A little bit off topic, but in case anyone wants to try out the new Steam Deck UI on their desktop you can do it without installing Steam OS, just follow these steps:<p>1) Quit Steam<p>2) Find the "package" directory inside of the main Steam install directory (typically C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam on Windows, ~/.steam/steam on Linux)<p>3) Inside there create a file called "beta" (no extension), with the following content: steampal_stable_9a24a2bf68596b860cb6710d9ea307a76c29a04d<p>4) Reopen Steam with the -gamepadui argument<p>Fair warning: it's a little bit janky when it's not running on Steam Deck hardware. At least it was when I tried it out, but it'll give you a pretty decent idea what it's like. Also to undo it just delete that file and relaunch Steam without the extra argument.
In case anyone wanted to run SteamOS on metal (or inside a VM), the more user friendly approach is probably to use HoloISO from <a href="https://github.com/theVakhovskeIsTaken/holoiso" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/theVakhovskeIsTaken/holoiso</a>.<p>They've managed to get things working like the Deck UI, Gamescope, and other internal components.
unfortunately it still seems to be impossible to buy a steam deck at a normal price, they're on ebay from scalpers... I've no idea what the real world waiting list time is right now.