Nice, glad to see Windows support realized!

It's good to see drivers released, but people should note that there is no actual support offered. As stated on the announcment page, these drivers are provided "as-is" and there is no official support for running Windows on Steam Deck. So, ymmv.

TY!!

Excited at the pace of progress! The deck continues to be a game changer and Windows support will definitely help for using it as a PC replacement . Just wish I wasn't after q3...

Install gentoo

could add dualshock 4 battery meter.

I expect Microsoft to offer some support for the Deck, hopefully they will.

Who would willingly install a wirus on their own PC?

Nice that we are apparently getting official dual-boot support in Steam OS as well.

Thanks for the drivers, it does at least offer another alternative if a game you really want to play on your Deck doesn't play nice with Proton.

Valve could have been more upfront with their customers when asked if these drivers were coming though, I'm not sure why YouTubers and reviewers were receiving updates about them when customers being asked to confirm their reservations and pay were not.

Not planning to use Windows, only as secondary in emergence. When all Windows drivers will be ready with graphical dual-booloader, I will put it into minimally sized NTFS partition (32GB recommendation) on SSD storage. And will put second separate NTFS SD card for Windows games. All other SSD (ext4) and SD (brtfs+zstd) cards storage for Linux. Windows is just nice to have ready for me, at this point. Anticheat games are nice too.

PS. Didn't received SteamDeck yet.

Lol, windows is so slow and has terrible battery life. The OS isn't built for this form factor (UI elements don't even fit on screens of this resolution and size properly). It will be missing the kernel optimizations for gamescope, it will be missing the UI designed for this form factor, and so much more. I know why Valve had to release these drivers for deck, but I seriously hope people at least TRY steam OS on it before they format and try to put windows on it. I've been running a System76 Oryx Pro linux gaming laptop for years now, and let me tell you guys, Proton is fantastic. The performance of the deck with Steam OS 3.0 on things like battery life and usability will absolutely be destroyed with windows. (Not to mention having to pay for a license key for an OS that is literal spyware). I'm not interested in waiting 10 minutes for windows to install updates when I try to turn the deck off or restart it. I'm not interested in an UI that doesn't scale on small displays. I'm not interested in an OS that forces anti-virus checks to randomly run in the background, along with drive indexing, and cloud storage. Not to mention all the bloat that auto-installs, like having facebook, angry brids, and spotify randomly show up in your start menu. Windows and MacOS are literal spyware, and Valve has built something special with the deck & SteamOS 3.0. Mine will never boot windows on it, its just not worth it.

The Linux fanboys are gonna be pissed.

I dont plan on using Windows on the Steam Deck. I want to see Linux grow as a gaming platform. But i am all about choice. And Valve offering the choice to use your device however you want is a great thing. Its a Personal Computer.

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The Linux fanboys are gonna be pissed.

I dont plan on using Windows on the Steam Deck. I want to see Linux grow as a gaming platform. But i am all about choice. And Valve offering the choice to use your device however you want is a great thing. Its a Personal Computer.

I don't think we are pissed at valve, I think we are pissed at users who aren't even willing to give SteamOS or Proton a try before erasing all of Valve's hard work to replace it with a bloated OS that harvests personal users data. Because we know that users are going to blame poor deck performance on Valve if its running windows, even if its not valve's fault that windows is not made for this form factor.

♥♥♥♥ windows but choice is good, thanks valve