Explaining SteamOS and Proton, the Steam Deck's secret sauce

[Windows Central]

Breaking down what you can expect from the Steam Deck and its not-Windows software.
Valve's much rumored handheld, the Steam Deck, is now official, sending gamers into a frenzy. With good reason, too, after all, Steam isn't in the habit of selling watered-down games like you might find on the Nintendo Switch.
The Steam Deck is very much a handheld PC, in the vein of something like the GPD Win devices. But it doesn't run Windows 10 (or Windows 11). At least, not out of the box.

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