• TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
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      13 days ago

      there not many easy results for “arch based distro with KDE how to [do thing]” but there are a lot of Steamdeck tutorials and a SteamOS desktop version would make it better
      My yearly “I should try Linux again” cycle would probably stay permanently if Valve makes the OS

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        12 days ago

        People who just blindly copy and paste random commands without any transferable thinking shouldn’t use computers in the first place.

        • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
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          12 days ago

          everyone starts somewhere, it stars mindless then they eventually learn slowly but surely with a lot of mistakes. I did. I nuked my OS several times but now know a lot more about Linux because of it.
          If you apply that thinking then 9/10ths of the Linux community wouldn’t have ever started using it.
          Hell 99% of the non tech people I know IRL wouldn’t be able to send a text if that line of thinking is extended to them.

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          11 days ago

          So they shouldn’t pay their bills, do their taxes, work?
          You can’t live without using a computer anymore.

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      13 days ago

      Unless Valve has said otherwise, I doubt SteamOS is going to be released for desktop. SteamOS is basically just Arch + kde plasma but with tweaks targeting the SteamDeck hardware

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        13 days ago

        Is there really a significant difference between steamOS and using big picture mode + proton? I’ve had hardly any issues using steam on Ubuntu to play windows only games. Even Microsoft flight sim works despite trying it’s hardest to act like part of windows.

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      13 days ago

      KDEs Project Banana OS basically sounds like Steamdecks immutable Arch with Plasma

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        12 days ago

        Oh huh, Bazzite’s based on Fedora Atomic. What’s the one that’s just Windows under the hood? I remember being surprised, “why would people want to install THAT on a Steam Deck”?