware (handhelds etc). We’ve come a loooooong way and I really love what amd has been up to lately. Thanks techie ❤
Actually I just had a nice 3 days off in a row because I had friends from Japan stop in on their Canada visit. Felt like it recharged my batteries nicely!
I did this recently with my Beelink SER6 Pro with a 680M that I had lying around. It's great and I can play most games at 1080p 30fps. Completed Lies of P on it. Very playable!
I'm picking up an SER6 as well, since they're currently discounted (for black friday i assume). I plan on adding another drive and loading some steamos fork on it. likely bazzite right now.
Thanks for the tutorial. It gave me the push I needed to set up my own. Loads of mini PCs available, with specs that surpass that of the steam deck. For quite a bit less. Now I've basically got a clone of my steam deck, that's permanently set up where I'd previously have to dock my steam deck. I've got both the steam deck and mini pc set up to clover dual boot; windows, steam os/bazzite (sharing 1tb each of a 2tb ssd), and batocera (swapping a loaded out 2tb micro sd, between the two computers). If you're not too concerned about high fps and maxed out settings, on a huge screen. It's a cost effective solution to get the steam deck experience, where you'd usually play console or pc.
0:53 Minecraft java is fully compatible with the steam deck. And in fact, it runs way better because of its linux kernel. Minecraft bedrock can be enjoyed using an unofficial launcher(using google play store version). Yes, Minecraft is not available through steam. But can be downloaded and installed whilst in desktop mode. And added as a non steam game. I understand if you’re bored of the single player vanilla gameplay. But there are so many mods for Minecraft, notable ones being: Create, Valkrian skyes, realistic physics mod, terralift, shaders. And not to mention multiplayer. Minecraft is not a kids game. It’s a game for people that have creativity. That mostly happens to be children. But there are plenty of older people that still have that.
Wow. I happened to put this video on in the background *while* I was swapping rom around on mini pcs to try and figure out why I can't get this crucial ram to work in another system. Same processor, but the minisforum um790. Incredible luck. I guess I need to order more ram! This same set of sticks was unstable in a Beelink Ser6 Max, but not failing any testing I could find.
Happy to see you try this out. Been a full time Bazzite user since late April, early May. Bazzite is one of the few OS that I can both just play all my games on Linux and have a decent desktop experience. Have it on my large tower of a desktop. Also, love watching the videos. I was anxious an hour ago. Something I heard set me off. Video helped me calm down. Feel like I am hanging out in your room watching your videos which is nice. Hope you have a nice day.
same! been using for the same amount of time and put on my deck, main pc, and made a custom console with a pc using old parts in my living room. I don't even use my main pc because of the other two anymore
@@tray84 How is Bazzite on a Steam Deck? I personally never used or ever touched a Steam Deck until yesterday ironically. My brother's buddy wanted to share some game keys he got from a humble bundle which was nice and I only could give a chromecast to them. Anywho, he had a Steam Deck and wanted me to use it cause my brother told him about how I was fully into the Linux's Gamescope Sessions that is the Steam Deck from Chimera OS I tested last year. Sorry for the long ramble. Just wanna know how Bazzite is on the deck. Not that I wanna switch from using a larger desktop. I am just interested what the difference would be from Steam OS.
@@grizzlyindustries7593I have it installed on my deck. From a functionality standpoint it appears to be identical with some added benefits. I haven't noticed anything missing yet. The big differences are all in the background. Steamos is a custom immutable version of arch, while bazzite is based on an immutable branch of fedora, though the way it's set up bazzite technically takes the win here since with the stock steamos, if you unlock the root file system and make changes or install anything in that manner, it'll just get wiped the next time steamos updates, bazzite has a way to maintain immutability while also not wiping things that you install. Bazzite also gives you the option to quickly install a bunch of the things people tend to run on stock steamos, right on first boot. I didn't like it's stability a year ago and reverted back to steamos at the time, but I reinstalled it on my deck a couple weeks ago and have been liking it a lot.
It's just insane to me how affordable Steam Decks are. They have a touch-screen, battery, controllers... and they're still cheaper than your mid-range minipc selection. A refurbished Steam Deck at $279 is just an insane value. I really wish we could get the Steam Console that's the same thing as a Steam Deck 64... but without the touch-screen, battery, or controllers... and then hopefully a reduced price. That would be bonkers.
@@gmitchellfamily It's stupid, but it's what most consoles have done for a long time now. The main difference is that Steam games don't cost twice the cost of "PC games" :D I wonder how true it is for the Steam Deck, though. Can Valve really recoup the costs through game sales? Especially given that most people probably already have those games on their account anyway, since they run on a normal PC too? :D
@@LuaanTi From all the interviews they've given it seems more like Valve just wanted an affordable, comfortable and versatile PC handheld to exist, because they themselves wanted to play their games on one. Valve is special in that they don't have shareholders and they can do whatever they want even if it's not profitable It also seems to be a long-term strategy of making Linux gaming viable since Valve has been worried about Microsoft potentially locking down Windows
Because of your videos on Brazzite, I am seriously considering doing this to create myself a console for my TV. For handheld gaming I have my Switch and for the few heavy titles I run I have my (work, ahem) pc. This is awesome!
