Yes and no. Steam Deck runs a proper Linux distro, with all the typical userland and such. Apart from using OSTree for its rootfs, it’s all a typical Linux distro.
The question is, how many regular users actually use desktop mode? The community around here certainly makes it seem like it’s more popular than it probably is.
Exactly. People on Lemmy think Lemmy users are representative of the general population when in fact even knowing about Lemmy means you have more technical knowledge than the average person.
I’d be willing to bet the majority of Deck owners don’t even know Desktop Mode exists.
Yes and no. Steam Deck runs a proper Linux distro, with all the typical userland and such. Apart from using OSTree for its rootfs, it’s all a typical Linux distro.
The question is, how many regular users actually use desktop mode? The community around here certainly makes it seem like it’s more popular than it probably is.
Exactly. People on Lemmy think Lemmy users are representative of the general population when in fact even knowing about Lemmy means you have more technical knowledge than the average person.
I’d be willing to bet the majority of Deck owners don’t even know Desktop Mode exists.