TABLE OF CONTENTS

• GuestSneezeOS
• Linux > MacOS
• Features
• Macbook Support
• System Requirements
• Passwords
• SteamOS based Distro's
• Gaming Support
• Comparison with SteamOS

GuestSneezeOS

Linux vs MacOS

These are reasons why macOS is inferior compared to Linux when it comes to gaming.

• No 32-bit support. The latest version of macOS is now 64-bit only meaning legacy native games will not run.
• Steam Play's Proton is only supported on Linux (not macOS).
• Old and incomplete implementations of OpenGL 4.1 and OpenCL 1.2
• No native Vulkan support.
• Linux has kernel-level optimizations for Wine.
• CrossOver Mac, a commercial Wine product, is one of the few ways to run games on macOS. It costs money and requires a new license yearly (or a very expensive lifetime license). The community fork of Wine from CrossOver lacks support for some game launchers, codecs, and translation layers.

Features

• Any computer with an AMD or Intel processor can run GuestSneezeOS.
• Compatible with different PC manufacturers
• Compatible with both UEFI and Legacy/BIOS
• Easy to build
• Steam Deck look and feel (Gamescope provided)
• KDE Plasma desktop environment is used for ricing (also SteamOS uses it)
• Compatible Many file systems

Apple Macbook support

Hardware	Supported	Third-Party Driver(s)
Keyboard	Yes	linux-t2 patches
Touchpad	Yes	linux-t2 patches
NVMe	Yes	linux-t2 patches
Sound	Yes	linux-t2 patches and apple-t2-audio-config
Fans	Yes	mbpfan
Bluetooth	Yes	linux-t2 patches and apple-bcm-firmware
Wi-Fi	Yes	broadcom-wl and apple-bcm-firmware
Fingerprint scanner	No
Touch Bar	Yes	linux-t2 patches

Requirements

• 1. At least 2GB of RAM
• 2. A semi-modern CPU (Dual Core)
• 3. An Intel Or AMD GPU (Nvidia Users Coming Soon)
• 4. At least a 10GB USB drive (for the installer)
• 5. At least 20GB of disk space (GuestSneezeOS 1)

Passwords

GuestSneezeOS Ver	Username	Passwords
1.0	root	root
1.0	liveuser	holoconfig

SteamOS based Distros

Distro	First Preview	First Public Release
winesapOS	2022-03-06	2022-03-10
SteamOS for PS4	2022-03-09	2022-03-25
HoloISO	2022-04-21	2022-05-01
GuestSneezeOS	2024-05-1	2024-06-2
LuncheonOS	2024-03-14	Unkown

Gaming Support

DOSBox for running 16-bit DOS and Windows (via Wine) applications. Game launchers: Steam. Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games Store games. Lutris for all other games. Open Gamepad UI for an open source video game console experience. Prism Launcher for vanilla and modded Minecraft: Java Edition. Bottles for all Windows programs. EmuDeck for video game console emulators.

• Wine:
• 1. Proton is installed along with Steam for playing Windows games on Linux.
• 2. GE-Proton is installed along with the ProtonUp-Qt package manager for it. This provides better Windows games compatibility. -Game launchers:
• Steam. (Ofcourse it comes preinstalled)
• Lutris for all other games.
• Gamescope for a gaming session
• Opengamepadui for a gaming session

Comparison with SteamOS

Features	SteamOS 3.x	GuestSneezeOS 2
Arch Linux packages	Old	New
Boot compatibility	UEFI	UEFI and legacy BIOS
Graphics drivers	AMD	AMD, Gnome Boxes, Intel, NVIDIA, Parallels, VirtualBox, VMware And QEMU
Read-only file system	Yes	No
Encrypted file system	No	No
Package managers (CLI)	flatpak and nix	pacman, flatpak and SteamCMD
Package managers (GUI)	Discover (flatpak)	Discover (flatpak) ,Steam and Lutris
Game launchers	Steam	Steam, Lutris, Open Gamepad UI
Linux kernels	Neptune (6.5)	Linux (6.9.3)

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