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Why did Valve switch from Debian stable to Arch Linux for the Steam Deck instead of Debian testing or unstable?

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That's something Valve designer, Lawrence Yang, told us during our hands-on time with the Deck when we asked about the switch from Debian to Arch.

"So, Arch Linux, one of the main reasons, there's a couple, but the main reason is the rolling updates of Arch allows us to have more rapid development for SteamOS 3.0," says Yang. "We were making a bunch of updates and changes to specifically make sure that things work well for Steam deck, and Arch just ended up being a better choice for them."
But Debian testing & unstable are rolling releases...

I prefer Debian than Arch Linux because:
Debian is older,
has more packages,
you have to compile an AUR package,
Arch Linux hasn't a (official) graphical package manager, Debian Synaptic (Syn"apt"ic),
Arch Linux hasn't a graphical installer nor a live.

Statistics: Posted by jebez — 2025-01-05 14:47 — Replies 5 — Views 126



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