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Why openSUSE is the perfect OS for handhelds (media.ccc.de)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Steam Deck has revolutionized the gaming handheld market. With the Linux-based immutable SteamOS, Valve has fostered an active community developing mods and alternative systems for this platform. Other manufacturers distribute Windows-based mobile consoles. However, time and time again it has been shown that they lag behind Linux in terms of software support.

But how easy is it to bring a Linux distribution, say openSUSE, to the Steam Deck?

In this talk, a prototype based on openSUSE's open technologies and infrastructure will be presented, which is already (almost) fully functional on the Steam Deck and many other devices.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

I personally found it kinda jank. Mint feels best for a laymans gaming distro ime

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

good if they're gaming on old hardware I am sure. Mint lacks modern feature enablement and it baffles me that people keep recommending it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can you elaborate, please?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Mint is a long term support distro using an in house custom desktop environment. LTS distros don’t receive kernel or mesa updates as often so game performance can be lacking especially for newer games and/or newer hardware. Cinnamon also lags behind on modern desktop features compared to GNOME or KDE Plasma.

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