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SteamOS already exists. It is called Bazzite.
Bazzite is pretty good. A lot more flexibility out of the box to install other software as well (besides unlocking the root file system in SteamOS but even so updates will wipe those changes.)
I’m glad SteamOS is getting more traction though. I think most people prefer having a seamless experience when gaming anyways
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Can’t wait to see you break down when you hear this.
“Bazzite was born out of supporting users with Steam OS in the Steam Deck Discord, and is designed to make up for some of the shortcomings of Steam OS, such as immutability preventing package installs when needed, lack of printing, lack of secure boot, lack of drive encryption, and so on. We also ship a number of helpers and extra packages to make non-Steam gaming easier and faster to get up and running, and are in a position to more quickly work with the community on improvements — all of which will continue to differentiate us.”
P.S. SteamOS does have printing now: Big thanks to Valve for adding CUPS for printing into the Steam OS Beta : SteamDeck