By the point this had occurred twice, I used to be positive it wasn’t a fluke; by the point it had occurred 4 or 5 occasions, I used to be decided to blow the complete working system away and take a look at once more. And I used to be significantly thinking about attempting precise, for-real SteamOS once more, simply in case a brand new Bazzite set up would have the identical issues because the one I used to be already utilizing.
After some digging, I discovered this directory. If you happen to look by way of these folders, you’ll see OS photos for varied variations of SteamOS, together with newer variations of SteamOS 3.7 (the “steady” model you’ll discover on the Deck) and builds of each SteamOS 3.8 and three.9 (the Deck will pull these down should you swap from the “steady” OS channel to “predominant”). Not all of these folders embody the restore picture you could wipe a tool and set up SteamOS, however a couple of do—this one, dated October 27, is the latest as of this writing.
These newer variations of the working system embody modifications that broaden SteamOS’s {hardware} help, most notably a step up from Linux kernel model 6.11 to model 6.16. And it was that steamdeck-repair-main-20251027.1000-3.8.0.img.zip file that I used to be lastly in a position to flash to a USB drive and set up on my TV desktop using Valve’s instructions.
It has solely been every week or so since then, however not less than to date I’m lastly getting what I needed: the identical expertise as on my Deck, simply on my TV, with {hardware} that’s considerably better-suited for a bigger and higher-resolution display screen (and that’s the principle purpose to do that, moderately than use a docked Steam Deck for the whole lot).
The SteamOS expertise
The “console-like expertise” designed for the Steam Deck additionally works nicely with a TV and a gamepad.
Credit score:
Valve
As soon as the OS is put in and is up and operating, anybody who has used a Steam Deck will discover it immediately acquainted, and all you’ll must do to get going is join or pair a gamepad and/or a keyboard and mouse.
