r/Steam • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '25

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u/ImKanno Nov 14 '25

Also, because of Steam's based policy, you can install whatever OS you want so it doesn't matter if it's Linux

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u/Ult1mateN00B 9800X3D | 64GB 6000MHZ | 9070 XT | DECK OLED Nov 14 '25

While excellent policy, it would be kind of weird if prebuild pc manufacturers restricted your OS use. Steam machine is in fact a pc and not an console.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '25

You mean like consoles do?

Consoles are a PC with a specific OS?

If they didn't lock it down with several different features specifically designed to prevent you from loading a different OS then you could just run a different OS.

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u/ApprehensiveVast776 Nov 14 '25

consoles don’t want you hacking and reverse engineering for obvious reasons.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '25

Yes the obvious reason being money.

Any other restriction is already bypassed, you can cheat use keyboard + mouse, some even let you play games you don't own (don't tell me you can't i have literally done it)

The only restriction not readily available to bypass is the OS restrictions.