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.

  • @conciselyverbose
    4•30 days ago

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

    • @[email protected]
      7•30 days 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•30 days ago

        I’m talking about the hardware.

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

    • @mnemonicmonkeysEnglish
      4•29 days 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•29 days 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•29 days 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.