--- title: What is SteamOS? Everything You Need to Know | daily.dev description: SteamOS is a Linux-based operating system that aims to provide a seamless gaming experience from Steam’s own game store. By default, SteamOS gives you a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-steamos-everything-you-need-to-know-fpn8jg-nly twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What is SteamOS? Everything You Need to Know | daily.dev og:description: SteamOS is a Linux-based operating system that aims to provide a seamless gaming experience from Steam’s own game store. By default, SteamOS gives you a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-steamos-everything-you-need-to-know-fpn8jg-nly og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fpN8Jg_Nly.png og:image:alt: What is SteamOS? Everything You Need to Know og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What is SteamOS? Everything You Need to Know **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SteamOS is a Linux-based operating system that aims to provide a seamless gaming experience from Steam’s own game store. By default, SteamOS gives you a console like interface because SteamOS is intended to be the operating system on Steam devices like Steam Machine (discontinued) and Steam Deck. SteamOS (version 2.0) comes with drivers and chipsets that support a specific set of hardware. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#steam](https://daily.dev/tags/steam), [#steam-deck](https://daily.dev/tags/steam-deck), [#steamos](https://daily.dev/tags/steamos) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-steamos-everything-you-need-to-know-fpn8jg-nly) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What is SteamOS? Everything You Need to Know","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-steamos-everything-you-need-to-know-fpn8jg-nly","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-steamos-everything-you-need-to-know-fpn8jg-nly"},"datePublished":"2021-08-19T06:53:58.393Z","dateModified":"2026-06-18T02:13:44.941Z","description":"SteamOS is a Linux-based operating system that aims to provide a seamless gaming experience from Steam’s own game store. By default, SteamOS gives you a...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d9e36c390ae006edda883b86294be09e","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d9e36c390ae006edda883b86294be09e","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"It's Foss","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"It's Foss","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/582e3faed71842bfb9d3840a787d6700","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-steamos-everything-you-need-to-know-fpn8jg-nly","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"gaming,linux,steam,steam-deck,steamos","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It's Foss","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is SteamOS? Everything You Need to Know"}]} ```