Can SteamOS revive an old Gaming Laptop?

[@eternaliam]

Wanted to clear something up that wasn’t mentioned in the video. I did attempt to find some proper GPU drivers for this, however any attempt at installing them would throw the machine into a boot loop. I was skeptical on tinkering with it due to the unstable nature of the install and assumed what Nobara tossed at me with the update tool was the best I was going to get. So with that in mind and all the other issues i ran into with installing Nobara I threw in the towel and assumed that there wasn’t really much further I could do. (Dumb way of thinking) I’m not all that educated on Linux so down the line I’ll probably revisit this (with a fixed screen haha) with some of the feedback y’all left below. Cheers

[@Mechinsam]

Try PopOS since i heard those come prepackaged with NVIDIA drivers

[@tntblower]

@Mechinsam With new ones but this is an old GPU

[@Mechinsam]

@@tntblower hmm true..... could maybe be worth a shot though

[@IBims1Mark]

WAS HERE AT 541 SUBSCRIBERS

[@Karim-uknwmg702]

mabe it use igpu or no gpu at all because steam is based on lunix

[@Nasrosee]

close enough, welcome back mr bringus

[@DaSplootybean]

fr

[@gaster2411]

>Can SteamOS revive an old Gaming Laptop? >looks inside >bazzite

[@gaster2411]

>looks closer >nobara

[@user-zezezozodarkdomains]

there's thousands of distros i just can't. But for fallbacks i have prepared Linux Mint / LMDE / Cinnamon or Endeavour OS.

[@tntblower]

You were playing without graphics drivers on Nobrara bruh Looks like software rendering to me Latest Minecraft this can run on hardware is probably 1.16.5 as it still supports OpenGL 2, which was dropped 1.17 and onwards. Also make sure to install the correct drivers and not the latest ones

[@eternaliam]

I figured something like that had to be going on. Off camera I was fishing around for drivers but at that point it seemed like anything would break the install. Full disclosure by the end I was basically at my limit with it and just figured it just wasn’t supported. I’ll try it out again sometime down the road.

[@eazy_black]

he has a nvidia tesla dgpu it has opengl 3.3

[@commander3494]

It says "NV94" in the F3 menu, but in my experience software rendering would be something including llvmpipe edit: Ok no it was definitely not using the gpu

[@tntblower]

@eazy_black It does??

[@mmcblk05studio]

@@commander3494 It was using mesa, which kinda IS GPU, but it probably used nouveau drivers which are terrible usually

[@royalrex25]

This feels like a bringus studios video but I love that. Keep up the good work and I hope you gain a larger audiance, I will watch your journey with great interest

[@Randi_MyMan]

bringus

[@hohohodrigues]

I thought the same thing

[@Vadkon07]

Crazy good quality as for a 700 subs channel. Man, just keep going!

[@bluezenither7043]

intense "bringus" studios vibes emanate from this video, and channel

[@cyquna]

I was expecting so many more views and subscribers, love the content!

[@sankalpietechtips]

Bro, how the actual fk do you only have 1.24k subs. I assumed it was at least 100k until I scrolled down. Massively underrated channel.

[@kdrnsecond]

this is such a budget meal bringus studio video ide ever seen

[@AydinNicks]

this guy is just like bringus and i love it, new subscriber and i will be watching every video u post.

[@ChickenSkinFlynn]

I pressed on this video mistakingly thinking it was bringus studios and am expecting to walk out as a new fan lol

[@ethxnxd]

bringus's twin

[@foley_3104]

I enjoyed this video. Happy new year.

[@waltuh4]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="260">4:20</a> tf was that transition?

[@Jánošík_1945]

i dont know :D

[@d0merttv]

this is the 1st video i have watched from you, but i enjoyed it alot. i watched through the whole thing and cant wait to see more!

[@wuby3202]

keep on doing this content, i can see you getting far and far. subscribed, love you. dont you dare to give up! i believe in you.

[@kanggojek9928]

yeeeaaah we got new bringus in 2025

[@notskilledch]

literally the first couple of minutes made me think this was close to a bringus studios vid. until i saw bringus studios mentioned lol. hella cool vid tho :D

[@kergeiser]

You've earned a new subscriber my friend. W content

[@Studio42-JZG]

You've got some great editing skills. I really wish I could learn how to edit my own videos as well.

[@SawyerSawman]

bro is goin to be bringus studios rival u just wait my man

[@Cowleyzin]

cool content bro, keep going

[@stapler314]

LOVE the vid!

[@d1ts321]

Dude i absolutely loved this style and i hope to see more

[@chillvaliant]

Yayyyy, 1st of all, happy new year 🎊 Finally found something new, i love these kinds of video, keep it up!!!

