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Does anyone know why SteamOS is based on arch rather than Debian? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Flatpak is another good example besides selinux. You as a user have to be up to date how to install packages. You have to install flatpak yourself. I trust that you are up to date enough, but many people lack time and especially interest in how the system works. Many people don't care as long as it works. On arch you have the freedom to do everything but you have to take care of a lot of thing on your own. E.g. fedora makes a lot of decisions for you. You do not have to read about firewalls, you can, but you don't have to. On arch I highly advise evryone to read what a firewall is and then decide which firewall to use and set the right settings. Arch is not bad but it's not for the average person who doesn't read readmes and guides and that's ok

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You can also install "app stores" on arch, if you so desire. I believe the most famous one is pamac.

You can configure the firewall with the KDE GUI, you don't need additional knowledge than the one you'd already need for any other system.

I wouldn't recommend Arch for newbies with no technical background but I feel like EndeavourOS is very simple to install and use.