This will probably be the biggest competition the Steam Deck has within the handheld PC space.
Most noteworthy is that windows is finally focusing on providing a decent handheld experience, including booting straight to a controller friendly interface, and reducing background processes for better fps and battery.
Edit: The handheld Xbox UI will.come to all windows PCs, but it’s not clear if the reduced performance bloat version will be available. It sounds like only Xbox branded devices may get the full benefit of optimized windows.
It’s also the ugliest handheld PC yet (imo), but I can appreciate that they’re pushing for comfort over looks.
Before steam deck released linux market share was 0.6% on steam hardware surveys and linux was a toy os for programmer nerds who want a shit os to play with.
Now the narrative has changed and people talk more and more how its a solid daily driver for gamers. Something that was impossible before valve.