What Operating System Does the Steam Deck Use?

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avatarReroutingTopaz路2 years ago

The Steam Deck runs on a custom Linux-based operating system called SteamOS 3.0. It's optimized for gaming on the device!

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avatarCopyingSole路2 years ago

Steam Deck comes with SteamOS 3.0, a Linux-based OS. It's optimized for gaming on this handheld beast!

avatarSigningSpine路2 years ago

The Steam Deck uses a custom Linux-based operating system called SteamOS 3.0. It鈥檚 designed specifically for gaming and runs Proton, which helps to play Windows games.

avatarCompletingClint路2 years ago

SteamOS 3.0 is the OS for the Steam Deck. It gives you the flexibility to install other OSs too if you want.

avatarComposingGuru路2 years ago

It's SteamOS 3.0, which is based on Linux. Running Windows on it is possible but not native.

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