Valve is working on bringing SteamOS to other gaming handhelds
The Steam Deck has been a huge hit among PC gamers, and it remains the top pick in its category despite some aging hardware. A big part of that success is due […]
Tag: SteamOS
Run ‘SteamOS’ on your desktop PC or gaming handheld with Bazzite
The Linux-based SteamOS and its Proton compatibility layer is the “special sauce” that makes the Steam Deck the best gaming handheld around, even after a few years of competition against newer hardware. […]
Valve’s new ‘Powered by SteamOS’ branding hints at new hardware
Those Intel, AMD, and Nvidia stickers on your laptop aren’t just pretty decoration. They’re part of some big (and very intentional) branding programs with huge amounts of money behind them. That’s why […]
Lenovo’s Legion Go S is the first non-Valve SteamOS gaming handheld
We’ve seen a lot of handheld gaming PCs emerge since the smashing debut of the Steam Deck, which more or less reinvented the form factor. But all of the existing designs from […]
Interview: Valve talks SteamOS on third-party handhelds
The Steam Deck has been the biggest PC gaming hardware story of the last few years. So it’s no surprise that the idea of running SteamOS (perhaps the most celebrated component of […]
Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS
Ten years ago PC gamers were eagerly awaiting Steam Machines, console-style Linux boxes built from the ground up to play PC games. They flopped, due in no small part to Steam operator […]
Lenovo Legion Go S hands-on: SteamOS and Windows flavors
One of my favorite things to come out of CES 2025 was the spread of SteamOS to other PC gaming handhelds, namely a new version of Lenovo’s Legion Go. On the show […]
Why Windows shouldn’t fear Valve’s SteamOS threat… for now
The announcement that Lenovo’s second-gen Legion Go S handheld is powered by Valve’s Linux-based SteamOS, the first PC gaming handheld to hold that honor, has started tongues wagging that Microsoft should be […]