fix: No VERSION_ID in os-release: About this System said "CachyOS Linux 2.9.0"; the version is in VARIANT ("Steamify 2.9.0")

AGENTS.md

@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ gamescope and the Plasma desktop. Primary target: the Valve Steam Machine
 - What Steam's System settings show (SteamOS conversion, 2.9.0): the OS name
   stays CachyOS's everywhere (legal clarity; Steam reads `lsb_release -d`,
   not touched). `/etc/os-release` gets only `VARIANT="Steamify <version>"`,
-  `VARIANT_ID`, `VERSION_ID` and `VERSION_CODENAME=steamos-X.Y` (Valve's
+  `VARIANT_ID` and `VERSION_CODENAME=steamos-X.Y` (no `VERSION_ID`: KDE's About
+  this System shows it after the name, "CachyOS Linux 2.9.0") (Valve's
   newest jupiter repo), refreshed by `os_version_refresh` after every run that
   changes something; a pacman hook (`zz-steamify-os-release`) runs after
   cachyos-hooks. Never `NAME` or `PRETTY_NAME`: limine-snapper-sync finds the

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ one per merged pull request.
 ## 2.9.0 - 2026-09-28
 
 - `d30d505` **chore: Version 2.9.0**
-- **feat: Steam's System settings: the OS name stays CachyOS (no renaming, also not in About this System), Steamify <version> as the variant, the SteamOS release it follows as the codename (steamos-3.9)**
+- **fix: No VERSION_ID in os-release: About this System said "CachyOS Linux 2.9.0"; the version is in VARIANT ("Steamify 2.9.0")**
+- `435f69c` **feat: Steam's System settings: the OS name stays CachyOS (no renaming, also not in About this System), Steamify <version> as the variant, the SteamOS release it follows as the codename (steamos-3.9)**
 - `ce71b34` **feat: Steam's System settings and About this System like on SteamOS: OS name "CachyOS with Steamify" (lsb-release, kept through CachyOS updates by a pacman hook), Steamify as OS variant and version (os-release VARIANT/VERSION_ID; NAME/PRETTY_NAME stay CachyOS's for limine, TARGET_OS_NAME pinned), "CachyOS Linux with Steamify" in About this System; on a Steam Machine the serial number and Steam's Wi-Fi backend setting (existing installs get it as an update)**
 - `07a94cd` **fix(ui): The progress screen's ✓ and ! stand upright: only a dot on the circle spins while a step runs (they kept the spinner's last angle)**
 

lib/login-manager.sh

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ gaming_status() {
 # What Steam shows in its System settings besides the OS name (which stays
 # CachyOS's, for legal clarity and because limine-snapper-sync finds the boot
 # entries by it): Steamify as the variant and version, the SteamOS release it
-# follows as the codename (os-release VARIANT/VERSION_ID/VERSION_CODENAME).
+# follows as the codename (os-release VARIANT/VERSION_CODENAME; no
+# VERSION_ID, which About this System would show after CachyOS's name).
 OS_NAME_SCRIPT=/usr/local/libexec/steamify-os-release
 OS_NAME_HOOK=/etc/pacman.d/hooks/zz-steamify-os-release.hook
 # limine's tools take the OS name from TARGET_OS_NAME, else os-release's
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ os_version_refresh() {
     # OS version follows Steamify's, not just the one that set it up. Silent:
     # the app reads the backend's stdout as JSON.
     gaming_status 2>/dev/null || return 0
-    grep -qx "VERSION_ID=$VERSION" /etc/os-release 2>/dev/null && return 0
+    grep -qx "VARIANT=\"Steamify $VERSION\"" /etc/os-release 2>/dev/null && return 0
     os_name_enable > /dev/null 2>&1
     return 0
 }

patches/README.md

@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ read and reviewed on their own. `lib/*.sh` reads them with `patch_file
 | `steamify-fremont-poweroff.dkms.conf`, `steamify-cros-ec-cec.dkms.conf` | `lib/fremont-poweroff.sh`, `lib/cec.sh` | The DKMS modules' `dkms.conf` (`fill NAME=... VERSION=...`) |
 | `steam-shortcuts.py` | `lib/steam-game.sh` (Add as non-Steam game) | Reads and writes Steam's binary `shortcuts.vdf` (find, add or update, remove) |
 | `steamify-notifier.py` | `lib/update-notifier.sh` (Update notifications) | The daily check: notification and tray icon when there's a new release |
-| `steamify-os-release.sh`, `steamify-os-release.hook` | `lib/login-manager.sh` (SteamOS conversion) | Steamify as the OS variant and version, and the SteamOS release it follows as the codename, for Steam's System settings (`VARIANT`, `VERSION_ID`, `VERSION_CODENAME` in `/etc/os-release`; the OS name stays CachyOS's); the pacman hook runs it again after cachyos-hooks (`fill SCRIPT=... VERSION=... CODENAME=...`) |
+| `steamify-os-release.sh`, `steamify-os-release.hook` | `lib/login-manager.sh` (SteamOS conversion) | Steamify as the OS variant and version, and the SteamOS release it follows as the codename, for Steam's System settings (`VARIANT`, `VERSION_CODENAME` in `/etc/os-release`, no `VERSION_ID`; the OS name stays CachyOS's); the pacman hook runs it again after cachyos-hooks (`fill SCRIPT=... VERSION=... CODENAME=...`) |
 | `cros-ec-cec-single-port.patch` | `lib/cec.sh` (HDMI-CEC) | Makes Valve's Steam Machine CEC driver find amdgpu's HDMI port |

patches/steamify-os-release.sh

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Installed by Steamify CachyOS (SteamOS conversion): what Steam shows in its
 # System settings besides the OS name, which stays CachyOS's: Steamify as the
-# variant and version, and the SteamOS release it follows as the codename
+# variant with its version, and the SteamOS release it follows as the
-# (/etc/os-release's VARIANT, VERSION_ID, VERSION_CODENAME). NAME and
+# codename (/etc/os-release's VARIANT, VERSION_CODENAME). No VERSION_ID: KDE's
+# About this System would show it after CachyOS's name ("CachyOS Linux 2.9.0"). NAME and
 # PRETTY_NAME are never touched: limine-snapper-sync finds the boot entries by
 # the OS name. The zz-steamify-os-release hook runs this after cachyos-hooks.
 sed -i -e '/^VARIANT=/d' -e '/^VARIANT_ID=/d' -e '/^VERSION_ID=/d' -e '/^VERSION_CODENAME=/d' /etc/os-release
-printf '%s\n' 'VARIANT="Steamify @VERSION@"' 'VARIANT_ID=steamify' 'VERSION_ID=@VERSION@' >> /etc/os-release
+printf '%s\n' 'VARIANT="Steamify @VERSION@"' 'VARIANT_ID=steamify' >> /etc/os-release
 [ -n "@CODENAME@" ] && echo 'VERSION_CODENAME=@CODENAME@' >> /etc/os-release
 exit 0