I flashed an old Toshiba Satellite laptop with Linux Mint 22 with Cinnamon, and it was able to handle PSX, and PSP so far from testing, and it is my Playstation Satellite. I also can use the DVD drive again (curse you ChromeOS Flex), and might try other retro games, but with only 240GB SSD right now just sticking with those two systems. Eventually, might go the route of external harddrive for the games, but haven't gotten around to that yet or bought an external HDD.
Steam deck-type specs on a mini PC with more WALL power pumped into the APU/GPU is underrated. Consoles might not make sense anymore at u their price point. I was hoping this wouldn’t catch on while i hoarded all the mini PC units :3 Cat’s out the bag now! Im playing tekken 8 60fps for far less than a ps5. What a time to be alive
I just installed bazzite on my SER5 MAX nvme, keeping Batocera on the sata ssd. So far so good. Added benefit of having both drives in is that, both being linux, I can access the ROMS from the batocera share partition should I want to run emulation / emu-deck-ish things on the bazzite side. I also made sure to up the VRAM in bios from default (16gb ram set to 4gb vram, 32gb set to 8gb vram). Amazing versatility in a tiny footprint.
I daily drive nixos, and I enabled steam and one day I noticed when I switched to a different desktop environment there was a whole steam DE. I thought it was really cool.
Minecraft (java, which is the valid one anyways) was the 2nd game I got working on Steam deck (I was a pre order recipient). I bought it after Microsoft owned it, so I only have a microsoft login to play it, not a mojang. Search for youtube guides, it's not bad to get going. I did not try modded minecraft, and have no idea if that changes things.
I had no idea this was possible, I thought gaming pc's had to have those massive graphics cards with 20 fans to be able to run anything. Thanks Mr dweeb!
I tried and somewhat failed at doing this. I think I know how I wanna do it next time but I need to convince myself to spend the money... again. Great video
2:00 I have one. It's still kicking but it is not great. The recent Nvidia open source fixes make it pretty decent... now. But it was very rough for the last couple years with it on chimera and bazzite. Batocera and Nobara have been good with it. I would love a modern revisit of the steam machine!
back when valve introduced the whole steambox craze over a decade ago, i already had a bunch of MiniPC's laying around to test that out (alongside the steambox they introduced big picture mode into Steam) the biggest issue with all of those MiniPC's back then was that because they are all designed and built around laptop hardware the performance was always trash. i ended up giving up on this and just turned my custom built steambox into a plex server lol. laptop hardware these days seems very competent, but i think a better hardware solution today would be to build a custom mini-ITX mid range-high end gaming pc for use as a genuine steambox. some of those mini-ITX pc cases try to resemble a look of a horizontal console so they would fit perfectly for this! but that would kind of defeat the purpose since a PS5 can be bought nowadays for around 300-400$US and would most likely perform a lot better than a 800-1000$ gaming pc that's installed inside of a tiny case with restricted airflow and many limitations you would have to forgo to avoid overheating the components inside.
you could always just stream the games that the minipc cant run, but your main system CAN run - they may have stopped selling the steamlink and the steam machine, but theyre still constantly improving the streaming functionality
still got "emulation station" on my windows 11 mini pc with an AMD Ryzen 9, 6900HX with a built in AMD Radeon 680M and 32GB RAM running... that thing also emulates everything fine especially with the 8bitdo SN30 Pro Bluetooth Gamepad .....and i still can do my Video editing, Music Making, Photography Editing etc with it or play my games directly in steam or other games with stand-alone launcher.
Ahead of the curve, TechDweeb! I do think this is Valve's long-term vision for SteamOS, and that handhelds are merely the way to get things started. How does Bazzite compare to rival distros like ChimeraOS? It looks pretty solid. If these gaming distros keep maturing, they might actually be better choices for power users because you can presumably make changes to the underlying OS (and install more software) in ways that SteamOS's immutable file system stops you doing.
The steam deck’s greatest strength is also its greatest weakness - closed ecosystem. Eventually, a handheld that supports as many storefronts as you want will take the crown.
But it doesn't have a closed ecosystem? It's just a PC. You can install whatever you want on it. Do other storefronts support Linux? Nope, but that's hardly Steam Deck's fault :D Valve is the one who keeps pushing Linux gaming hard, and helped it become a lot more tenable than it was fifteen years ago.
Nice video, did you try to stream games to the mini pc? Thinking about setting it up in the living room on my tv and play games from my main machine as it can handle 4k?
The Steam Deck can run minecraft just fine. The java version has a mod that adds controller support and the Google Play Store version has controller support right out of the box! Doesn´t mean you HAVE to play it. Unless?
With the rise of steam decks I’m surprised there isn’t any off the shelf options for one of these, what is stopping steam from creating one and entering the console war?
