SteamFork is a project to create an immutable Linux distribution that is as SteamOS like as possible without sacrificing device compatibility.
- Full SteamOS UI/UX, including desktop mode.
- Minimal changes to SteamOS to preserve upstream compatibility.
- Power management optimizations ported from JustEnoughLinuxOS.
- Improved fan curves on supported devices.
- RGB off by default, will flash on low battery (on supported devices).
- Supports booting from removable media such as usb drives and micro sd cards (64GB minimum).
Review the device support pages on the SteamFork Wiki for device specific feature support.
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SteamFork is a Linux distribution that is made up of many open-source components, and each component is provided under its respective license. Unless otherwise noted, the content of this project itself is made available under the terms of the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.
We use Discord for project related discussion. Everyone is welcome to join our community by clicking the invitation link below.
SteamFork is available for a variety of devices including modern desktop and mini PCs that utilize an AMD APU or GPU. Devices without sponsors are untested may have unknown issues.
| Manufacturer | Product | Sponsor 1 |
|---|---|---|
| ANTEC | Core HS 2 | Fewtarius |
| Atari | VCS | Fewtarius |
| AYANEO | 1S 2 | Community Verified |
| AYANEO | 2 | Community Verified |
| AYANEO | 2021 / Pro / Retro Power | Unsponsored |
| AYANEO | 2S 2 | Fewtarius |
| AYANEO | Air / Air Pro | Fewtarius |
| AYANEO | Air Plus | Fewtarius |
| AYANEO | Flip DS 2 | Unsponsored |
| AYANEO | Flip KB 2 | Fewtarius |
| AYANEO | Founder Edition | Unsponsored |
| AYANEO | Geek | Unsponsored |
| AYANEO | Next, Next Pro | Community Verified |
| AYANEO | Slide 2 | Fewtarius |
| Ayn | Loki Max | Fewtarius |
| Ayn | Loki Zero | Community Verified |
| GPD | Win 4 | anthonycaccese |
| GPD | Win Mini | Community Verified |
Note
- Sponsored devices are fully supported by its maintainer. Support for unsponsored and community verified devices may vary.
- New AMD 7000 series devices do not support S3 sleep due to an incorrect firmware setting. This setting is locked down and must be enabled using a third party helper. Follow the process from ChimeraOS to enable sleep [ here ].
SteamFork documentation is hosted on our Wiki. There you will find answers to Frequently Asked Questions, Build and Device Quirk development instructions, and much more.
Sponsoring a device is a commitment to maintaining support for your device by validating, testing, and bugfixing any issues that may arise. Adding support for a device's basic features is straight forward, however, it can become far more technical to add support for features such as fan control. If you are interested in sponsoring your device, follow the process below.
- Create a GitHub account if you do not already have one.
- Boot the SteamFork live image.
- Create a device quirk using the quirk creation tool included with the distribution. Minimum requirements are gamescope resolution, and rotation if needed.
- Create a pull request to the SteamFork Device Support package with your new addition.
- Open and take ownership of any issues specific to your device on the SteamFork Bug Tracker.
- When ready to begin sunsetting support for your device, generate and PR new quirk with the
--supported falseproperty.
Downloads are hosted at SteamFork.org and updates are available OTA. A download link to the latest installation ISO can be found below.
| Branch | URL | Checksum | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stable | LATEST | SHA256 |  |
| Mirror 1 | LATEST | SHA256 | |
| Mirror 2 | LATEST | SHA256 |
Note: Release notes are available on the project's releases page, however the download files only contain sources.
To install SteamFork, flash the bootable image to a USB device and then follow the procedure for your device to boot from removable media. From the live mode desktop, open the "Install SteamFork" application and then follow the prompts to install to your device. When complete, close the installer, and shut down the device. Remove the installation media, and then power the device on to boot into SteamOS.
- SteamFork only supports systems with AMD APU/GPUs.
For a full list of verified software, including tools to help set up streaming services, improve power management, and even manage RGB on supported devices, visit the verified software page on the SteamFork Wiki.
Like any Linux distribution, this project is not the work of one person. It is the work of many persons all over the world who have developed the open source bits without which this project could not exist. Special thanks to Valve for providing SteamOS, HoloISO from which this project originated, ShadowBlip, JELOS, ChimeraOS, and developers and contributors all across the open source community.
This distribution is made available for myself and others who may want to use it, however it is provided as-is. Bug fix and feature PRs are always welcome.
This project utilizes sources from SteamOS (release repositories), the unofficial Valve source repo, and AUR.
- Valve package repository:
buildroot/pacman-build-*.conf - evlaV Repository: https://gitlab.com/evlaV
- Arch AUR repository: https://aur.archlinux.org
- HoloISO (which this project was originally based): https://github.com/HoloISO
