• berg@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It’s based upon the well established distro Arch, and thus still considered Linux. A distro is basically the Linux kernel with pre-installed packages. SteamOS only adds another layer of packages unto Arch afaik.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, I know how Linux works.

      The poster above asked for a reason why steamOS might be considered separately to other sisters, and I gave them a possible one.

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        1 year ago

        The terminology is off then. Different distro’s is not regarded as entirely new OS’s, they’re still Linux. E.g. SteamOS (if anything) is Steam’s distro, not Steam’s OS. I’m not trying to nitpick, only explain.