Huge fan of your channel. Do you know if any of these mini PC’s can handle any VR games? As a Mac user I’m looking specifically for a MiniPC that I can hook up my PSVR2 headset and play some VR games on Steam. Can you recommend me some to look at please?
It's a very neat thing to do! Every time I do something like this I always want to actually use it to game, which is me giving myself permission to stop working and actually play some games for a change!
This! I've been looking for a mini pc to replace my steam deck, which is the brains to my bartop arcade. Would you recommend this? Or is there something closer spec'd to the steam deck.
I freakin just did something similar! Over the last 2 days on an old chromebox asus CN62 with i7 that was retired from some random company. (Mrchrome chromebox helped me flash a new bios uefi)-- i wanted to see how it'd do first and the original 16gb ssd is useless so i have Bazzite booting on an SD card while waiting for the odd 2242 size 256gb ssd to come in. It's operatable for some weak things as is but i can see it being a decent emulation system for the TV so i don't have to share my ROG Ally with the household.
This would be a nice mini PC. Amazon has the GEEKOM A8 AI Mini PC, AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS for less but almost exactly the same performance as the A7 (for a limited time). I wish AMD would come up with a better naming/coding system for their processors and not confuse the heck out of people trying to compare them all. Their numbering system makes no sense! 😁😁
Nope. Raspberry Pi is ARM-based, Bazzite requires x86-64. It simply will not work. Sorry. Even if the architecture WAS supported, only the Pi 5 would actually have enough computing power, being about 10% slower than an N100 in sysbench (a simple Linux benchmark). All of the previous Pi models are way slower than that. For reference, an intel N100 (which is a 12th gen mobile chip, and TechDweeb's "low end" recommendation) has roughly the same performance level as a 4th-7th gen i5. Honestly this is the lowest spec anyone should go for with something like this. You don't necessarily need a fancy new mini-PC like Mr. Dweeb used. There's plenty of cheap ex-office PCs (HP, Dell, Lenovo) flooding the used market that fit the bill for the "low end" if you don't want to "splurge" on an N100 box. Try to get at least an i5, if not an i7. What might hold you back with those would be video performance (intel integrated graphics kinda suck). If you can slot a dedicated GPU (even a small one like an RX 550 or GT 1030), things get better, but an AMD GPU is recommended if you want the "Home Theater" SteamDeck-like experience with Bazzite, as the "HTPC" build's GameScope has problems with the NVIDIA drivers (you can still use the "Desktop" build if you have NVIDIA). And by the time you get a GPU in there, you've probably spent as much or more than what you would have spent on the N100. But you might be able to run with higher settings than on an N100. I have a 4th gen i5 with a GTX 1050 4GB and can run a lot of games at pretty reasonable settings. Not the newest stuff of course, but older/indie games run great. Like Skyrim SE and Saint's Row the Third on 1080p Ultra. RedOut on 720p medium (RedOut 2 is a bit too much). I'm not using Bazzite (yet) but rather the gaming edition (don't make me type its actual name) of Garuda Linux. I might switch, I might not. I'll definitely try it out. That's the beauty of Linux; unlike Windows and MacOS, we're spoiled for choice.
Just a thought, but what about reviewing some of the retro usb controllers? There are some decent N64 & Sega Genesis controllers available. Althought not ideal reproductions, they are kind of fun for nostalgic dweebs like me.
I love SteamOS and Bazzite as an alternative. Even though I'm not 12, I still need windows for anti-cheat games (fortnite and Minecraft aren't even on my radar). Not to mention the amount of extra space Linux-based gaming needs for Windows-based games due to the shaders and proton. Linux written games are perfectly fine, it's just a shame more developers and game companies don't support Linux (hence the need for the extra required space not needed on Windows).
Hey Tech! Is this the smoothest OS for making a steam machine??? I want to make a steam console for the living room, and I don’t know which OS to go with for the project.
Curious how well SteamOS does with multiple controllers and local multiplayer? I like this setup and might actually do this for my secondary gaming setup
I have an old Dell Optiplex 780 SFF with a Core 2 Quad 9400 + 16GB RAM + RX 550 2gb + SSD 240. I thought about installing Bazzite on this old thing to play my Indie games at my girlsfriends house. Is it worth the effort?
what if you take the guts off of one of these mini pcs in order to make your own diy portable handheld device? Do you think doing something like that would be justifiable? Even if the cost of doing so exceeds just buying a deck it just feels more customizable that way, not to mention fun :)
use sunshine/moonlight i do this to a trigkey rzyen minipc in my living room and it works amazing, even over wifi to my gmk mini in my garage outside .
Long live tech chad! Yo dweeb, have ye played cross code. Its so much fun. Its like if chroni trigger, a link to the past, and terrinigma had a baby. Its a single player mmo with sweet pixel graphics and very fun top down combat.
