Valve is launching a major SteamOS offensive in 2025 – would you ditch Windows?
Lenovo and Valve just yesterday introduced the first officially licensed PC handheld with SteamOS: the Lenovo Legion Go S “Powered by SteamOS”.
Now Valve has revealed in a blog post that a beta of SteamOS will be publicly available before the release of the Lenovo Legion Go S.
Why it matters: SteamOS, the Linux operating system from the Steam Deck, was only available on the Steam Deck for a long time. With the release of the Lenovo Legion Go S and the beta of SteamOS, SteamOS could become a viable alternative to Windows for PC gamers in 2025.
In detail: Valve will offer the beta version of SteamOS for download before May 2025.
- The operating system is optimized for gaming and offers console-like operation.
- Valve will provide updates for this version in the same way as for the version installed on the Steam Deck.
The beta operating system is supposed to be optimized for other gaming handhelds. In an interview with PCWorld, Pierre-Loup Griffais, an engineer at Valve, revealed that the company wants to start with handhelds first and then expand to other devices. They have this goal in mind, but they can’t yet determine the exact timeframe.
- Valve is currently working closely with Lenovo to optimally adapt the operating system to the hardware.
- “Behind the scenes”, work is already underway to optimize SteamOS for other hardware configurations.
We want to know: would you switch to SteamOS if it were available for traditional gaming PCs? Is it a viable alternative to Windows for you?
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