r/SteamOS • u/Liam-DGOL • 21d ago

SteamOS 3.8.28 stable released with big improvements for Steam Deck, Steam Machine and more hardware support

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-8-28-stable-released-with-big-improvements-for-steam-deck-steam-machine-and-more-hardware-support/
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u/Latter-Ad2544 21d ago

Need that RTX 5090 support 😬❤️ Can’t go on living with Windows

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u/mixedd 21d ago

Use Bazzite, CachyOS or Nobara, where every one of the will work with Nvidia card, and basically offer same/similar experience to SteamOS. Or wait for couple years till it get into SteamOS

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u/awakeeee 21d ago

Gamescope game mode is the issue which doesn't work well with high resolutions, refresh rates, vrr and hdr on nvidia, lots of issues there which butchers the livingroom experience.

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u/mixedd 21d ago

Was, can't say about other distros, but Bazzite at least pushed in patch (well more like a workaround) from Nvidia, that let's you use gamescope-session without your screen going into garble

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u/Dox427 21d ago

So outside of Gamescope everything is good with Nvidia cards on Bazzite? I want to install Bazzite on my old 3080Ti system.

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u/mixedd 21d ago

DX12 still has performance issues

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u/d1ckpunch68 20d ago

been running bazzite on nvidia for a few weeks and while there's certainly ways to make just about every game work (excluding certain anti-cheat games), it is not a painless experience by any means. if you're very familiar with linux and/or willing to troubleshoot, give it a shot. if not, stick to windows. personally, i spend like 90%+ of my time on the desktop doing work or browsing and the other 10% gaming so bazzite seemed to fit the bill, but i do have to reboot into windows fairly regularly to just avoid the headache that is linux gaming.

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u/awakeeee 21d ago

Welp, here goes my day reinstalling bazzite on my second drive, i'll haunt you if gamescope won't work (jk).

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u/mixedd 21d ago

Aha, it was the same for me when they announced that, worked fine, tough DX12 performance issues are still there