Or, I don't know, use an already open source OS... Like valve did. Lenovo made a choice, got lazy, and everyone is defending them.

Yeah I will continue to blame the OS vendor for the OS being unfit for purpose.

They are going to offer that in the near future. It will come with it's own compromises. But it sounds like you agree the OS is the problem and not Lenovo.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Micro$oft is more than happy to let companies pay to use their terrible OS for purposes they never built it for. But the question still stands as to why any of these companies continue to try and shove Windows into a use case that was never even a consideration when it was designed. Like, if I had a really terrible hammer, and started trying to use it as a saw... I wouldn't blame the hammer's inherent terribleness at it's intended job for why it failed.

Iant there an official steam OS version for this device...?

Fucking thank you. Finally another reasonable person.

I'm glad they rushed it out without making sure they sent a good product first.

There is supposed to be an eventual release with steamOS, which seems to be very close to being ready. I have the original Legion go, and am running steamOS beta, it's so lovely, highly recommended.

Do you think eventually they'll get an official build for ROG Ally?

Here's what I expect: as steamOS continues development and support, it will be available on more and more machines. I'm betting ROG ally will be towards the front of the line.