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by gwbas1c 526 days ago
> SteamOS maybe works well for dedicated handhelds

If someone just wants to play games, why pay extra for Windows? Especially if all they are going to do is play games on a handheld / console.

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Maybe it’s due to peripheral driver support? Not every device works without issues on Linux. Also maybe because of specific mods or tools which only work on Windows. Besides that, currently all the “awesome anti-cheat root kits”, are not supported by Linux.

There are a few reasons, but I agree with you that if you use only a handheld, SteamOS probably will work fine.