95% of the kernel is just drivers, so ofc it makes sense to cut out what you don’t need when you know exactly which hardware you will have forever.
Same with everything else. It’s a video game console. The real point is that Linux with Proton, which you can install anywhere, can now beat Windows at its own game so to speak.
You can read about what kernel SteamOS is using. The kernel itself is only like ~150MB, there isn’t really a need to slim it down. I think, if anything, Valve contributes to the mainline kernel for linux.
Proton is the “fine-tuning”, the OS is just Arch Linux with a paint job.
95% of the kernel is just drivers, so ofc it makes sense to cut out what you don’t need when you know exactly which hardware you will have forever.
Same with everything else. It’s a video game console. The real point is that Linux with Proton, which you can install anywhere, can now beat Windows at its own game so to speak.
So everything you are saying agrees with me. People are just upset that I said the OS was designed for handheld game consoles
What you’re saying is false though.
You can read about what kernel SteamOS is using. The kernel itself is only like ~150MB, there isn’t really a need to slim it down. I think, if anything, Valve contributes to the mainline kernel for linux.
Proton is the “fine-tuning”, the OS is just Arch Linux with a paint job.