A mention in this week's Steam Deck firmware patch notes has some observers speculating that Valve is preparing to release its well-regarded Linux build for third-party hardware....

One of the Steam Deck’s primary advantages over more powerful handheld gaming PCs is its operating system, which is designed to mimic a game console interface within a Linux PC environment. Valve has long planned to bring the OS to other devices, but a recent Steam Deck software update includes the first mention of a rival handheld.

  • @[email protected]English
    4•1 month ago

    It is, but Steam has a habit of iterating, maybe we’ll see an updated Steam Link- like device in the future?

    • @conciselyverbose
      4•1 month ago

      They abandoned it because they could just build it into TVs.

      • @[email protected]
        7•1 month ago

        They didn’t abandon it, they opened it up to anything running at least Andriod 8.0 or newer. So basically every Andriod device made since 2015 can run Steam Link, maybe not at a quality seen as appropriate but it’ll run.

        • @conciselyverbose
          3•1 month ago

          I’m talking about the hardware.

          They stopped making the hardware because they didn’t need a dedicated device any more.

      • @mnemonicmonkeysEnglish
        4•1 month ago

        Unfortunately smart TV’s are just a step up from potatoes. Having separate hardware is gereally better than a smart TV app

        • @[email protected]
          5•1 month ago

          I wish we could stop with smart TVs. I want a dumb TV with a nice screen & my own hardware without worrying about the data collection

        • @conciselyverbose
          2•1 month ago

          Steam link hardware was junk too.

          Just get something with android and you’ll have a better experience for all the rest of your TV stuff too.