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The Steam Deck has finally been surpassed — by a fork of Valve’s own experience - Bazzite turns the Asus ROG Ally X into today’s best handheld while putting Windows to shame. (www.theverge.com)
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[–] givesomefucks 1 points 1 week ago

yes, I’m aware of heroic launcher, and other options, but they’re still just hacked on extra steps that don’t always work)

I mean, this requires buying a windows powered handheld and then loading an entire OS on it.

So I don't think people are locked to steam with it, but I'm honestly not sure.