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Does this make a difference? If I were to build a gaming PC based on Linux and Proton, would I need an Arch based distro to get that ~80% coverage?
by stefandesu 3y ago
Does this make a difference? If I were to build a gaming PC based on Linux and Proton, would I need an Arch based distro to get that ~80% coverage?
- ddtaylor 3y agoIn theory it doesn't matter, but in practice there are issues. On other distros like stock Ubuntu you won't have Flatpak out of the box and would need to set that up. Likewise on some distros you would have to worry about alternative repos or package architectures.
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- nani8ot 3y agoNo, Steam comes with everything you need for games. Other launcher work great using Lutris. Apps like Lutris, Spotify Yuzu are on the Discover app store which uses flatpak. Flatpak is on many distros already installed or can be installed manually. (PS: The Steam Deck's OS isn't even Arch Linux. It's based on it and uses Arch packages, but updates come from Valve through their own update mechanism with a read only file system. It's like calling Ubuntu Debian just because Ubuntu pulls packages from Debian Testing.)
- the8472 3y agoYou get a recent kernel + mesa + vulkan which means a recent proton shipped with steam can use all the extensions it wants for efficiency. Recent kernels also contain a few features specifically designed to aid wine. Also, it's probably a joke.
- xyproto 3y agoNo, after 12 years of maintaining official Arch Linux packages, I am proud that they chose Arch Linux as a foundation for the Steam Deck.