Comment on Any desktop-mode tips for a new Steam Deck owner?
smeg@feddit.uk 3 weeks agoWell that’s not what the OS is designed for, it’s designed to be simple to update and hard to break. If you really want a traditional package manager then you can just install a different OS, I guess.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Rpm-ostree isn’t really a traditional package manager (that would be pacman, which SteamOS does apparently have even though it presumably doesn’t work correctly).
smeg@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Yeah that’s what I meant, if you really want to use pacman or one of the traditional package managers then install another distro
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Right… I guess I’m just a little surprised that there isn’t a solution akin to Fedora Atomics’ rpm-ostree.
smeg@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I’ve not read the details for a few years, but I’d guess there isn’t because there doesn’t need to be for the vast majority of users. Even the few who use desktop mode can manage with flatpaks, the few who can’t can use distrobox, etc.