You can open desktop mode inside of gamemode, just like any other game or application. I find it easier to use most desktop apps this way instead of adding them individually to steam.

To do this, download this script. Save it as a script and make the script executable. Finally right click the file and “add to steam”.

Some important notes with this: You can’t exit steam while running the desktop this way, so apps that require closing steam (like steam rom manager) won’t work. There are also a few apps that do weird things, like cryoutilities shows up super tiny this way. But generally most everything works.

  • LHLaurini@lemmy.pt
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    1 year ago

    Script seems fine to me. But good on you for being skeptical about running random scripts.

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      1 year ago

      Given that SteamOS isn’t a particularly private/secure OS I’m not running anything with personal info on it anyway so it’s not really a huge concern. And yeah as you say the script looks fine, just calling stuff that’s already there rather than reaching out to the internet or installing anything new!