What I will say where personally I use Windows on my Steam Deck, for my use case I don't at all use my Steam deck on the go. It's basically my media PC in my main room and for party games and emulators and what not. With a lot of bloat taken out of Windows and a good number of services disabled, plus using Steam Big Picture mode as kind of like a front end for everything, with some scripts and some apps it works great. Not having built in FSR kind of sucks though, but not really playing any major AAA game on it. That also being said, the Windows experience for the steam deck going mobile is terrible. Yeah there are tools to kind of help but in my experience like handheld companion, it is not easy and quick to use and setup... So if I did use my steamdeck for more hand held stuff I for sure would stick to SteamOS.
@TechDweeb Actually... I think you may want to postpone the OS project aaaaand do a Gameboy game with Gameboy Studio instead!!!! I've just started doing so myself (while doing other games with Godot, Pixel game maker MV, Rpg Maker XP, and trying Pico 8 game maker aaaaand tipping my toes in tic-80... [and honorable mention to rpg paper maker... {and there are others, but the list would be long}]) Anyways, you might get hooked a little bit. I thought, "Hey, maybe... just maybe you'd make your own Dweeb Corps game, a Zazz Bros or Legend of Dweezil Dazzle or something a like, OR make a video special about game makers..." 👾🟥🟧🟫⬛🟪 var pixilated greetings += true
just wanted to throw this out since Minecraft was mentioned as a game that needs windows: its totally fine on the Deck, and Linux in general. bedrock version is not playable yes, but java is fully accessible and runs great with something like Prism Launcher.
bedrock IS playable, but it's by playing the Android version ported to Linux. works more or less, but starting it is a bit clunky.
@@tray84 excellent point! i kinda forgot because the distro im using dosent have the right drivers and such for waydroid (i could probably get it working but dont want to put in the time lol)
You don't need way droid you can just use the unofficial bedrock launcher for Linux. it's available as an app image so it should work on any distro.
@@donotdew the unofficial bedrock launcher is on the Linux app stores (like discover or snap) and it is the Android version so you can't have raytracing even with nvidia
even the vanilla launcher is fully compatible with linux
Ever since becoming a tinkerer I must say it’s very satisfying. Sure I could just run it all on my main rig but I do really find it fun to get these marvelous games running on lower spec hardware (handhelds etc). We’ve come a loooooong way and I really love what amd has been up to lately. Thanks techie ❤
do you even sleep?
I love TechDweeb, but I worry that he's going to kill his health like COOP772.
Actually I just had a nice 3 days off in a row because I had friends from Japan stop in on their Canada visit. Felt like it recharged my batteries nicely!
@@TechDweebIm glad you've had a nice time!! I wouldn't know what to do if you stopped making videos!
@@TechDweeb heck yeah, love to hear that ❤
He probably stimulated with so many games, and like many people he’s just trying to level up in his Life! Good for him!
I did this recently with my Beelink SER6 Pro with a 680M that I had lying around. It's great and I can play most games at 1080p 30fps. Completed Lies of P on it. Very playable!
What preset? Medium, low, super low?
What preset did you have for lies of P
@@xpmon Pretty sure it was low settings, but still looked great.
I'm picking up an SER6 as well, since they're currently discounted (for black friday i assume). I plan on adding another drive and loading some steamos fork on it. likely bazzite right now.
Thanks for the tutorial. It gave me the push I needed to set up my own.
Loads of mini PCs available, with specs that surpass that of the steam deck. For quite a bit less.
Now I've basically got a clone of my steam deck, that's permanently set up where I'd previously have to dock my steam deck.
I've got both the steam deck and mini pc set up to clover dual boot; windows, steam os/bazzite (sharing 1tb each of a 2tb ssd), and batocera (swapping a loaded out 2tb micro sd, between the two computers).
If you're not too concerned about high fps and maxed out settings, on a huge screen. It's a cost effective solution to get the steam deck experience, where you'd usually play console or pc.
0:53 Minecraft java is fully compatible with the steam deck. And in fact, it runs way better because of its linux kernel. Minecraft bedrock can be enjoyed using an unofficial launcher(using google play store version).
Yes, Minecraft is not available through steam. But can be downloaded and installed whilst in desktop mode. And added as a non steam game.
I understand if you’re bored of the single player vanilla gameplay. But there are so many mods for Minecraft, notable ones being: Create, Valkrian skyes, realistic physics mod, terralift, shaders. And not to mention multiplayer.
Minecraft is not a kids game. It’s a game for people that have creativity. That mostly happens to be children. But there are plenty of older people that still have that.
Minecraft is a kids game.
@@nunyabidnes6010 minecraft jenny mod
@@nunyabidnes6010 wow you're so big and grown up and mature because you don't have fun with those silly blocky kids games and only play big boy games
@@nunyabidnes6010 call of duty is a kids game. minecraft (like pokemon) is for autistic 20-30yo
Dude ram compatibility is a CRAZY rabbit hole. It takes a TON of work to keep this kind of stuff from happening. I am sorry you ran into trouble.
Luckily I had a good smart dweeb to help me figure it out!
