SteamOS
Valve's immutable Arch-based system behind the Steam Deck, booting into Steam with a Plasma desktop on the side. See how developers rate it month by month on DTDb.
- Category
- Linux distribution
- Developer
- Valve
- Created by
- —
- First release
- 2013
- License
- Proprietary and free components
- Open source
- No
- Pricing
- Free
- Website
- https://store.steampowered.com/steamos
- Family
- Arch
- Based on
- Arch Linux
- Package manager
- Flatpak (pacman locked)
- Package format
- pacman package
- Release model
- Fixed releases
- Release cadence
- A few stable updates a year, beta and preview channels
- Support lifetime
- Current release
- Init system
- systemd
- Default desktop
- Steam Gaming Mode, KDE Plasma desktop mode
- Immutable
- Yes
- Made for
- Gaming
- Backed by
- A company
- Beginner friendliness
- 5 of 5
- Architectures
- x86_64