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I'm more confused that it's running SteamOS which is supposedly Arch based, but arch doesn't officially support ARM. You have to use the ArchLinuxARM distro for

I'm more confused that it's running SteamOS which is supposedly Arch based, but arch doesn't officially support ARM. You have to use the ArchLinuxARM distro for that, which is less maintained. They got to be doing something off label for that.

uncletaco 11mo ago
Even if they are, Valve has a long track record of contributing back to open source projects.
- 0x1ch 11mo ago
  Proton was a community led effort years back. The guy who started that is now an employee at Valve (IIRC) working on Proton, but also getting paid :)
0x457 11mo ago
> arch doesn't officially support ARM Doesn't really mean much to Valve as SteamOS vendor: - linux kernel supports aarch64 just fine - user space supports aarach64 just as fine - Valve provides runtime for games (be it via proton or native linux), so providing aarch64 builds is up to them anyway The main point of ArchLinuxARM is providing compatible binaries, which isn't something hard to do in-house.
whatevaa 11mo ago
Arch doesn't support ARM at all. Arm is somebody else hobby project.
- tiberious726 11mo ago
  You mean valve's?
- wafflemaker 11mo ago
  isn't Steam Deck arm based?
  - milutinovici 11mo ago
    No, it's AMD based
  - delusional 11mo ago
    No. It's an AMD x64 CPU married to an onboard GPU.
- gavinsyancey 11mo ago
  Arch has been working with Valve on various build system improvements for some time [0], which as I understand it are targeted at making it more feasible for them to eventually support more architectures [1]. This doesn't release for several months; I wonder if there'll be an official Arch Linux ARM by then? [0]: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org/thread/RIZSKIBDSLY4S5J2E2STNP5DH4XZGJMR/ https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@li... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41696041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41696041

uncletaco 11mo ago

Even if they are, Valve has a long track record of contributing back to open source projects.

0x1ch 11mo ago
Proton was a community led effort years back. The guy who started that is now an employee at Valve (IIRC) working on Proton, but also getting paid :)

0x457 11mo ago

> arch doesn't officially support ARM Doesn't really mean much to Valve as SteamOS vendor: - linux kernel supports aarch64 just fine - user space supports aarach64 just as fine - Valve provides runtime for games (be it via proton or native linux), so providing aarch64 builds is up to them anyway The main point of ArchLinuxARM is providing compatible binaries, which isn't something hard to do in-house.

whatevaa 11mo ago

Arch doesn't support ARM at all. Arm is somebody else hobby project.

tiberious726 11mo ago
You mean valve's?
wafflemaker 11mo ago
isn't Steam Deck arm based?
- milutinovici 11mo ago
  No, it's AMD based
- delusional 11mo ago
  No. It's an AMD x64 CPU married to an onboard GPU.
gavinsyancey 11mo ago
Arch has been working with Valve on various build system improvements for some time [0], which as I understand it are targeted at making it more feasible for them to eventually support more architectures [1]. This doesn't release for several months; I wonder if there'll be an official Arch Linux ARM by then? [0]: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org/thread/RIZSKIBDSLY4S5J2E2STNP5DH4XZGJMR/ https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@li... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41696041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41696041