In an IGN interview, Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais said that "[they] want [SteamOS] to be at the point where at some point you can install it on any PC". Below is a transcript of the interview. I tried to clean it up to my best ability.

Just like Steam Deck paved the way for Steam OS on a variety of third-party handhelds, we expect that Steam Machine will pave the way for Steam OS on a bunch of different machines in either similar form factors, different perf envelopes, different segments of the market, and get to a good outcome there. We definitely want to encourage people to try it out on their own hardware. We'll be working on expanding hardware support for the drivers and the base operating system. Just last week, we fixed something that was preventing us from booting on the very latest AMD CPU platforms. Last month, we added support for the Intel Lunar Lake platforms. We're constantly adding support and improving performance. We want it to be at the point where at some point you can install it on any PC, but there's still a ton of work to do there.

If the embedded video doesn't take you to the correct part of the video, the correct timestamp is 5:37.

EDIT: Here’s the written article of the video:
https://www.ign.com/articles/valves-next-gen-steam-machine-and-steam-controller-the-big-interview

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[–] 23 points 10 months ago* (11 children)

I hate Microsoft shoving AI down our throats. I will not upgrade to AI Windows. I just don't want to port over to a new OS because: (1) I like 10's GUI, (2) I don't trust an OS that I might not be able to run word or excel on because I do so much on them, and (3) my version of Windows doesn't have ads on it.

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    There are alternatives to Microsoft Office like LibreOffice and OnlyOffice. Plus you can still use Office 365 in a browser if it "has" to be Microsoft Office.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    I've used both Libreoffice and Onlyoffice along with Microsofts offerings. I've gone several hours in onlyoffice to only notice when I'm saving that I was using Onlyoffice instead of Microsoft Excel. That's how similar they look.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Yep, the browser version has been good enough if you're not working with 500 MB excel files that's been used since 20 years ago. Even the people at my work has switched to the web version of office.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    my version of Windows doesn’t have ads on it.

    Windows 7?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    My EU Win11 doesn't show any ads either.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I'd be surprised if that turned out to be the case, but I've never used EU Windows 11. Is it a special no-ads version?

    Windows 10 definitely has ads - I recall seeing something pushing the Xbox on the lock screen a while back. That counts IMO.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah there's been loads of threads with surprised Europeans when it comes to Windows ads, because we just don't get them.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    ... That is not true. We get app recommendations in the home screen and we get a "news" panel. Those are ads. You can't disable the recommended apps thing either. Recommended by who? The top payer? Fuck off.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    As others have mentioned - and to add my own opinion: In terms of Writer (Word) and Calc (Excel), LibreOffice is by far better than M$ for everyone who isn't for some reason an absolute fan of searching for buttons that have the function they need by looking at tiny icons.

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