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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.