… That's according to the newest preview release of SteamOS, version 3.8.0. "Initial support for upcoming Steam Machine hardware" is right there at the top of the list of changes, above more pedestrian tweaks and improvements. …
Both the upcoming second generation of the Steam Machine and the Steam Frame VR headset will get a verification program for games, a la the Steam Deck. That's according to Valve, in the latest Steam community update. …
… I wouldn't be surprised if the work going into this system has a lot in common with the Steam Deck Verified program, which is being expanded for the upcoming Steam Machine. …
… I have to assume that similar tools are being developed for the Steam Machine, with the further assumption that the Steam Machine will actually launch as planned later this year. …
The most exciting hardware for PC gamers this decade is the Steam Deck, a portable handheld gaming PC that's almost singlehandedly created a product category. Valve's console-ish follow-up, the revived Steam Machine, was almost as exciting when it was announced last year. …
… The same RAM crisis has pushed the company's new hardware projects, the console-style Steam Machine with its discrete GPU and the Meta Quest-style Steam Frame VR headset, to an uncertain "late 2026" timeline. …
… How relevant this is for SteamOS—and for the Steam Machine in particular—I couldn't say. …
… But with the Steam Machine’s delay and Valve’s generally quiet stance about its Steam gear lineup, the controller slipped to the back of my mind. …
… The Steam Deck has been out of stock for months as Valve deals with the same problem the entire industry has: vanishing supplies of RAM and storage, and the resulting insane price tags. It's the same problem that's delayed the Steam Machine and Steam Frame VR headset. …
… SteamOS is also available for other AMD-based handheld gaming PCs, most notably the Lenovo Legion Go S, and is planned to go into the upcoming but delayed second-gen Steam Machine. But SteamOS isn't as big a chunk of the Linux userbase as you might think, at just a hair under 25 percent. …