SteamDeck should be excluded from “Linux use” imho. Especially when it comes to click bait headlines.

Like yes it is Linux. But SteamDeck is a completely different beast from desktop Linux. They might as well be entirely different OS’s. Especially if the SteamDeck is being used to play Win32 binaries!

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yjftsjthsd-h 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Like yes it is Linux. But SteamDeck is a completely different beast from desktop Linux. They might as well be entirely different OS’s.

It's really not; SteamOS is just another GNU/Linux, and pretty close to vanilla Arch Linux for that matter.

> Especially if the SteamDeck is being used to play Win32 binaries!

Proton works fine on other distros.

	▲	forrestthewoods 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> SteamOS is just another GNU/Linux if you are a gamedev considering support for SteamOS and considering support for generic Linux desktop they really really really REALLY are not the same. At all.

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vkazanov 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Try it. Switch to desktop mode. Behold! A desktop linux!

SteamOS is so very much linux that even WebOS and Androids pale in comparisom.

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conceptme 18 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

you can just navigate to the full linux desktop on the steamdeck?

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tapoxi 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

SteamOS is just an immutable Arch, and all Steam Linux games use the Steam Linux container runtime or Proton.

Bazzite and a few others provide a similar console-style experience.

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tribaal 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

SteamOS is really a desktop linux. You can switch to "desktop mode" to see the "normal desktop" and you get a KDE where you can run whatever you want.

It's "just" immutable Arch that defaults to Steam's console mode interface.