[@nicolocastello9825]

700 subs channel editing in 4k, with high quality content?? WOAH

[@sam_music555]

I was upset because it was not installing SteamOS, but seeing what happened then made it fix everything, nice editing

[@Zeroskillzs5]

Bringus studio 😊

[@RipskyOfficials]

Damn he got the same optiplex i havd

[@TheRealKing124]

Great vid dude KZbin randomly recommended me this vid and I’m glad! Keep up the great work dude!

[@TheTechspert]

Great video man! Keep it up, you'll hit it big in no time!! 💯

[@avatarofwoo]

Bazzite did install on my 2011 laptop. But plasmashell crashes so it's literally a black screen with an application launcher toolbar I can bring up to manually start steam at least lol

[@DarkM1nato]

thought you were bringus but your bringus jr. like the vid hope you can collabrate with him

[@Area_GnC]

Doctor: Bringus Pro Mini isn't real he can't make Steam videos. *Bringus Pro Mini*:

[@KemalALKIN]

👀my new fav channel👌

[@puppydork]

I genuinely thought this was bringus studios :sob:

[@Not_criptikl]

this content is the stuff i need you really mind me of bringus studios i seen u mentioned him in the video

[@eternaliam]

Thank you! Definitely inspired by his videos and it was for sure one of my favorite ones to make. Easily one of my favorite creators to really catch fire in the last year or so.

[@Denymeister]

Nice video, dude

[@theyunij]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="439">7:19</a> bro tried minecraft and he got 0 fps now he is saying cs go is a OK game to run

[@soheibmemes2594]

this channel is criminally underrated

[@AkiraTJ]

CLOSE ENOGUH HELLO BRINGUS'S BROTHER

[@atatro-pe9ql]

good vid keep it up :)

[@BigBadWolf8055]

This is great content ! You've earned a subscriber

[@Floppa1234-e1f]

bro i had the same hhd(i love ur vids man)

[@KING_45473]

Bringus is the master of steam os

[@TRGamingGolden]

i like bringus ,now i like u too

[@skrecek5]

your potential is actually huge

[@IAmOneAnt]

has bringus studios made a video with the official steam os yet

[@IAmOneAnt]

oh yeah the official steam is is old

[@BlackCatRedScarf]

What Chrome Gadget remix are you using? I would like to listen to the full music. lol Also, great video. I was using a Dell T8100 with 4GB DDR2 with Linux Mint sometime ago. It was great on ClassiCube and basic web browsing.

[@eternaliam]

Nice! Glad you liked the video. I throw all the music I use in my videos in a pastebin in the description.

[@GugureSux]

That bottom of the laptop brought me some nostalgic memories! I got a 2nd hand Asus ROG G60VX back in 2010, for 450 bucks, which at the time was a STEAL for a truly gaming capable laptop! I think it had a 2Ghz Core2, which I later upgraded to a 2.9Ghz model (remember laptops with swappable CPUs, guys?), and a GTX 260M 1GB. The subwoofer looking bit was just closed plastic mold, and the typical DIY cooling hack was to saw that biatch open and place a plastic grid on it. Worked well! The lil' lappy served me well as a school and travel/lan party tool (I got desktop PC as well), until I sold it to some Overwatch kid in 2017 for like 150 bucks.

[@GugureSux]

...Oh, and I think you might've been running Linux WITHOUT any GPU drivers! Common rookie mistake really. I bet some older distro, like Linux Mint version could've worked better. It's based on Ubuntu, and it kinda got big ~2014, when the Windows XP's support ended. This sorta old hardware would be right up its alley.

[@ZvoneAnimation]

nockoff bringus studios

[@joman104]

We have bringus at home

[@FeaRNiqht]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="383">6:23</a> you didn't use Nvidia drivers :( I mean closed source drivers cuz they're ok with games but neovou driver is installed on your computer

[@Chillipeffer]

SteamOS 3 in my mind is one of those "wait and see" projects. It has potential to beat Windows in handheld gaming, but I'm concerned for other environments since Linux is still firmly niche.

[@tctrackeruploader]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="134">2:14</a> I WAS ALSO GUESSING A TOSHIBA HARD DRIVE WHATAHTHAH

[@skyhighnightlight]

Hi happy new year!!! I have same problem. Steamos didnt install because no nvme. Arch works great and ubuntu too in half life 1 more than 240 fps in some places. I use windows 10 and im stressed about it. Maybe ill come back to linux. Mine is asus x501a with pentium and hd2000 gpu and samsung ssd. I didnt try bazzite or nobara but fedora manjaro and mint worked great. Arch is best fps its 320 frames in half life. Have a great year brother in christ.

