So, basically, I kinda don’t like very much to have an immutable distro, there are things I don’t really like about steam OS but the immutability makes it so if can’t really change it, for starters, I kinda don’t like at all dolphin, and would prefer to use nemo, but is my understanding that next time valve pushes an update, all it would revert.
So I was wondering what other options for distros there is, that are not immutable, that allows me to not loose any basic functionality is possible, things like gamescope, and how the keyboard works with the touchpads.
Advice would be appreciated.


I’ve used it personally yet, but I’ve seen CachyOS work well
Why everyone and their mom is suddenly obsessed with cachyos and omarchy??
Please don’t compare cachyos to omarchy. Cachyos is well-designed and has lovely devs, omarchy is a horrible pile of steaming shit
Cuz friendly Arch is desirable even though I think that defeats the purpose.
I would argue that the flexibility of Arch is what makes it a perfect base for other distros.
Because there are a lot of people looking for not-immutable gaming focused distros that can be run on a steam deck? …Like you? 😃
Anyway, you can also just run Cachy with Cinnamon, it’s a choice in the installer.