I only use it on my laptop and not a portable device, so mine does not boot into Big Picture mode, though I imagine that’s possible.
And yeah it’s pretty similar, particularly on the gaming side. If you’re only using it for gaming and doing nothing but Steam and maybe a tiny bit of Desktop mode for Discover store, then yeah you probably won’t notice a difference.
However, if you use it for more than gaming, which is not only possible, but super stable, then there will be some slight differences than SteamOS in how you “layer” packages and such. But again, you probably won’t need that since most things are available in flatpak (Discover).
I think it’s probably a more complete desktop experience than SteamOS at this point simply because it’s been available longer.
I only use it on my laptop and not a portable device, so mine does not boot into Big Picture mode, though I imagine that’s possible.
And yeah it’s pretty similar, particularly on the gaming side. If you’re only using it for gaming and doing nothing but Steam and maybe a tiny bit of Desktop mode for Discover store, then yeah you probably won’t notice a difference.
However, if you use it for more than gaming, which is not only possible, but super stable, then there will be some slight differences than SteamOS in how you “layer” packages and such. But again, you probably won’t need that since most things are available in flatpak (Discover).
I think it’s probably a more complete desktop experience than SteamOS at this point simply because it’s been available longer.