Wow. I happened to put this video on in the background *while* I was swapping rom around on mini pcs to try and figure out why I can't get this crucial ram to work in another system. Same processor, but the minisforum um790. Incredible luck. I guess I need to order more ram! This same set of sticks was unstable in a Beelink Ser6 Max, but not failing any testing I could find.
Happy to see you try this out. Been a full time Bazzite user since late April, early May. Bazzite is one of the few OS that I can both just play all my games on Linux and have a decent desktop experience. Have it on my large tower of a desktop.
Also, love watching the videos. I was anxious an hour ago. Something I heard set me off. Video helped me calm down. Feel like I am hanging out in your room watching your videos which is nice. Hope you have a nice day.
same! been using for the same amount of time and put on my deck, main pc, and made a custom console with a pc using old parts in my living room. I don't even use my main pc because of the other two anymore
@@tray84 How is Bazzite on a Steam Deck? I personally never used or ever touched a Steam Deck until yesterday ironically.
My brother's buddy wanted to share some game keys he got from a humble bundle which was nice and I only could give a chromecast to them.
Anywho, he had a Steam Deck and wanted me to use it cause my brother told him about how I was fully into the Linux's Gamescope Sessions that is the Steam Deck from Chimera OS I tested last year.
Sorry for the long ramble. Just wanna know how Bazzite is on the deck. Not that I wanna switch from using a larger desktop. I am just interested what the difference would be from Steam OS.
@@grizzlyindustries7593I have it installed on my deck. From a functionality standpoint it appears to be identical with some added benefits. I haven't noticed anything missing yet. The big differences are all in the background. Steamos is a custom immutable version of arch, while bazzite is based on an immutable branch of fedora, though the way it's set up bazzite technically takes the win here since with the stock steamos, if you unlock the root file system and make changes or install anything in that manner, it'll just get wiped the next time steamos updates, bazzite has a way to maintain immutability while also not wiping things that you install. Bazzite also gives you the option to quickly install a bunch of the things people tend to run on stock steamos, right on first boot. I didn't like it's stability a year ago and reverted back to steamos at the time, but I reinstalled it on my deck a couple weeks ago and have been liking it a lot.
It's just insane to me how affordable Steam Decks are. They have a touch-screen, battery, controllers... and they're still cheaper than your mid-range minipc selection. A refurbished Steam Deck at $279 is just an insane value. I really wish we could get the Steam Console that's the same thing as a Steam Deck 64... but without the touch-screen, battery, or controllers... and then hopefully a reduced price. That would be bonkers.
That's because Valve is selling them below cost, recouping the money through game sales, where other shops can't afford to do that.
You can't buy outside US or Europe/Asia tho
@@gmitchellfamily It's stupid, but it's what most consoles have done for a long time now. The main difference is that Steam games don't cost twice the cost of "PC games" :D
I wonder how true it is for the Steam Deck, though. Can Valve really recoup the costs through game sales? Especially given that most people probably already have those games on their account anyway, since they run on a normal PC too? :D
@@LuaanTi i've heard lots of people say they buy more games now that they have a steam deck and can find the time to play more small games
@@LuaanTi From all the interviews they've given it seems more like Valve just wanted an affordable, comfortable and versatile PC handheld to exist, because they themselves wanted to play their games on one. Valve is special in that they don't have shareholders and they can do whatever they want even if it's not profitable
It also seems to be a long-term strategy of making Linux gaming viable since Valve has been worried about Microsoft potentially locking down Windows
You are going to have to build an upstairs to your basement to hold all your mini PCs and handhelds. Poor guy.
Or a basement to my basement!
@@TechDweeb a dungeon?
@@DstinctDweebDungeon has a nice ring to it too...
Minecraft runs actually very well on the Steam Deck.
The dad puns on this video is on a whole new level, just like your mom... baking me cookies, of course!
Because of your videos on Brazzite, I am seriously considering doing this to create myself a console for my TV. For handheld gaming I have my Switch and for the few heavy titles I run I have my (work, ahem) pc. This is awesome!
Thanks for the demo and info, This is awesome. Have a great day
Bud, I can handle you dissing Fortnite & Taylor Swift but don't come for Minecraft... especially since you CAN play it on steam OS
I flashed an old Toshiba Satellite laptop with Linux Mint 22 with Cinnamon, and it was able to handle PSX, and PSP so far from testing, and it is my Playstation Satellite. I also can use the DVD drive again (curse you ChromeOS Flex), and might try other retro games, but with only 240GB SSD right now just sticking with those two systems. Eventually, might go the route of external harddrive for the games, but haven't gotten around to that yet or bought an external HDD.
Steam deck-type specs on a mini PC with more WALL power pumped into the APU/GPU is underrated. Consoles might not make sense anymore at u their price point. I was hoping this wouldn’t catch on while i hoarded all the mini PC units :3
Cat’s out the bag now!
Im playing tekken 8 60fps for far less than a ps5. What a time to be alive
With how powerful the integrated graphics are getting, mini PCs are probably the future of desktop PCs for majority of people
I ordered a mini PC today pacifically to turn it into a Steam OS console. Great minds amirite
Good you didn't order it angerily
Great video! Fun project that I'm starting this weekend.
