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Used mine much more as a secondary PC* than as a handheld. More than once, it was the only 'online' PC I had running and used it to write Windows images for my desktop.
NtM, As a Windows DD-er and Linux near-knownothing, I managed to Daily Drive it while my R5 5600 was in RMA, too.
(*"Desktop mode" SteamOS + 42" 1080 LCD HDTV via USB+HDMI-multiport hub + a backlit 'ruggedized' BT KB+touchpad)
IMO, if it wasn't for the implicitly 'handholding' shape, it'd easily and readily adapt into a highly-capable "Tablet PC-like".
Not all the 1st-release units have fantastic screens, and I'm still upset it lacks USB4/TB or some form of externally-availible PCIe
but... it's a very competent Linux PC. That's just not its *primary* purpose.
Regardless,
it's built and marketed to play "PC Platform" games (primarily, but not exclusively) from Valve's Steam digital distribution service.