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Does anyone know why SteamOS is based on arch rather than Debian?
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SteamOS, which is what is on the Deck, used to be Debian-based. The creation of the Deck led to an environment where a rolling distro was a better choice.
I don't think it has anything to do with Arch being a rolling distro.
SteamOS isn't a rolling distro, it's by releases controlled by Valve.
Even on a Debian base they could have done the same, like Ubuntu releasing versions independently from Debian.
Because SteamOS is immutable, the simplest today would be to use a Fedora Atomic base.