“What else could Steam Deck users do but create their own solutions?”: I watched as Valve’s first Linux handheld became a Windows 11 experiment in its community.

when he steam cover originally released February 25, 2022we call it “simplified, responsive and undeniably engaging” in our five star review.

Designed and produced entirely by Steam’s parent company, Valve, it arrived with a custom design. linux version called Steam OS. This was an introduction to linux for many PC gamers who would otherwise have been beholden to Windows, and it proved to be a stable, efficient and clean operating system that seemed to work.