Pretty sure I have some ISO's on an old HDD, but I won't be home for another month

Well do please upload them here or anywhere! Thanks in advance.

Put it on the Internet Archive

Sure. I'm subbed to this thread so remind me in a month if you still want them and I'll have a look

It seems the ISOs have been removed. They used to be here: https://repo.steampowered.com/

The repo for the old SteamOS releases still seems to be there, though, so you might be able to recreate it.

I still have the old VaporOS ISOs up if you want to try that: https://github.com/sharkwouter/vaporos/releases

https://archive.org/details/steamos-archive
This is the only partial archive I've been able to find. I hope someone has all of the images and is willing to share for archival purposes.

Edit: I got SteamOS 2.0 Brewmaster installed on VMWare and was able to get everything working after tweaking the OS to meet the requirements of the modern Steam client. I am surprised it wasn't more of a hassle.
I'm curious what the Clockwerk beta was like.

Pic: https://imgur.com/a/AHD2Z7D

At some point I've backed up the whole repos, but if I'm not mistaken everything is still there except the ISOs and Clockwerk repositories, which were rather incomplete (and there was no Clockwerk ISO). I presume they started working on it but halfway gave up and moved to Arch for SteamOS 3.
I do have somewhere a working installation of Clockwerk made with a combination of their packages and (when needed) Debian, but it was nothing too special, except maybe that it was cool to see "Clockwerk" on system info page.

In any case I've uploaded the very last images of Alchemist and Brewmaster on:
https://archive.org/details/steamos-alchemist-and-brewmaster-dvd
That's all I had, no previous versions.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3292622883

Originally posted by dubigrasu:

At some point I've backed up the whole repos, but if I'm not mistaken everything is still there except the ISOs and Clockwerk repositories, which were rather incomplete (and there was no Clockwerk ISO). I presume they started working on it but halfway gave up and moved to Arch for SteamOS 3.
I do have somewhere a working installation of Clockwerk made with a combination of their packages and (when needed) Debian, but it was nothing too special, except maybe that it was cool to see "Clockwerk" on system info page.

In any case I've uploaded the very last images of Alchemist and Brewmaster on:
https://archive.org/details/steamos-alchemist-and-brewmaster-dvd
That's all I had, no previous versions.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3292622883

Awesome. Thank you for archiving these. And yeah that's what I have seen people mention elsewhere about Clockwerk. I wonder if there was ever an official ISO made of any build of it.

I'm pretty sure there never was a Clockwerk ISO on there. I used to visit the repo daily, just hoping for...something...anything. They kept us in the dark for a very long time.

steam OS 2 one of the worst OS's ever created. why anyone would want to fool around with it is beyond me...An absolute clusterfudge of a release, that it is still one of the FIRST search results that comes up is atrocious. They really should of been so ashamed of what they did with that one that they did their best to hide it...instead it is STILL being promoted.

Now for OS3, should be one of the BEST linux OS's ever created, along with Mx & Mint. Yet how long it is TAKING the worlds largest video game company to release it to the public is almost as embarrassing as the abysmal work they did on OS2...really steam, are you being PAID to delay the release of 3 by the big two nasties? Mac/MicroSoft? Because otherwise it would be a real puzzle to wonder why you have dropped the ball so hard so far on this one!

Originally posted by BlueAuran:

steam OS 2 one of the worst OS's ever created. why anyone would want to fool around with it is beyond me...An absolute clusterfudge of a release, that it is still one of the FIRST search results that comes up is atrocious. They really should of been so ashamed of what they did with that one that they did their best to hide it...instead it is STILL being promoted.

Now for OS3, should be one of the BEST linux OS's ever created, along with Mx & Mint. Yet how long it is TAKING the worlds largest video game company to release it to the public is almost as embarrassing as the abysmal work they did on OS2...really steam, are you being PAID to delay the release of 3 by the big two nasties? Mac/MicroSoft? Because otherwise it would be a real puzzle to wonder why you have dropped the ball so hard so far on this one!

Do you have any ISOs/src to share or did you just come in here to have a meltdown over a non issue and insult us for being curious about the OS that ran on Steam Machines? We are well aware of everything you've said and you're adding nothing to the conversation. We know why Steam Machines failed.

Instead of berating us for being interested in abandonware and being so overly negative, what if you put that emotion into being glad that Valve learned from their mistakes. That they started from scratch all over again and made such an amazing distro and are singlehandedly keeping the Linux gaming scene alive. Failure is always an option and what makes them different is they tried again and did better.

Originally posted by BlueAuran:

steam OS 2 one of the worst OS's ever created. why anyone would want to fool around with it is beyond me...An absolute clusterfudge of a release, that it is still one of the FIRST search results that comes up is atrocious. They really should of been so ashamed of what they did with that one that they did their best to hide it...instead it is STILL being promoted.

Now for OS3, should be one of the BEST linux OS's ever created, along with Mx & Mint. Yet how long it is TAKING the worlds largest video game company to release it to the public is almost as embarrassing as the abysmal work they did on OS2...really steam, are you being PAID to delay the release of 3 by the big two nasties? Mac/MicroSoft? Because otherwise it would be a real puzzle to wonder why you have dropped the ball so hard so far on this one!

Steam os walked so the steam deck could run…
Sometime it is good to remember.
You are comparing console experiences vs full fledged os and this is not a good idea.
I agree about the os being preserved in a working form in the internet archive.
I agree too on taking a long time for steam os 3 pc.
But debugging take a long time.
In those case you can try 3rd party distro like nobara,bazzite or chimera os.

found a steamOS 2.1 iso that i havent tested yet tho. https://archiveos.org/steamos/

Originally posted by tails_lol:

Originally posted by BlueAuran:

steam OS 2 one of the worst OS's ever created. why anyone would want to fool around with it is beyond me...An absolute clusterfudge of a release, that it is still one of the FIRST search results that comes up is atrocious. They really should of been so ashamed of what they did with that one that they did their best to hide it...instead it is STILL being promoted.

Now for OS3, should be one of the BEST linux OS's ever created, along with Mx & Mint. Yet how long it is TAKING the worlds largest video game company to release it to the public is almost as embarrassing as the abysmal work they did on OS2...really steam, are you being PAID to delay the release of 3 by the big two nasties? Mac/MicroSoft? Because otherwise it would be a real puzzle to wonder why you have dropped the ball so hard so far on this one!

Steam os walked so the steam deck could run…
Sometime it is good to remember.
You are comparing console experiences vs full fledged os and this is not a good idea.
I agree about the os being preserved in a working form in the internet archive.
I agree too on taking a long time for steam os 3 pc.
But debugging take a long time.
In those case you can try 3rd party distro like nobara,bazzite or chimera os.

appreciate you taking the time to chime in and state your opinion. Glad to hear you seem to think that OS2 was some sort of wonderful stepping stone hah. BTW the console experience CAN be changed into a MUTABLE OS, so then you basically have your FULL desktop experience for those who wish to play with FUN FIRE due to experience of being able to handle it. Yeah, total garbage is what OS 2 is, and if you wish to waste your time with it, as I did mine for many hours ages ago, feel free...yet remember OS3 CAN be one of the #1 WITH EASE on distro watch, just again, making HORRID design choices towards their flagship product (and hey maybe they are PAID by microsoft/apple to try and keep it that way = who knows?).