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

submitted 6 months ago by LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 77 points 6 months ago (2 children)

As for why they adopted KDE, they probably discovered how hard it is to work with Gnome developers.

[–] Nyfure@kbin.social 75 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why would you ever need such a feature? Closed.

[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I shared a green text recently that said just this lol

https://lemmy.world/post/15006352

[–] realbadat@programming.dev 13 points 6 months ago

Since the start. Forget working with them, it's a rough go to even try and communicate with them.

And that goes back to mailing list days, creating a personal grudge against Gnome so firm that I haven't used it since the early 2000s.

Thankfully there's KDE for my general use and a wide variety of lightweight options for other uses.

[–] Nyfure@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago

Just saw it too :D

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I remember in an interview talking about the Steam Deck and its controls, GabeN said (paraphrased) "What we learned from the Steam Controller is there needs to be zero learning curve. Players want to pick it up and understand it immediately."

Given that ethos, it's not difficult to understand adopting KDE over Gnome. Most of Valve's customers are coming from Windows, and KDE resembles Windows' UI, where Gnome resembles iOS after a stroke.