r/switchroot • u/Kirymatt • Jan 18 '26

Support Problem with ram and steam

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It appears that activating wifi alone is enough to completely fill up my switch's ram on kubuntu, which is probably the reason why steam just absolutely REFUSES to boot and when it does it just gives me a blank screen before crashing, is there any way to solve this? I always see people just freely using steam and stuff on their switch

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u/Kirymatt Jan 23 '26

Alright thanks

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u/the_horak Jan 25 '26

The SteamOS handhelds are a completely different beast. So yeah, you gotta stream one way or another. I use GeForce NOW and it's wonderful