From what I know about it, it has a modified kernal that is smaller cutting out support for a few things . Smaller kernal, standardly more efficient and stable. Throw in that it comes in a read only setup that will wipe changes added via pacman the next time you do an update. Customizability is also limited. Flatpacks better than snap many will argue, but snap won’t even run on SteamOS from what I’ve read even after manually dialing the read only mode and knowing you will have to reinstall all your changes after the next update.
95% of the kernel is just drivers, so ofc it makes sense to cut out what you don’t need when you know exactly which hardware you will have forever.
Same with everything else. It’s a video game console. The real point is that Linux with Proton, which you can install anywhere, can now beat Windows at its own game so to speak.
From what I know about it, it has a modified kernal that is smaller cutting out support for a few things . Smaller kernal, standardly more efficient and stable. Throw in that it comes in a read only setup that will wipe changes added via pacman the next time you do an update. Customizability is also limited. Flatpacks better than snap many will argue, but snap won’t even run on SteamOS from what I’ve read even after manually dialing the read only mode and knowing you will have to reinstall all your changes after the next update.
That doesnt sound like regular arch to me.
95% of the kernel is just drivers, so ofc it makes sense to cut out what you don’t need when you know exactly which hardware you will have forever.
Same with everything else. It’s a video game console. The real point is that Linux with Proton, which you can install anywhere, can now beat Windows at its own game so to speak.