The Lenovo Legion Go S is the first handheld that is officially supported by SteamOS meaning that it can run the official Steam operating system with support specifically for the Lenovo Legion Go S bringing over all of its inputs with on-screen images for the device.
Either way, you’re going to get an amazing experience as the Lenovo Legion Go S utilises the AMD Ryzen™ Z2 Go Processor utilizes Zen 4 architecture combined with AMD RDNA 3 technology to utilize Super Resolution in order to make sure you’re always getting great performance and fantastic battery life.
BENEFITS OF WINDOWS 11
- Can access all launchers (Xbox Game Pass etc)
- Can use Legion Space
- Can use the Go S as a PC by plugging into monitor
BENEFITS OF STEAM OS
- Better performance
- Longer battery life
- A much more streamlined handheld experience
Whilst the Lenovo Legion Go S can’t run Windows 11 and SteamOS simultaneously, it’s super easy to install SteamOS onto the device and it takes literally just a few minutes.
WHAT YOU NEED TO INSTALL STEAMOS ONTO THE LENOVO LEGION GO S
- Your Lenovo Legion Go S
- A USB-C drive with 16gb of storage
- A PC to download the SteamOS image (or you can use your Legion Go S)
HOW TO INSTALL STEAMOS ONTO THE LENOVO LEGION GO S
The first thing I recommend checking is your Secure Boot settings which you can do by using the below steps:
- Power down Legion Go S completely
- Hold volume + button and press power button
- Pick bios setup (likely need to use touch screen)
- Tap More settings
- Tap Security
- Under Secure boot > pick disabled
- Tap Exit
- Tap Exit saving changes
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Once that’s checked or changed, you can do the below:
PLEASE NOTE: Your Lenovo Legion Go S will be wiped (you can’t run both Windows/Steam OS at the same time) and so will the USB Drive that you use.
- Download the SteamOS recovery image from the official website HERE.
- Download and install Rufus onto your PC
- Plug USB drive into PC (your USB stick will be formatted)
- Launch Rufus and select USB Key under Device
- Select your SteamOS IMG file under boot selection
- Click start to flash USB drive
- Unplug USB drive after it reaches 100%
- Power down Legion Go S completely
- Hold volume + button and press power button
- Tap Boot Menu (using touch screen)
- Select your USB Drive
- You’ll now load into the SteamOS menu and hit Wipe Device and Install SteamOS
- Click proceed
- Your device will now install SteamOS and it’ll reset showing the Lenovo Legion logo and then SteamOS and you are now free to setup SteamOS
It’s as simple as that. There really isn’t a heap of ways to go wrong throughout the process. Just keep it plugged in for charge and let it do its thing and enjoy the flexibility that the Lenovo Legion Go S brings.
