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Is that official, or speculation? Once it hits the everyman PC, maintenance becomes much more problematic. Vavle have to worry about supporting every PC configuration under the sun, and support for those platforms as things evolve over the ages. Do they want that and can they do that?

read it several times from different people, but this VERY recent interview in Frandoid with one of the creators of SteamOS might add some insight.

"In the end, what we want is for the general OS to become something that can be used for a classic computer as well as for a portable console or any other format."

Back in the days of Windows 8, Gabe Newell accused Microsoft of killing the PC ecosystem. Is SteamOS the Windows killer developed by Valve?

"I don't think the goal is to have a certain market share, or to push users to leave Windows. If a user has a good experience on Windows, there is no problem. I think it's interesting to develop a system that has different goals and priorities, and if it can become a good alternative for a typical desktop user, that's fine. It gives him a choice. But it's not a goal in itself to convert users who already have a good experience. »

The interview is in french, I used a translator. In the rest of the interview he mentions more details about what you are asking, he even talks about office use, and so on.

« Il y a 12 ans de travail pour en arriver là » : interview de Pierre-Loup Griffais, développeur de SteamOS, l'OS phare du Steam Deck

Si le Steam Deck est un franc succès, la console portable doit véritablement son attrait à SteamOS, le système d'exploitation développé sous Linux. Nous

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