I just installed bazzite on my SER5 MAX nvme, keeping Batocera on the sata ssd. So far so good. Added benefit of having both drives in is that, both being linux, I can access the ROMS from the batocera share partition should I want to run emulation / emu-deck-ish things on the bazzite side. I also made sure to up the VRAM in bios from default (16gb ram set to 4gb vram, 32gb set to 8gb vram). Amazing versatility in a tiny footprint.
Some love for mini PC's yey
Omg its Pokey!!!
Thanks for reminding me of him!
You shouted out Iceberg Tech, man is VERY underrated
1:14 fun fact: SteamOS is Arch. You can access a desktop and install MC from there and then add it to Steam
I uh, like this a lot. Thank you Mr Dweeb.
I've been pausing videos to read the messages since the days when I recorded The Simpsons on VHS
i literally just put bazzite on my desktop like right now
love your setup bro
Love this viedeo, made me realize I'm a cool person
👏
"cats can't eat cereal" the most important mental note!
More for me!
I dunno man, the Retro Game Core theft plan was preeeeeeetty great
homey put the "mental" in mental notes
@@TechDweebwait.What kind of cereal are we talking about ?
When why do people feed their cats, cat branded cereal? Even supposed to put water in their dry food 🤔🤔🤔
A good dweeb doesn’t forget his mom’s birthday!
Cool video, as always 😃
It's possible to play Minecraft Java on it though, which is the definitive version.
I run Bazzite on my mini PC which has the weakest Ryzen processor you get and I still have a great time with it. It's a great low spec machine.
i not long installed Bazzite on my Minusforum em780 mini PC. its been a pretty good way to consolise the mini pc
I just did that on a UM690S, and I installed a recalbox OS on another drive. One boot for retro, one for modern arcade, with two arcade sticks.
Thank. I agree that I’m cool.
Sigma Dweeb needs to be a recurring guest now
Okay your mom joke made me fall off my exercise ball at the gym. 😂
I daily drive nixos, and I enabled steam and one day I noticed when I switched to a different desktop environment there was a whole steam DE. I thought it was really cool.
>Bot vice
a real chad gamer here.
Minecraft (java, which is the valid one anyways) was the 2nd game I got working on Steam deck (I was a pre order recipient). I bought it after Microsoft owned it, so I only have a microsoft login to play it, not a mojang. Search for youtube guides, it's not bad to get going. I did not try modded minecraft, and have no idea if that changes things.
I had no idea this was possible, I thought gaming pc's had to have those massive graphics cards with 20 fans to be able to run anything. Thanks Mr dweeb!
I just have to say that the perfect screen for this little machines steamed is a portable monitor of 17" with a 1600*900 resolution.
I see you have humble choice too bro! xD
Doesn't everyone?
@@TechDweeb smart guys have it....
I tried and somewhat failed at doing this. I think I know how I wanna do it next time but I need to convince myself to spend the money... again. Great video
2:00 I have one. It's still kicking but it is not great. The recent Nvidia open source fixes make it pretty decent... now. But it was very rough for the last couple years with it on chimera and bazzite. Batocera and Nobara have been good with it.
I would love a modern revisit of the steam machine!
back when valve introduced the whole steambox craze over a decade ago, i already had a bunch of MiniPC's laying around to test that out (alongside the steambox they introduced big picture mode into Steam)
the biggest issue with all of those MiniPC's back then was that because they are all designed and built around laptop hardware the performance was always trash.
i ended up giving up on this and just turned my custom built steambox into a plex server lol.
laptop hardware these days seems very competent, but i think a better hardware solution today would be to build a custom mini-ITX mid range-high end gaming pc for use as a genuine steambox.
some of those mini-ITX pc cases try to resemble a look of a horizontal console so they would fit perfectly for this!
but that would kind of defeat the purpose since a PS5 can be bought nowadays for around 300-400$US and would most likely perform a lot better than a 800-1000$ gaming pc that's installed inside of a tiny case with restricted airflow and many limitations you would have to forgo to avoid overheating the components inside.
Keep these badass videos coming Mr. TechDweeb!!
Will do!
Nice, man!
i love steamos i just use big picture mode on steam with my tv and its great
ima join the channel as soon as i get some moola!!
Techdweeb is my smart homie what up my brotha
you could always just stream the games that the minipc cant run, but your main system CAN run - they may have stopped selling the steamlink and the steam machine, but theyre still constantly improving the streaming functionality
still got "emulation station" on my windows 11 mini pc with an AMD Ryzen 9, 6900HX with a built in AMD Radeon 680M and 32GB RAM running... that thing also emulates everything fine especially with the 8bitdo SN30 Pro Bluetooth Gamepad .....and i still can do my Video editing, Music Making, Photography Editing etc with it or play my games directly in steam or other games with stand-alone launcher.
Sounds like a good setup! Which Mini PC is that?
