If this a video about an interview why not also link the interview?
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2025
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Thanks for the link. Tried to find the article before posting, but couldn’t.
Been waiting years at this point. Hope it happens soon.
This probably means we’re soon going to see third party gaming laptops with SteamOS preinstalled in electronics stores.
Soon™
Strange that they're working so hard on this but Bazzite and similar will already run on anything...
I wouldn't consider this strange. Bazzite definitely has some downsides that involve tinkering to get things working on some hardware.
Valve is trying to deliver both a hardware product that just works, and a software product that just works without that tinkering. They're trying to bring Linux to your mom who wants to play terraria and you uncle who plays overwatch with his kids. They want them to have an experience that's console like in how easy/intuitive it is to use, without anything that's finicky or confusing.
Every time I do an update on bazzite it breaks deckyloader for me and I have to go in and fix it. I've had to change controller type on bazzite to get certain games to work.
I have back buttons on my device that still don't map reliably in bazzite. This is not the experience valve want their customers to have.
They're shooting for a seamless experience.
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Having a company like Valve behind it is major, getting people on Linux is the important first step, then once familiar they can try other distros.
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Can SteamOS run Word and Excel? Or is it just for gaming?
Honest question. I understand that SteamOS is Linux, and therefore you would be running LibreOffice. I'm on a Mac, and I run iWork, because it's free, or rather included in the purchase. But I could run Word and Excel, and have done before they doubled the price of Microsoft 365.
The gateway to getting people off one platform and onto another is whether the apps they use will still work. The big advantage Linux has is, Firefox runs on everything (even iOS, albeit with heavy limitations) and you can sync your progress across. My wife doesn't care about OS/platform; when we switched from Windows to Mac, all she cared about was, will Firefox work the same? And yes, yes it does.
I think LibreOffice is good enough for most people. Same with iWork. But people want familiarity, and if they own Word and Excel, they will want to run those. Unfortunately, I've seen some great deals for Office 2021, which I think is the latest offline version, but they're always Windows only. You can't install the same thing on Mac or Linux, even if the software is available there — the license is strictly Windows only.
But yes, if you're wondering, as a Mac user, I do support Linux adoption, Linux gaming... it's not what I use, but taking anything away from Microsoft means more attention on the other two. I don't know what's bigger between Mac and Linux, and I don't care. Microsoft is the enemy here. A rising tide lifts all boats. Unfortunately with regards to gaming, Proton is Linux but not Mac, so the rising tide doesn't help us on gaming, but no one buys a Mac to game on it. Not if they know what they're doing. And I know what I'm doing — at least, enough to have built gaming PCs.
even current steamdeck / steamos can run basically any desktop apps. I've seen some folks even run kdenlive (nle video editing app) on it, obvs using mouse&keyboard rather than the "gamepad". While it's gaming first ui, it does have a regular desktop too.
As for literally word/excel? Not sure, but doubt it. Reasonable alternatives like libreoffice or others? Absolutely.
Try Onlyoffice. It's designed to look and feel like MS Office.
Word is a website program at this point so yes it can run it
It's complicated. You can run either in the browser. Most open source office suites are designed to emulate Microsoft products so it shouldn't be a huge burden to switch. Lastly if you want to fiddle, you can get them running with WINE compatibility layer.