• xavier666@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    4 days ago

    Hi there, just a small correction. Compared to existing linux distros, it’s slightly different. Steam OS is an immutable OS, which means you can’t edit the root partition (Like you can’t edit the C:\ drive in Windows). This is both good and bad.

    Good -> Users can’t mess up their device while trying to mess around with it. Updates are smooth because Valve knows the previous state of the OS.

    Bad -> It’s bad only for extreme power users as it’s not fully customizable. You can’t run your own kernel, install certain build packages to do some advanced stuff. But this is a tiny tiny bad.

    Overall, Steam OS is great and I believe will be the gateway for the general PC crowd.

    • penquin@lemm.ee
      3·
      3 days ago

      Thank you for the correction, although I was only talking about the desktop environment. I understand the immutable part of it :)