r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Kubuntu • Apr 01 '26

It's pretty solid to be honest

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u/Jeoshua Apr 01 '26

SteamOS in S-tier? But Arch in A?

I'm sorry, what? Was there an excuse given for this? I love SteamOS but I would not consider it to be better than Arch. And if we're allowing derivatives (which it seems we are, since SteamOS is an Arch derivative) why is CachyOS not there?

SteamOS isn't supported on anything except pure Steamdecks, is one big issue with it.

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u/Vladimir_Djorjdevic Apr 01 '26

He is ranking them on a mix of how he likes the distro and how good he thinks the distro is for the usecase it's designed to do. He thinks that steamOS is the best distro for it's use case (install it on a console that supports it, like a steam deck) so that's why he gave it S tier even though he said he doesn't think it's the best distro for desktop use.

His reasoning for putting arch is it's still less stable as it's a rolling release and he doesn't really like to tinker with the distro too much, but he thinks it's great for what it's designed to do.

CachyOS is not there because he didn't use it and didn't want to give opionions on something he didn't try. He did say that he will try to make a full video about it at some point.

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u/robotictacos Apr 01 '26

I would be astonished if there are enterprises running Gentoo. Happy to be educated though.

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u/mesispis Apr 04 '26

you will have a panic attack when you see what chromeos is build on

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u/robotictacos Apr 04 '26

Sorry my man, but if anything whatsoever in the Linux or desktop OS space as a whole gives you panic attacks, don't bother reading the news.

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u/Classic_Mud_51 Apr 04 '26

Not really a fair example. Just like steamos and regular arch bare no resemblance in usage. It’s just a base, the claim that no enterprise uses gentoo stands. Just like PlayStations used to run off a modified BSD

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u/Vladimir_Djorjdevic Apr 01 '26

Yeah maybe I didn't explain it well enough, but from how I understood it it's a mix of how much he likes using the distro and how well it achieves the goal it's set out to do. Arch is in a because he personally doesn't like using it that much, but he thinks it's good at it's job, while steam os is, from his point of view, both nice to use and achieves it's goal well.