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[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The OS requires an online login?

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know if the OS exactly requires an online login, but it basically boots into the Steam client, and that won't do you much good without a Steam account.

[–] agentTeiko@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago

Yeah this is incorrect the OS doesn't require a steam login to work. You can bypass the steam login at boot if you want to and only need it to play steam games.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Require? I'm pretty sure you can get to desktop without, but how about big picture and gamescope? I've never seen steam ui without logging in.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

You click "offline mode" if thats what you want.