@@TechDweeb AceMagican AM08 Pro .. The highest model which got further diy upgrades like faster and bigger storage etc.
Ahead of the curve, TechDweeb! I do think this is Valve's long-term vision for SteamOS, and that handhelds are merely the way to get things started.
How does Bazzite compare to rival distros like ChimeraOS? It looks pretty solid. If these gaming distros keep maturing, they might actually be better choices for power users because you can presumably make changes to the underlying OS (and install more software) in ways that SteamOS's immutable file system stops you doing.
The steam deck’s greatest strength is also its greatest weakness - closed ecosystem. Eventually, a handheld that supports as many storefronts as you want will take the crown.
Bazzite lets you add lutris and emulators and all that to it so you can play it all
But it doesn't have a closed ecosystem? It's just a PC. You can install whatever you want on it. Do other storefronts support Linux? Nope, but that's hardly Steam Deck's fault :D Valve is the one who keeps pushing Linux gaming hard, and helped it become a lot more tenable than it was fifteen years ago.
Nice video, did you try to stream games to the mini pc? Thinking about setting it up in the living room on my tv and play games from my main machine as it can handle 4k?
So freaking cool!!!!
The Steam Deck can run minecraft just fine. The java version has a mod that adds controller support and the Google Play Store version has controller support right out of the box! Doesn´t mean you HAVE to play it.
Unless?
With the rise of steam decks I’m surprised there isn’t any off the shelf options for one of these, what is stopping steam from creating one and entering the console war?
Huge fan of your channel. Do you know if any of these mini PC’s can handle any VR games? As a Mac user I’m looking specifically for a MiniPC that I can hook up my PSVR2 headset and play some VR games on Steam. Can you recommend me some to look at please?
but moooom, I'm already subscribed!
I have Bazzite on my Morefine S500+ w/ 7940HS. It's great
i bet your channel is a fun project
i ditched windows on my main pc for linux ages ago and i must say no regrets
I want to do this nowww. I don't have a spare mini pc, though. XD
It's a very neat thing to do! Every time I do something like this I always want to actually use it to game, which is me giving myself permission to stop working and actually play some games for a change!
I would love to see this with the ayaneo mini
This! I've been looking for a mini pc to replace my steam deck, which is the brains to my bartop arcade. Would you recommend this? Or is there something closer spec'd to the steam deck.
I freakin just did something similar! Over the last 2 days on an old chromebox asus CN62 with i7 that was retired from some random company. (Mrchrome chromebox helped me flash a new bios uefi)-- i wanted to see how it'd do first and the original 16gb ssd is useless so i have Bazzite booting on an SD card while waiting for the odd 2242 size 256gb ssd to come in. It's operatable for some weak things as is but i can see it being a decent emulation system for the TV so i don't have to share my ROG Ally with the household.
Steam deck with the Tech King
Funny that you released this just when Valve added some windows drivers to their support page 😆
Haha yup. I'll be doing a video on that soon too!
The mini PC is better than my desktop 😭😭😭
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This would be a nice mini PC. Amazon has the GEEKOM A8 AI Mini PC, AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS for less but almost exactly the same performance as the A7 (for a limited time). I wish AMD would come up with a better naming/coding system for their processors and not confuse the heck out of people trying to compare them all. Their numbering system makes no sense! 😁😁
Nice...I always want a mini pc...but end up bought a laptop instead because of the price 😢
It would be interesting to see if Bazzite would run on a raspberry pi.
Nope. Raspberry Pi is ARM-based, Bazzite requires x86-64. It simply will not work. Sorry.
Even if the architecture WAS supported, only the Pi 5 would actually have enough computing power, being about 10% slower than an N100 in sysbench (a simple Linux benchmark). All of the previous Pi models are way slower than that.
For reference, an intel N100 (which is a 12th gen mobile chip, and TechDweeb's "low end" recommendation) has roughly the same performance level as a 4th-7th gen i5. Honestly this is the lowest spec anyone should go for with something like this.
You don't necessarily need a fancy new mini-PC like Mr. Dweeb used. There's plenty of cheap ex-office PCs (HP, Dell, Lenovo) flooding the used market that fit the bill for the "low end" if you don't want to "splurge" on an N100 box. Try to get at least an i5, if not an i7. What might hold you back with those would be video performance (intel integrated graphics kinda suck). If you can slot a dedicated GPU (even a small one like an RX 550 or GT 1030), things get better, but an AMD GPU is recommended if you want the "Home Theater" SteamDeck-like experience with Bazzite, as the "HTPC" build's GameScope has problems with the NVIDIA drivers (you can still use the "Desktop" build if you have NVIDIA). And by the time you get a GPU in there, you've probably spent as much or more than what you would have spent on the N100. But you might be able to run with higher settings than on an N100. I have a 4th gen i5 with a GTX 1050 4GB and can run a lot of games at pretty reasonable settings. Not the newest stuff of course, but older/indie games run great. Like Skyrim SE and Saint's Row the Third on 1080p Ultra. RedOut on 720p medium (RedOut 2 is a bit too much). I'm not using Bazzite (yet) but rather the gaming edition (don't make me type its actual name) of Garuda Linux. I might switch, I might not. I'll definitely try it out. That's the beauty of Linux; unlike Windows and MacOS, we're spoiled for choice.
