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Re:Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver by saidinesh5 on Friday January 09, 2026 @01:56PM (#46557596)
If anyone from Valve is reading this, my biggest wishlist from Steam OS is a proper general purpose browsing tab. Please make it happen ..

I currently use that web browser from Decky loader, but that keeps breaking so often. Plus it would be nice to have something that i can login my YouTube, Netflix etc.. accounts ..

Re:Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver by sogen on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:04PM (#46558569)
Install in Desktop mode, then add as a “non steam game”

https://beebom.com/how-install-google-chrome-steam-deck/

Re:Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver by ece on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:16PM (#46558729)
This works for any cloud gaming services too. Another hack is putting a link in your profile comments.
Re:Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver by johnbellone on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:34PM (#46558153)
Did you try loading the browser as a non-game application?

To be honest, I primarily do my browsing offline, and I installed https://localsend.org using Flatpak to move files to/from the Steam Deck. It works amazingly well.

Re:Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver by LeoPanthera on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:59PM (#46558496)
You can install Microsoft Edge from Flathub. (And I think maybe Chrome too?) Edge has the advantage that XBox Cloud Gaming works on it.
Re:Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver by sph on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:51PM (#46559150)
Why Edge? You can get Firefox from Flathub, and it's a better browser.
Re:Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver by hbn on Friday January 09, 2026 @04:22PM (#46559535)
“Better” is debatable.

With Google doing everything in its power to end ad blocking, I’ve made a real attempt to switch to Firefox and Firefox-based browsers. I unpinned Chrome from my taskbar and only popped into it when I needed to. Over the span of a couple months, eventually the Chrome window never got closed… Eventually it was pinned to my taskbar again… And at some point it was my default browser again and all I was using.

I don’t like how Firefox handles tab groups, I don’t want to rely on extensions to fix that, I don’t like their dev tools, I don’t like how their private window shortcut is different from what every other browser uses with no way to change it, I personally think it’s ugly, I could go on.

I tried alternatives like Zen but I end up not liking their weird ideas of how a browser should be used, and trusting small FOSS project maintainers to ship a stable, secure browser has not been great in my experience.

Chrome is boring and reliable which is really what I want. Edge is a slightly worse version of it due to Microsoft incompetence/lack of taste but I’d still rather use that than Firefox.

Re:Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver by LeoPanthera on Friday January 09, 2026 @05:16PM (#46560182)
The Steam Deck is a gaming device.
Re:Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver by dismalaf on Saturday January 10, 2026 @01:31AM (#46563343)
Flathub has all the major browsers. Chrome, Chromium, Firefox, Vivaldi, Brave, Floorp, etc... and Edge.
Re:Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver by naoru on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:10PM (#46557801)
What's wrong with Desktop mode?
Re:Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver by wolrah on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:34PM (#46558165)
Having to switch to desktop mode and back.

It's not exactly rocket science to add a "browser app" to the Steam system to use certain web sites in an appliance-ish mode, but it's not great for general purpose browsing.

A slightly more advanced browser frontend that offered an experience comparable to Edge on Xbox would be very nice.

Re:Latest SteamOS Beta Now Includes Ntsync Kernel Driver by whs on Saturday January 10, 2026 @06:26AM (#46564782)
Decky warns that the Steam's built in browser is outdated and may have security vulnerability. I suppose properly maintaining a browser is a burden.