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Zotac Zone 2 switches to Linux to be the most direct Steam Deck OLED competitor

No Windows 11 or Steam OS here

(credit: Kevin Lee / The Shortcut)I say should because my experience with the Zotac Zone 2 running Manjaro Linux was almost completely broken. While I could launch into games, I couldn’t interact with any of the main menus using either the handheld's physical controls or touchscreen once they were fully loaded. The Zotac Zone 2 also looks extremely promising on paper, as it combines a lusciously vibrant AMOLED screen with AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.

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