Valve, SteamOS and PC

Valve Expands SteamOS Beyond Steam Deck, Challenging Windows Gaming Dominance
Valve partners with Lenovo to expand SteamOS beyond Steam Deck, challenging Windows' gaming dominance with optimized handheld experience.
Valve will power a Lenovo portable gaming PC as SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck
Valve is making a notable shift with its portable gaming strategy as Lenovo debuted a new edition of its Legion Go
Lenovo Announces World's First Non-Valve Handheld PC with SteamOS
Lenovo has finally announced a new line of Legion Go handheld PCs, with one that will come installed with SteamOS out of the box. The new model is called the Legion Go S, and it's the world's first handheld PC from a third-party manufacturer using Valve's operating system.
SteamOS beta could be available to download to your handheld gaming PC of choice as soon as April
With the announcement of the Lenovo Legion Go S handheld gaming PC, the gears are well and truly turning. Revealed to be the first officially licensed third-party device to be running Valve's Linux-based OS, we finally have more details about what to expect from the future of SteamOS—chiefly, Valve is opening the floodgates.
SteamOS Is Coming To More PC Gaming Handhelds, Starting With Lenovo's New Unit
It's official: Valve's SteamOS will be available on more platforms soon, and the first handheld PC gaming device to adopt the operating system will be the new Lenovo Legion Go S. At CES 2025, it was revealed that the slim Lenovo unit will run on the Linux-based OS--, the same one used on Valve's Steam Deck.
Valve will officially let you install SteamOS on other handhelds as soon as this April
SteamOS was always supposed to be bigger than Valve’s own Steam Deck, and 2025 is the year it finally expands. Not only will Lenovo ship the first third-party SteamOS handheld this May, Valve has now revealed it will let you install a working copy of SteamOS on other handhelds even sooner than that.
Interview: Valve talks SteamOS on third-party handhelds
Adam cornered Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais to chat about the Legion Go S and other third-party handhelds running Steam software.
Lenovo Announces New PC Gaming Handhelds: Legion Go 2, Go S
Lenovo has announced two new iterations on the Legion Go, a PC gaming handheld it released in October 2023. The Legion Go 2 will be a beefier—and likely pricier—version of Len
Lenovo's Legion Go S is the first third-party SteamOS gaming handheld
Lenovo's Legion Go S is the first third-party handheld PC to come with SteamOS out of the box, heralding a new era in PC gaming-the one where Windows might become increasingly optional. The Legion Go S boasts AMD's exclusive Z2 Go processor and Zen 3 architecture,
SteamOS Will Soon Be Available on Non-Steam Deck Handhelds
Valve will begin allowing third-party handhelds to license SteamOS starting with Lenovo's new Legion Go S. At CES 2025, Lenovo announced that it will ship a version of its upcoming Legion Go S handheld called the "Powered by SteamOS" that will run,
SteamOS Expands Beyond Steam Deck: The Legion Go S Is the First Officially Licensed Third-Party Handheld Powered by Valve's Open-Source Linux Distribution
SteamOS is the same operating system we run on Steam Deck, and the team is making updates to ensure it fully supports the Lenovo Legion Go S and provides the same seamless experience customers expect.
The Switch 2 is almost here — but PC handhelds are giving it big competition
Back in 2017, when the original Switch launched, there wasn’t anything like it. The Switch’s successor will compete in a much ...
Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS
SteamOS is spreading beyond Valve's hardware. That could threaten Microsoft's hold on PC gaming...or even Windows' hold on ...
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SteamOS Expansion: A Threat to Windows Gaming?
The dominance of Microsoft in the PC gaming industry has been facing several threats and challenges as SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system by Valve is now s ...
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SteamOS Is Officially Launching on a System That's Not By Valve
Valve's SteamOS officially expands to third-party devices, with an upcoming handheld gaming PC set to ship with the Steam ...