Good video. Value needs to hurry up and officially release the steam os.
BUT Dweeb why can't we play with it at the park no internal battery? Paired with the DNA Duo this would be epic!
now for a custom loop! :D
Is an "emulation drive" possible with bazzite? Like the emulation drive you posted last week I think.
Nope. Those are made to run on Windows. You'd want a dual-boot setup if you wanted Steam OS and a pre-made emulation drive.
Have you tried Emudeck on the desktop Bazzite?
Just a thought, but what about reviewing some of the retro usb controllers? There are some decent N64 & Sega Genesis controllers available. Althought not ideal reproductions, they are kind of fun for nostalgic dweebs like me.
I love the Nintendo Pro controller, but I was getting half-presses on my sticks for some reason
I love SteamOS and Bazzite as an alternative. Even though I'm not 12, I still need windows for anti-cheat games (fortnite and Minecraft aren't even on my radar). Not to mention the amount of extra space Linux-based gaming needs for Windows-based games due to the shaders and proton. Linux written games are perfectly fine, it's just a shame more developers and game companies don't support Linux (hence the need for the extra required space not needed on Windows).
Hey Tech, can you do a Review on Blackhawk X16?. I to know I should buy one or not.
haha,, the taylor swift thing might have triggered some folks out there 😀
Hey Tech! Is this the smoothest OS for making a steam machine??? I want to make a steam console for the living room, and I don’t know which OS to go with for the project.
Yup. This is the one.
Curious how well SteamOS does with multiple controllers and local multiplayer? I like this setup and might actually do this for my secondary gaming setup
I have an old Dell Optiplex 780 SFF with a Core 2 Quad 9400 + 16GB RAM + RX 550 2gb + SSD 240.
I thought about installing Bazzite on this old thing to play my Indie games at my girlsfriends house.
Is it worth the effort?
what if you take the guts off of one of these mini pcs in order to make your own diy portable handheld device? Do you think doing something like that would be justifiable? Even if the cost of doing so exceeds just buying a deck it just feels more customizable that way, not to mention fun :)
What game is this @00:43, looks like minecraft but it's not?
Delver
Thanks TechDweeb. They still make a Pokey figure? Lol.
How was the cookies? My mom is a great baker 😂
Your mom has legendary cookies! Among other things.
Would i be able to play oblivion with mods on the midrange option you put in the description?
I installed ChimeraOS on my mini PC, are there any benefits to Bazzite over ChimeraOS?
Probably not. Stick with Chimera.
Would this work for using steam remote play? Just wanna stream from my gaming pc to my living room tv.
use sunshine/moonlight
i do this to a trigkey rzyen minipc in my living room and it works amazing, even over wifi to my gmk mini in my garage outside .
@jaywarren3505 thanks for your response, I will look into it and give it a try
Long live tech chad! Yo dweeb, have ye played cross code. Its so much fun. Its like if chroni trigger, a link to the past, and terrinigma had a baby. Its a single player mmo with sweet pixel graphics and very fun top down combat.
What I will say where personally I use Windows on my Steam Deck, for my use case I don't at all use my Steam deck on the go. It's basically my media PC in my main room and for party games and emulators and what not. With a lot of bloat taken out of Windows and a good number of services disabled, plus using Steam Big Picture mode as kind of like a front end for everything, with some scripts and some apps it works great. Not having built in FSR kind of sucks though, but not really playing any major AAA game on it. That also being said, the Windows experience for the steam deck going mobile is terrible. Yeah there are tools to kind of help but in my experience like handheld companion, it is not easy and quick to use and setup... So if I did use my steamdeck for more hand held stuff I for sure would stick to SteamOS.
When are you going to make your own OS called the Zazzite?
Amazing idea! Now I just need to learn how to program and distribute a linux distro. How hard could it be?
@@TechDweeb All I know is type sudo in the Linux terminal... sudo zapp updazzle... ⌨️📺🤖
@TechDweeb Actually... I think you may want to postpone the OS project aaaaand do a Gameboy game with Gameboy Studio instead!!!! I've just started doing so myself (while doing other games with Godot, Pixel game maker MV, Rpg Maker XP, and trying Pico 8 game maker aaaaand tipping my toes in tic-80... [and honorable mention to rpg paper maker... {and there are others, but the list would be long}])
Anyways, you might get hooked a little bit. I thought, "Hey, maybe... just maybe you'd make your own Dweeb Corps game, a Zazz Bros or Legend of Dweezil Dazzle or something a like, OR make a video special about game makers..."
👾🟥🟧🟫⬛🟪 var pixilated greetings += true
@TechDweeb Hey, how about postponing the OS project, and do a Gameboy game with Gameboy studio instead? 👾🟪🟧🟥🟫
If I keep touching it anyway will I go blind?