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Lenovo Legion Go S official: $499 buys the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheld
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With any luck SteamOS will be installable on most pcs and then you can build or buy a steam machine.
Yes, I could just use Bazzite. But i want something that works out of the box.
I think in some aspects Bazzite are better than SteamOS. It literally started as an alternative to SteamOS for the Deck.
What doesn't work out of the box for bazzite? Or do you mean literally unpacking a device out of the box and hooking it up to the screen?
Anti Commercial-AI license
Yes, that is what I mean. Installing an OS is just too hard and/or too much bother for most people. If Linux is finally to achieve mainstream acceptance, the product needs to be ready to run as soon as you unpack it. You know, like the Steam Deck. And yes, I could do the install myself, but I can't be bothered.
Installing an OS is so easy even I can do it, and it only takes about a half an hour on a modern machine.
As a bonus you can pick and choose whatever cases and other components, and get the most performance for your money.
Not trying to tell you what to do, but if you haven't tried you should give it a go. Bazzite is really awesome and I use it on my living room PC. Only thing it's missing is HDMI-CEC to turn on automatically and the sleep/resume function and the power up with controller.
I've built my latest PC myself and yes, i could absolutely do that. But that's not the point. The point is that i want Linux to succeed as a mainstream OS. A machine like that would go a long way, even more so than the Steam Deck.
Understandable and agreed. Having a steam console to hook up to the TV is probably what most people would buy and find easiest to use. They did try it a decade ago, but it was too early.
Anti Commercial-AI license
Absolutely. But now is the time. They have a huge game library that'll run without any hassle and anyone who can use a console can use Steam. I'm honestly surprised nobody has done that yet. If I had a few million lying around in the bank, I'd do it myself.
Linux with steam installed running bigscreen mode, auto login(optional), steam launch on login, bluetooth controller.
Done.
I have it setup exactly like this atm and its amazing. Dont have the suspend resume luxury, but everything else like steam link all on a very small n95 tiny pc.
I have the setup you described as well as a steam deck. The deck is a more polished experience with mangohud, game scope, auto updates, and other things I’d have to setup and maintain.