Aww, bummer. I was hoping we'd have more company development power behind SteamOS.
this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2024
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Still good to see more users and money going into open source Linux handhelds. Whatever they develop will be helpful for Valve too.
That's a good point. More market share helps everyone!
HoloISO appears to be a rebuild from source of SteamOS
“Holo” is the code name for the current SteamOS version
Maybe if it gets popular, Valve will introduce any downstream improvements back into the source.
From how well they’ve done with their upstreams, like the kernel and Mesa, I expect they will happily accept patches from their downstream
Valve hires lots of developers to improve graphics drivers for all Linux users
SteamOS is currently on kernel 6.1, a lot of the changes they’ve made have gotten merged into upstream which is at 6.7
A few changes they’ve made for their specific hardware have ended up causing regressions for other hardware, so it still needs more code review and testing before everything is completely upstream
Whats the target audience for this? This looks like a cheaper copy of the steam deck, but at a similar price.
Maybe china and other countries that can’t get the steam deck?
You're right, it is probably designed for china.
That makes more sense considering Valve still hasn't released anything SteamOS related other than a recovery image.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Initially AYANEO announced it as using SteamOS, and later clarified to GamingOnLinux that it was actually HoloISO customized.
I did ask what they've tweaked but they simply said "we've made some changes to adapt the NEXT LITE hardware and drivers, and I'm very sorry I can't tell you exactly at this time".
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No date is actually being announced for release just yet, AYANEO simply told me "It will be officially available at the AYANEO online store in the near future" and that they "will offer exclusive early bird pricing for the first 100 customers, who can get the AMD 4500U version with 16G RAM and 512G stroage for just $299 with free shipping".
For now, you can simply subscribe to their newsletter on the official page to get notified when it becomes available.
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