I guess things run faster without the spyware, logging, and other general bullshit running in the background.
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That is not the smoking gun you think it is.
Again... SteamOS is just an immutable version of Arch Linux. That's what they are talking about in the article when they talk about turning off "read-only" mode. Being immutable makes it less likely to break/more stable, but doesn't "fine-tune" it for gaming.
Saying it's "fine-tuned" for gaming takes away from what is actually doing the heavy lifting for gaming on linux, which is Proton. One could argue Proton is "fine-tuned" WINE, but SteamOS is not "fine-tuned" for gaming.
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So everything you are saying agrees with me. People are just upset that I said the OS was designed for handheld game consoles
wrote on last edited by [email protected]What you're saying is false though.
You can read about what kernel SteamOS is using. The kernel itself is only like ~150MB, there isn't really a need to slim it down. I think, if anything, Valve contributes to the mainline kernel for linux.
Proton is the "fine-tuning", the OS is just Arch Linux with a paint job.
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So you are saying SteamOS is not designed/tuned to be used primarily for games on a system without a keyboard/mouse?
No it's not it's just arch.
Go install arch right now, install steam and set big picture mode to launch in login.
Tada you have steamOS.
Yes this is an over simplification to a degree but honestly it really is just that simple really.
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From what I know about it, it has a modified kernal that is smaller cutting out support for a few things . Smaller kernal, standardly more efficient and stable. Throw in that it comes in a read only setup that will wipe changes added via pacman the next time you do an update. Customizability is also limited. Flatpacks better than snap many will argue, but snap won't even run on SteamOS from what I've read even after manually dialing the read only mode and knowing you will have to reinstall all your changes after the next update.
That doesnt sound like regular arch to me.
Still an hobbyist server os that doesnt even run games created by a man who does not even give a single damn about games. And it runs games better than the os for which all games and hardware is made for.
Despite linux needing a compatability layer.
Windows is just utter dogshit no matter which way you cut it.