Now you can officially install SteamOS on the Lenovo Legion Go or Asus ROG Ally

SteamOS is a Linux-based operating system designed for handheld gaming PCs. Up until now that's largely meant that it's the operating system that powers Valve's Steam Deck handhelds. While folks have been unofficially porting key components of the software to work with other handhelds, that was the only device that officially supported the latest versions of SteamOS.

But Valve has been working to bring the operating system to other devices. Soon you'll be able to buy a Lenovo Legion Go S that runs SteamOS. And as of today you can officially install the operating system on a first-gen Lenovo Legion Go or Asus ROG Ally.

Lenovo Legion Go S

The news comes through a couple of updates to SteamOS news and support pages:

SteamOS 3.7.8 adds official support for the Lenovo Legion GO S and "improved support for other AMD powered handhelds (like the ROG Ally and original Legion Go)."

The SteamOS Recovery and Installation page now includes instructions for adjusting Secure Boot Settings so that you can install the operating system on those handhelds from Asus and Lenovo.

And this is likely just the beginning. Valve says its "working on broadening support," suggesting that it may be possible to install the operating system on other handhelds. The company is also "currently working with select partners on officially licensed Powered by SteamOS devices."

I suspect third-party software like Bazzite will probably stick around for the foreseeable future – there's always somebody interested in implementing features that may not be available in the official builds of a GNU/Linux distribution. But the latest update could be good news for folks that aren't thrilled with Windows as an operating system for handheld gaming PCs, but who may not have wanted to venture into the slightly less charted waters of an unofficial, unsupported SteamOS-like operating system.

In addition to adding support for more hardware, the latest SteamOS release brings a number of big updates including updates to the Arch Linux base, Linux kernel, Mesa graphics driver, and Plasma desktop environment.

There's also now support for frame limiting with displays that support variable refresh rates, setting battery charge limits, and support for AMD P-state CPU frequency controls. There are also a number of bug fixes.

via The Verge

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