Makes sense - probably will perform better and they don't have to pay for a license.
Steam Hardware
A place to discuss and support all Steam Hardware, including Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and SteamOS in general.
As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title
The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Deck] - Steam Deck related.
[Machine] - Steam Machine related.
[Frame] - Steam Frame related.
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.
If your post is only relevant to one hardware device (Deck/Machine/Frame/etc) please specify which one as part of the title or by using a device flair.
These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.
Rules:
- Follow the rules of Sopuli
- Posts must be related to Steam Hardware or Steam OS in an obvious way.
- No piracy, there are other communities for that.
- Discussion of emulators are allowed, but no discussion on how to illegally acquire ROMs.
- This is a place of civil discussion, no trolling.
- Have fun.
I wouldn't even blame Lenovo for not passing over the savings of Linux. Because that means, they have a huge reason to sell Linux based systems, as they make more money from each unit this way.
I actually thought Microsoft excuses handhelds from Windows licensing fees? Or discounts them?
No idea, it's just regular Windows 11 underneath so I don't believe it's exempt from licensing.
They used to have this
But I think they ended this deal at some point
This is the way.

- Also, there are placeholder listings for SteamOS compatible variants of the Legion Go 2 controllers on Lenovo's store. https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/legion-series/legion-go-8ahp2/83n1/parts/display/compatible