DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES HERE : https://github.com/GuestSneezeOS/GuestSneezeOS-winesap

GuestSneezeOS Immutable Rolling

GuestSneezeOS is a robust, free-to-use ,lightweight,Immutable,operating system designed to bring the functionality of Valve's SteamOS to a wide range of devices, including desktops, laptops, and more. We aim to support all compatible computers (please check the system requirements). GuestSneezeOS is also less bloated than other distros (cough cough Qubes,Ubuntu,Debian).

Table of contents

• GuestSneezeOS
  • Linux Vs MacOS
  • Features
  • System Reqs
  • Passwords
  • SteamOS Based Distros
• Gaming Support
  • Comparison with SteamOS
• How to Dualboot
  • Dualbooting With Windows
  • Dualbooting
• Other OSS Projects
• Driver Support
  • Macbook Support
  • Steam Deck Support
• Building GuestSneezeOS
• Troubleshooting

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). Which as of today is open-source well its not open-source but it is in their website 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

Requirements

• 1. At least 2GB of RAM
  2. intel i3 or Ryzen 3 CPU('s)
• 2. A semi-modern CPU (Dual Core)
• 3. An Intel Or AMD,Nvidia GPU
• 4. At least a 10GB USB drive (for the installer)
• 5. At least 18GB of disk space (will use 16-18 GB depending on how much storage you have )

Passwords

GuestSneezeOS Ver	Username	Passwords
1.0	root	root
1.0	liveuser	holoconfig

SteamOS based Distros

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

Gaming Support

Open Gamepad UI for an open source video game console experience. 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 5
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 , yay 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)

How To Dualboot

This are a few guides on how to Dualboot GuestSneezeOS with Windows

Windows Preperation For Dualbooting

• If Bitlocker is turned On then turn it off
• If Secure Boot is Turned On Turn it Off
• Create (Minumum 20 GB) Partition with Disk Management
• Right Click on the C: Partition
• Shrink Volume and select how much size should GuestSneezeOS Have (Minumum 20 GB)

Dualbooting

• Boot into the Live USB
• Once booted install it and select the Drive that you created (sda is C: and sdb is D:)

Other OSS

Other OSS (Open Source Software) That we Use or has helped build the Operating System

• ArchISOMaker
• WinesapOS
• Glorious Eggroll Proton
• Gamescope
• OpenGamepadUI

Driver Support

Driver Support for These Devices

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

Steam Deck Support

Hardware	Supported	Third-Party Driver(s)
Keyboard	Yes
Touchpad	Yes
NVMe	Yes
Sound	Yes	linux-firmware-valve
Fans	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes	linux-firmware-valve
Wi-Fi	Yes	linux-firmware-valve
Touchscreen	Yes

OneXPlayer Handhelds (@lUkeshortcloud made this possible)

Hardware	Supported	Third-Party Driver(s)
Controller	Yes
NVMe	Yes
Sound	Yes
Fans	Yes	oxp-sensors-dkms-git
Bluetooth	Yes
Wi-Fi	Yes
Fingerprint scanner	No

Troubleshooting

GuestSneezeOS not booting

• There are many different reasons why GuestSneezeOS may not be booting.
• Refer to WinesapOS's Detailed Macboot And Windows boot
• If using a USB Type-C cable, try flipping it upside down (180 degrees)

• BIOS
  • Older motherboards that do not support GPT partition layouts will not be able to boot GuestSneezeOS.

GuestSneezeOS not being installed

if this installer does not work try this (GuestSneezeOS 5+)

sudo passwd root
su
cd ~/newbackup/
sudo bash install.sh

if it is still is not working either make your own installer or contact me

Building GuestSneezeOS

On Arch Linux

sudo pacman -Sy archiso git
git clone https://github.com/GuestSneezeOS/GuestSneezeOS/
cd GuestSneezeOS
./build.sh -v

On Debian

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
mkdir ~/GuestSneezeOS
cd ~/GuestSneezeOS
sudo apt install debootstrap arch-install-scripts curl git
debootstrap --arch amd64 stable ./arch https://deb.debian.org/debian/
sudo mount --bind /dev ./arch/dev
sudo mount --bind /proc ./arch/proc
sudo mount --bind /sys ./arch/sys
sudo chroot ./arch
pacman -Syy
pacman -S archiso git
git clone https://github.com/GuestSneezeOS/GuestSneezeOS
cd GuestSneezeOS
./build.sh -v
exit
sudo umount ./arch/dev
sudo umount ./arch/proc
sudo umount ./arch/sys
ls ~/GuestSneezeOS/out

Supporters of the Project

• GuestSneezeOSDev : Founder and Project leader (Builder,Designer and Coder of the Project)
• nyxiereal : Newer README (No longer supporting the project)
• LukeShortCloud : winesapOS (we use the repository in the pacman.conf)
• Gabriel Sanhueza (gsanhueza/archisomaker) (Made the build script for GuestSneezeOS)

How to disable READONLY file system

sudo steamos-readonly disable
sudo pacman-key --init
sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux
sudo pacman -S <package name>

Make sure to do this if you are sure about what you are doing because this might break your system I reccomend instead Flatpaks, AppImages, or Distrobox

Setting up Docker

Enable the netfilter module:

sudo modprobe br_netfilter
echo "br_netfilter" | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/netfilter.conf

Enable IP Forwarding :

sudo sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
echo "net.ipv4.ip_forward=1" | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/ip_forward.conf

Create an .nspawn file We are going to create a systemd .nspawn configuration which we can use later by passing --machine name when creating containers :

sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/nspawn
sudo nano /etc/systemd/nspawn/archlinux.nspawn

and when you reach the GNU Nano in this part add this code

[Exec]
Boot=true
Capability=all
SystemCallFilter=add_key keyctl bpf
Bind=/dev/fuse

[Files]
Bind=/home
Bind=/mnt
Bind=/etc/hosts
Bind=/etc/passwd
Bind=/etc/shadow
Bind=/etc/group
Bind=/etc/gshadow
Bind=/etc/subgid
Bind=/etc/subuid
Bind=/etc/sudoers
Bind=/etc/sudoers.d
BindReadOnly=/etc/resolv.conf
BindReadOnly=/tmp/.X11-unix

Also give any containers using the .nspawn access to fuse:

sudo systemctl set-property systemd-nspawn@archlinux DeviceAllow='/dev/fuse rwm'

If you made the user directory mounts read-only, youll need to add the Docker Container on the host and/or service

sudo groupadd -r docker
sudo usermod -aG docker deck
sudo systemctl restart sddm

Install Docker

sudo pacman -S docker
sudo systemctl enable docker --now

then Reenable read-only for the system not to break

sudo steamos-readonly enable
sudo journalctl -xeu docker

you should be able to use docker without root

docker run -it --rm --name alpine alpine:latest /bin/sh

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES USED

CSS,SHELL,QML,JS

Information Sources

Arch Wiki winesapOS Root Pages Root Pages (SteamOS) SteamOS Guides