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Valve’s new “Powered by SteamOS” guidelines hint that third-party hardware is on the way

SteamOS is a Linux-based operating system designed for gaming. It’s developed by gaming company Valve, and right now the only device that ships with SteamOS pre-installed is Valve’s Steam Deck handheld gaming PC.

But Valve has been saying for years that it plans to work with third-party device makers to  include the operating system on other devices. And now an update to Valve’s Steam and SteamOS branding guidelines suggest that some of the first third-party SteamOS devices could be coming soon.

As spotted by SteamDB, via GamingOnLinux, Valve recently updated its Steam branding requirements for the first time since December, 2017.

One of the biggest changes is a new section labeled “Powered for SteamOS” which sets out branding guidelines for a new logo that includes colors and the minimum dimensions for print or digital versions of the logo.

More interesting is the description, which states that:

The Powered by SteamOS logo indicates that a hardware device will run the SteamOS and boot into SteamOS upon powering on the device.

Valve says that hardware partners “will ship hardware with a Steam image in the form provided by and  or developed in close collaboration with Valve.”

While SteamOS includes enough open source components that we’ve seen unofficial ports like HoloISO, ChimeraOS, and Bazzite, those operating systems are developed and maintained by independent developers and there’s no guarantee that everything that works on SteamOS will work on devices running one of those operating systems. There are also some closed source components of SteamOS that are not available to developers that fork the operating system.

These guidelines are an indication that official support for SteamOS on third-party hardware is imminent, and that devices that use this logo will be running software officially developed by or with Valve, which could mean fewer compatibility issues.

via GamingOnLinux

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