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Why does the Steam Deck use Arch Linux?
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this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2023
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Probably because rolling distros get updates for new hardware sooner. The Steam Deck was using a brand new AMD APU at the time so it probably benefited from being on the latest kernel and mesa.
Arch really isn't that bad. I haven't had too many breakages, and when it does break, they're usually fixed super fast or they're easy enough to workaround, whereas I often have to wait weeks or months for bug fixes in more stable distros. Now, would I hand it to my grandma? Not unless I am the one doing the updates for her, but it isn't the ticking time-bomb that non-Arch users like to say it is.