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.

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    1 year ago

    Is this your script? I’m a little hesitant about running a random script without knowing what it does (not that it looks particularly complex!), but also very keen to try it out!

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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!

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      No, you can see the GitHub profile of the creator from the link.

      I’ve been using it since last November without issues.