I wanted a Steam Deck for the living room... so I made one

The plan is simple. Find out what it takes to install SteamOS on the GEEKOM A5, poke at the hardware, and feed it a few games. And yeah, it better work with the Steam Controller.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
00:09 SteamOS soft launch
00:21 System specs
00:31 Hardware and software checklist
00:44 Steam controller
00:52 Downloading SteamOS
01:05 Extracting the archive
01:14 Writing the SteamOS image to USB flash drive
01:24 Disabling Secure Boot
01:26 Setting boot priority
01:31 First boot
01:37 SteamOS KDE desktop
01:40 Installing SteamOS to NVMe drive
02:00 Booting SteamOS
02:06 Initial setup
02:24 Logging into Steam
02:37 System settings
02:42 Pairing bluetooth devices
02:51 2.4 and 5 Ghz Wi-Fi
02:57 Setting default audio output
03:11 SD card reader
03:15 Attaching external storage
03:21 SteamOS Quick Settings
03:39 Witcher 3
04:01 Horizon Zero Dawn
04:30 Cyberpunk 2077
04:47 God of War
05:05 Stellar Blade
05:20 Trackmania 2020
05:33 Trackmania 2 Stadium
05:51 Hollow Knight
05:58 Ori
06:04 Dead Cells
06:09 TMNT: Shredders Revenge
06:17 GeForce NOW
06:27 Fortnite
06:47 Steam in-home streaming
07:09 YouTube
07:24 SteamOS Desktop
08:26 Final thoughts

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