I've long suspected that SteamOS is more efficient than Windows, and I'm far from the only one. The moment the original ROG Ally launched, comparisons between SteamOS and Windows started cropping up.

SteamOS is ol' reliable when I want a Linux-gaming experience at this point.

We’ve known for months now that Valve is expanding its Linux-based SteamOS operating system beyond the Steam Deck to other handheld PCs, starting with some versions of the Asus ROG Ally. This week, ...

Valve just put up a Beta for Proton 11, the next major release of their compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux / ...

Valve’s latest SteamOS beta adds remote download management, including waking a sleeping Steam Deck to start or reorder ...

What Valve (and Codeweavers, Wine's dev team et al.) have done is nothing short of miraculous. In the article Ars themselves link re Steamboxes, the ending paragraph has this bit, which I find speaks ...

A YouTuber has demonstrated what a real version of SteamOS looks and plays like on their Asus ROG Ally, and it works surprisingly well. There are, however, some ...

TL;DR: Linux gaming has advanced significantly due to Valve's SteamOS and Proton compatibility, enabling nearly 90% of Windows games to run on Linux. The Steam Deck has driven this growth, with ...

A recent update to a crucial SteamOS component brings it much closer to fully supporting the Asus ROG Ally and Asus ROG Ally X. This update to Gamescope, a tool that manages game display settings, ...

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What if your massive game library no longer slowed your system to a crawl? Or if your favorite controller worked seamlessly with your Steam Deck? These are just a few of the changes introduced in ...