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Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz · 3 days ago

Desktop Linux distros similar to Steam OS?

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Desktop Linux distros similar to Steam OS?

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Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz · 3 days ago

To be clear, this question is for general PC use, and not only gaming.

Desktop mode on my Deck has easily become my favorite PC experience in a very long long time, and I use it more docked as a PC than for gaming. I’ve used Windows and Apple my entire life before now, so I have zero experience with Linux, other than the Steam Deck, but the OS is incrediby friendly to newcomers, and I’d say it’s essentially a modern and polished version of Windows 95.

So what would you recommend as a similar experience for desktop?

Edit: I should probably add that I’m an artist and designer, and play around with Blender and 3D modeling stuff, and maybe even some game dev at some point. So Adobe support, and GPU Blender support would be superfantastic.

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Well I’m not aware of any Arch-based immutable distro besides SteamOS so it’s kinda hard to give a perfect answer.
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  It doesn’t have to be arch based, really
  
  If it’s immutable it practically doesn’t matter
  
  The immutability is the key here

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