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5 reasons Arch Linux and Valve teaming up just makes sense

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 13, 2024

Valve's Steam Deck is a Linux-based gaming handheld, and the Linux distribution that it's based on is Arch Linux. It's a lightweight Linux distro that Valve has built a lot on top of, and while the company has never publicly said why exactly it uses Arch, that lightweight nature is probably the biggest reason. However, there are a few other reasons, too.

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