I had never used Linux, only Windows and some Mac. If you have worries that Linux will be too complicated for you, note that this is specifically SteamOS, which is based in Linux but looks a lot more like Windows in terms of UI. I know because I use one that is half the price, and nothing is wrong with it.) And there are cheaper docks out there than Valve's official option. (But you will need to look into USB-C connectors and docks. Anything you can plug into a computer, you can plug into this, because this is a computer. You can literally plug in a keyboard, an HDMI cable, a mouse, an external hard drive, a flight stick, an Xbox controller. Your controls are remappable, and configurations are specific to each app (because it's Steam, Steam does that). The Steam Deck is a good computer that runs Linux by default and is shaped like a Switch. "If it's anything like Steam Big Picture Mode, it'll be so awkward and a lot of faff." The Deck UI is replacing Big Picture Mode, for good reason. Unsupported really just means you might have to tweak some settings yourself, or look to the community to see if anyone already has. Far better than any computer I've ever had, even. "There are lots of games on Steam that aren't Deck verified, are even flat-out 'Unsupported!'" Take it from me- those games still run.
But only because they weren't able to personally test every single game. The goal was "the Deck can run every game on Steam." They did not meet that goal. The Deck has Windows emulators running through its bloodstream. "But it's Linux, and most games are for Windows." It's Linux, coded by Linux wizards who own fucking Steam.
If it can't run PC VR, aren't there other games it won't be able to run?" I have not found any. It is my understanding that, basically as soon as I got my Deck, Valve suddenly figured out the queue and now reservations take like a month at most. Wary of Valve's weird distribution model, making people wait months for a reservation to get the chance to buy one? Look, I went through that so you didn't have to. The fucking app store gives you emulators (and also is not an app store it is a neatly organized repository of free open-source software). Sick of corporate tech not letting you do what you want with your own damn computer? Sick of smartphones, sick of fucking Windows? Get a Deck. Literally everything else is either solved by the Deck or the Deck provides you with the means to solve it.
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