[@ShadyDone]

My boy got the Analog Horror Laptop.

[@LuisPerez-5]

I put Bazzite on my OG Surface Pro. Scared to run games on it lol

[@Banana_bread_man]

This some high end hardware

[@9r1nc3w1ll]

Lol I have this exact bag. Cool use for it 😅

[@CrxzyTheCreator]

you need way more subs

[@cjjorge6636]

you can make it a reto gamer pc batocera /n64/ps1 /nes all of them will play fine

[@amy-295]

man i miss the old gran turismo audio

[@lizter.]

Bro you're hilarious man!

[@michalkratochvil6767]

I wouldn't give up on this laptop, just upgrade the processor and it will be better, I already have experience with this model

[@pvar2]

Great video

[@user-zezezozodarkdomains]

Vulkan (which modern Linux uses to effectively translate DirectX works optimally with, at least minimum, Geforce 930MX i think. 1030 works well too. Below that... you can only pray OpenGL works wonders or use it just to watch downloaded movies, typing, and reading.... and oh, emulators.

[@enderpirate9887]

You should try out fedora Asahi remix on your macbook!

[@smug_cat1]

mr clongus here you go +1 sub

[@samuelllakaj5439]

Best way to run these old laptops is with W7 and period-accurate games. They simply can't do much more. For staying online Linux works well.

[@hyperkun]

KDE Plasma is quite a heavy desktop environment, you should've installed something lighter like XFCE or smth also regarding real SteamOS, pretty sure they will release SteamOS 3 soon

[@G4LClua]

are you irish by chance? just out of curiosity

[@goldenfishy]

this video got randomly recommended and I LOVED it! subscribed immediately. happy new year!

[@liutaurasleonavicius2680]

cool, ma man. now try CachyOS on it XD

[@stroodlepup]

You need the nvidia-340xx drivers

[@tnmohamed7832]

why the 8d audio tho

[@Markus-r6g]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="482">8:02</a> gotta love seeing a gpu giving up

[@JoshNotJohn0]

Man, reminds me of all the crap laptops i used after my first gaming pc died. Although honestly i dont think any of them had a dedicated gpu, so this might actually be better...

[@JesusBleach]

Put batocera on that, will be interesting(on batocera you can run windows games too)(its prupose is also revive old pcs into "gaming machines")

[@white2x444]

MY INTEL I3 3RD GEN LAPTOP(IGPU) IS FASTER THAN THIS, OMG!!! NOW I HAVE NOTHING TO FEEL BAD ANYMORE😀

[@deestano]

it is normal thinking of the tf2 spy at loking at this video?

[@Birchwood_log]

who else thought this was birngus studios?

[@sillydoug]

babe new goofy tech youtuber

[@justalexandrofficial_]

literally about to install bazzite fr

[@sgtskrubby9029]

that machine would be good for retro gaming instead, I'd put win7 on it and play somewhat older games.

[@ArsamSheibani]

I was guessing the same hard drive as you😂

[@ad.8n]

Am I high or does this man’s voice sound like bringus studios😂

[@atlasthegenprotogen8051]

my best bet would be that you had no drivers installed for your integrated graphics and was running on basic graphics cause ain't no way it can't run terraria unless it has that terrible hd graphics

[@eternaliam]

Another commenter pointed out that the machine was likely rendering in software mode. Which would make perfect sense with how poor light games such as L4D2 ran. Unfortunately any driver I installed onto the machine that wasn’t through the update tool Nobara provides bricked the install and threw it into a boot loop. I’ll definitely revisit this machine in a later video with some upgraded parts (and a fixed display lol) and see if that’ll help straighten out the instabilities.

[@IBims1Mark]

FURRY UwU Protogen in name but a wickerbeast OwO wawwww!

[@alexstilldraws]

bringus studios evil twin brother

[@Sarrycool-nq1mo]

YOU are the TRUE greatest technician that ever lived

[@madT0msq]

poor mans bringus studios

[@theonlyone417]

Should try Tiny11 on this bad boy

[@biancadarosa9053]

Now install new DDrs and graphics card (dont forget the CPU!! Needed is Intel i7 or i9) with more to do!

[@netherbanemedia]

*laugh in windows 10 Ghost Spectre inside a non upgradable 2 gb ram laptop

[@imbabk]

your 400th subcriber

[@JohnDavidSullivan]

Subbed

[@-Vob-]

I use an old windows vista laptop to play older versions of minecraft because why not? 😅

[@Piskixort007]

Holy moly those forearms 😅