Late on Friday, December 13, Valve released the first public version of SteamOS. As you would expect, SteamOS is currently very rough around the edges -- it is essentially just a version of Debian 7.1 ...

"Added support for extra ROG Ally keys" is music to my ears. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Every now and then I wonder where ...

It took them long enough. It looks like Valve is finally opening up SteamOS to more computers, and as we’re sure Steam Deck users will say, it’s about time. EOZ employee SadlyItsBradley has been ...

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Anything that improves SteamOS is a win in my book.

The Linux-based operating system that powers Valve’s Steam Deck is one of that handheld gaming PC’s key selling points. While there are a growing number of handhelds that have hardware that looks ...

Valve’s handheld device, the Steam Deck, wasn’t the first portable gaming PC ever created, but it is by the far the most successful. And like Steam becoming the de facto way people play PC games in ...

While there is some disagreement on the subject, gamers by and large prefer the Steam Deck's simple, console-like SteamOS interface to Windows 11 or the Xbox Ally X's Xbox full-screen experience. The ...