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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You don't need SteamOS to game on Linux. I've heard good things about Bazzite, and there other Linux distros that focus on gaming.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I've been considering switching my deck to bazzite, tbh, because I prefer gnome so much, and I like being to use desktop mode when I'm out. I got a tiny Bluetooth mouse keyboard combo that looks like a remote or flat controller. I'm the only one who drives in my family, so I spend a lot of time just sitting in the car, waiting at doctors and stuff. It's nice being able to take just one device and work on school work or something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You can do that with SteamOS too. It launches into Steam Big Picture, but you can exit it and just use it like a computer. It can do everything a computer can do. I don't own one but have used one, and I think it was running KDE, not Gnome, but I don't really recall. You can install whatever DE you want though. There's no need to switch distros unless you want to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

You can switch distros, but every update wipes it and puts you back with kde.