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Does anyone know why SteamOS is based on arch rather than Debian? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Just got a steam deck and immediately checked out the desktop mode, and I was somewhat surprised to see KDE and pacman as opposed to GNOME and apt, I have nothing against the former though a strong preference for the latter, anyone know why Volvo went in this direction?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I don't think it has anything to do with Arch being a rolling distro.

    SteamOS isn't a rolling distro, it's by releases controlled by Valve.

    Even on a Debian base they could have done the same, like Ubuntu releasing versions independently from Debian.

    Because SteamOS is immutable, the simplest today would be to use a Fedora Atomic base.

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