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SteamOS is Valve’s Linux-based operating system. It features a seamless user experience optimized for gaming, while retaining access to the power and flexibility of a PC, and plays tens of thousands of games on Steam. SteamOS officially ships on Steam Deck, and will soon ship with certain Legion Go S models. We’re currently working on adding support for more devices.
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No it’s not

Does this mean I can install SteamOS on any device? We expect most SteamOS users to get SteamOS preinstalled on a Steam Deck or device that incorporates SteamOS. The only devices officially supported on SteamOS right now are Steam Deck and Legion Go S.

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Lack of official support for a lot of devices does not make it “not released”.

I can get it right now and install it on an AMD 'puter. I expect to manually install some drivers at least to get it fully working, but since the base OS is Arch, that’s pretty explored territory.

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Just because it’s not officially supported does not mean it’s released.

And it was released in 2013. This post title doesn’t make much sense.

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Steam OS 3 has basically no ties its processors which makes this release meaningful

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Exactly. Steam OS 1-2 were Debian based. SteamOS 3 is Arch based. That’s a massive difference, and AFAIK there’s no upgrade path to SteamOS 3.

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