---
title: "What is SteamOS? Everything You Need to Know"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-steamos-everything-you-need-to-know-fpn8jg-nly
source_url: https://itsfoss.com/steamos/
type: article
source: "It's Foss"
published: 2021-08-19T06:53:58.393Z
updated: 2026-06-18T02:13:44.941Z
tags: ["gaming", "linux", "steam", "steam-deck", "steamos"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# 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.

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