I’m really excited with all this ARM compatibility stuff. Hopefully we will be able to install steam OS on Android devices at some point.
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2025
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Is this how we get Linux phones?
That would be such a turn of events!
No the drivers arnt available, fuck Qualcomm and ARM.
Maybe RISC in time?
Actually, often the are available, but of such low code quality and depending on various out of tree changes in the Linux kernel that it is easier to rewrite them if you want to get them into mainline Linux.
And RISC-V has more or less the same problem.
I think Qualcomm drivers are the least of our problems. Getting all the other drivers for 5G, GPS, gyro, accelerometer, compass, WiFi etc is going to be an issue since they're all vendor loaded blobs now.
Android is already a Linux-based OS.
ive always wanted to try VR games but the ps5 vr headset was too locked down to the ps5. Never even wanted the oculus cause of meta's bullshit. Will definitely be getting this.
100% instant buy, as long as it's under a certain price point. Even if it isn't... I've been holding off on VR for so long, this is gonna be the thing that does it.
VR is an awesome experience if you're into it. When I first tried out my Vive it was mind blowing. Truly something that you can't really get any other way. I'm absolutely getting a Frame on release
Honestly, I was blown away by beat saber. I almost bought a meta quest, but I hated the required Facebook integration. I won't do it. This will be a million times better
A Facebook account isn't needed anymore (even for developer mode) but it makes perfect sense to buy a much more open, flexible, and trustworthy device.
I've got a Meta Quest 3. It's a great bit of hardware but the Meta ecosystem makes me actively not want to use it, eventhough a portion of my games are streamed via Steam VR.
So if the Steam Frame is comparable spec wise, I'll happily sell my Quest 3 to fund this purchase.
I've never tried it but I can see myself being happy with it if beat saber another other games like pistol whip end up being something I use it often for. And I also want to try Half Life Alyx.
For me, it was the biggest announcement from that and probably the reason i might invest in the Steam Frame.
That way I support Valve (or more like “i agree with that so here is my money) going the way of ARM support for Linux, the same way I bought the Steam Deck to “support” Proton translation layers.
Its nice when "supporting" happens to align with better/more options in the future.
Might get one later 2026 but the Steam Machine will be on release day
i built a new desktop AND preordered a bigscreen beyond 2e this year. i’ve never been so simultaneously excited and upset lmao
Interesting, I thought Vulcan was deprecated for ROCM
Vulkan is to DirectX12 as ROCm is to CUDA.
They're for different things.
The deprecated thing was AMDGPU-Pro, a closed source implementation of Vulkan - the Vulkan driver they use is RADv
Thank you for this explanation
It would've been an instant buy if it had nice color passthrough and oled