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by dylukes 890 days ago
If I'm in the mood for being a little glib... where do you think that Linux distribution that SteamOS is based on got its user-space (or more seriously, its drivers?)

Also: the SteamDeck is by any reasonable standard a console. It just happens to run a windowed environment out of the box. Don't be that guy. If you want to pump Valve, focus instead on their contributions to the Wine project.
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rascul 890 days ago
> where do you think that Linux distribution that SteamOS is based on got its user-space (or more seriously, its drivers?)

Are you saying that Arch gets its userspace and drivers from FreeBSD?

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seanw444 889 days ago
I guess there is some BSD software that is common in Linux, like OpenSSH tools and dhcpcd. But that's not unique to Arch.
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xxs 890 days ago
No idea why the personal involvement with valve pumping has come from. Atari "VCS All-In Bundle" is debian based, too. They are not playstation popular, of course. Like mentioned "no love for consoles", dont own one, not interested, either.
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