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Welcome to the world of Linux. Check out Fedora Kinoite. Here's how they're similar:
✅ It's immutable -- core OS files are read only. Just like the SteamDeck, this is more stable and secure. Updates happen all at once and the entire system can be rolled back to a working configuration ("snapshot") if it all goes south.
✅ Applications are containerized and installed via a software store. Flatpak via Flathub is my personal preference, here.
✅ It uses the KDE Plasma desktop environment. In Linux there are a handful of DEs to choose from. The SD uses KDE and so does Kinoite. This is probably where you'll see most similarities (that Windows '95 feel).
✅ Fedora's community, like the SD, is large. Got a problem? There's probably someone on the forums who had the same issue and can provide a solution.
I've been running it exclusively for two years now. As a self proclaimed distro-hopper, that's really remarkable.
https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/kinoite/
I realize I sound AI AF.
Lol, I will choose to trust this reply isn't an elaborate AI ploy. I'll definitely consider that, and you've already taught me a couple things 👍
Note that bazzite/aurora is fedora kinoite with some stuff preinstalled like a thing that makes twitch.tv work out of the box, they're essentially straight upgrades.
At least you didn't use the em dash (—)
I like the em dash and am very upset that AI has stolen it.
It hasn't stolen anything, lol. You can and should still use it — it's at code point 2014, just where it always was.
I already have some issues with my public tone sounding... Too official. Using the em-dash just makes it seem like I might be a bot. I'm not going to bother with that.
No reason to choose fedora kinoite when aurora and bazzite exist, they just add some nice qol, for example, on stock kinoite ffmpeg has the shit patents that make twitch not work.
Nice. I'll check those out.