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SteamOS 3.7 brings Valve’s gaming OS to other handhelds and generic AMD PCs | Focus is currently on AMD-based PCs with hardware similar to the Steam Deck.


Focus is currently on AMD-based PCs with hardware similar to the Steam Deck.

Valve's instructions will walk you through downloading a SteamOS recovery image and copying it to a USB drive using either the Rufus tool(on Windows) or Balena Etcher(the preferred macOS and Linux utility). But by focusing on the game compatibility problem first and leading the way with category-defining hardware, Valve has actually built a much stronger foundation for the current version of SteamOS than it did for the original. Andrew is a Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica, with a focus on consumer tech including computer hardware and in-depth reviews of operating systems like Windows and macOS.

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