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Our work builds on top of the solid Debian core and optimizes it for a living room experience. Most of all, it’s an open Linux platform that gives you full control. You can take control of your system and install new software or content you want. We’ve worked hard to deliver on our promise of a new kind of living room entertainment environment – ​​one that’s accessible, powerful and open.

As we make SteamOS available to you, we’re excited to take the next big step toward that goal. But before you dive in, please take a few minutes to understand what SteamOS is and what it isn’t.

So, what is SteamOS?

SteamOS is a public release of our Linux-based operating system. The base system draws from Debian 8, code named Debian Jessie. Our work builds on top of the solid Debian core and optimizes it for a living room experience. Most of all, it’s an open Linux platform that gives you full control. You can take control of your system and install new software or content as you wish.

So what isn’t?

We expect most SteamOS users to have SteamOS pre-inst alled on a Steam machine. Although we have made SteamOS freely available for anyone to install, the installation experience is not intended for a non-technical user. Most importantly, SteamOS only supports a certain set of hardware (you can read more in our FAQ). We will add support for newer hardware over time, but we have no plans to add more support for older hardware. Users should not consider SteamOS as a desktop operating system replacement. SteamOS is designed and optimized for the living room experience.

Is all SteamOS open source software?

No. SteamOS ships with our Steam Client program, which is proprietary software, as well as proprietary third-party drivers. In the default SteamOS configuration, the Steam Client application acts as a user interface and provides connectivity to our Steam web services. That said, you can still access the standard Linux desktop.

How do I install SteamOS?

There are two different installation methods for SteamOS. The recommended method is the automatic installation method, which installs the default disk configuration. The expert method uses the Debian Installer, which allows for some customization after an automatic installation step. Choose one of these methods below.

Automated installation

• Download the automatic SteamOS installation
• Extract the SteamOS.zip file to a blank, FAT32-formatted USB stick. Make sure to use an MBR partition.
• Insert the USB stick into the target machine. Boot your machine and tell the BIOS to boot from the stick. (usually something like F8, F11 or F12 will bring up the BIOS boot menu).
• Make sure you select the UEFI entry, it might look like “UEFI: Patriot Memory PMAP”. If there is no UEFI entry, you may need to enable UEFI support in the BIOS setup.
• Selected “Automatic installation (WILL DELETE DISK!)” from the menu.
• The rest of the installation is unattended and will repartition the drive and install SteamOS.
• After the installation is complete, the system will reboot and automatically log in and install Steam. At this point an internet connection is required. If you have an internet connection, Steam will automatically install itself. If you don’t have an internet connection (for example if you need to connect to a WiFi access point) you will get a popup telling you this. Close the popup window and you will be presented with the network configuration interface where you can set up your network. Once connected to the internet, close this UI and Steam will install itself.
• After Steam finishes installing, the system will automatically reboot and create a backup copy of the system partition.
• Once the backup is complete, select “reboot” to boot into your newly installed SteamOS

Expert installation

• Download the SteamOS Expert installer
• Extract the SteamOS.zip file to a blank, FAT32-formatted USB stick. Make sure to use an MBR partition.
• Insert the USB stick into the target machine. Boot your machine and tell the BIOS to boot from the stick. (usually something like F8, F11 or F12 will bring up the BIOS boot menu).
• Make sure you select the UEFI entry, it might look like “UEFI: Patriot Memory PMAP”. If there is no UEFI entry, you may need to enable UEFI support in the BIOS setup.
• Selected “Expert installation” from the menu.
• Selected preferred language, location and keyboard layout.
• You will have the option to change the default disk partitioning.
• The rest of the installation is unattended and will install SteamOS.
• After the installation is complete, the system will reboot and automatically log in and install Steam. At this point an internet connection is required. If you have an internet connection, Steam will automatically install itself. If you don’t have an internet connection (for example if you need to connect to a WiFi access point) you will get a popup telling you this. Close the popup window and you will be presented with the network configuration interface where you can set up your network. Once connected to the internet, close this UI and Steam will install itself.
• After Steam finishes installing, the system will automatically reboot and create a backup copy of the system partition.
• Once the backup is complete, select “reboot” to boot into your newly installed SteamOS

What are the SteamOS hardware requirements?

Processor:

• Intel or AMD 64-bit processor

Memory:

Hard drive:

Display card:

• Nvidia graphics card
• AMD graphics card (Radeon 8500 and newer)
• Intel graphics

Additional:

• USB port for installation
• UEFI firmware (recommended)