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@sushimcpe@possum.city I found that the hassle of installing a third party OS is simply not worth the hassle. Since it is a handheld console and you won't always have ready access to mouse or keyboard, when stuff breaks it can be very annoying. I used cachyos for a bit which is less stable than bazzite and ran across two instances where stuff broke (once the power button became unresponsive and once the display manager broke). Fixing stuff like this on a handheld console is annoying as shit. My main aim here was to install a mutable distro so I could install any app I want but it sort of backfired. For this reason I did not consider Bazzite, because Bazzite did not provide any specific advantages that appealed to me. On the Steam Deck I mainly need these non-steam things to work: Tailscale: their installation script works fine for thisSyncthing: I downloaded their binary release and created a user level service. It updated automatically and works perfectly. Anything else I need I try to get as an appimage or a flatpak. But please don't let me dissuade you from experimenting. It is fun in its own right. Experience is a better teacher than words of random strangers. So if something looks appealing feel free to try it. You can mention or dm me if you have more questions. Like if you have a use case in mind and wondering how it would play out on the Deck and so on.