SteamOS
SteamOS major versions 1 and 2 were a Debian derivative aimed at providing a gaming experience built for the big screen.
Status: inactive (2023-02-28)
- The Debian derivative is inactive, SteamOS 3.0 is an Arch Linux derivative instead
- Blog:
- Microblog:
Corporate sponsor: Valve
- Government sponsor:
- Funding model: funded by Valve
- Location: based in Bellevue, WA, U.S.A.
- user IRC:
- devel IRC:
- Debian IRC:
- user list:
- devel list:
- Debian list:
user forums: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/
- devel forum:
- Debian forum:
- Debian derivatives census maintainer:
Debian derivatives census page: Derivatives/Census/SteamOS
- Debian page:
Distrowatch page: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=steamos
- Distribution type: installable | preinstalled
- Debian derivative model: rebuilds all Debian source packages and adds/modifies some source packages
- Based on: Debian stable
- Interfaces: Steam, GNOME
- Init systems:
- Archive tool: reprepro
- Build status:
Build tools: internal OBS instance
- VCS repository:
Bug tracker: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS
- Bugs forwarded to Debian:
- Architectures: i386, amd64
- dpkg vendor: SteamOS
- Patches repo:
Docs about SteamOS for Debian developers: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/648814395741989999
- Docs about Debian for SteamOS developers:
- SteamOS glossary:
- Package comparison:
- Popcon information:
- Quality assurance information:
- lintian information:
- piuparts information:
- static analysis information:
- list of developers:
- developer blogs:
- developer microblogs:
- derivatives info:
- mirrors file:
- changelogs pool:
- apt repositories (source, binary, stablerelease/nextrelease):
# Jessie based
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos/ brewmaster_beta main contrib non-free
deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos/ brewmaster_beta main contrib non-free
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos/ brewmaster main contrib non-free
deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos/ brewmaster main contrib non-free
# wheezy based
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos/ alchemist_beta main contrib non-free
deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos/ alchemist_beta main contrib non-free
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos/ alchemist main contrib non-free
deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos/ alchemist main contrib non-free
Last updated 2026-03-09 12:51:30