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Valve (Steam) begin a direct collaboration with Arch Linux [seems like Valve uses Arch btw] (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago

FYI - the owner of this site, gamingonlinux, was a mod on the !linux_gaming@lemmy.ml community until they were caught abusing their moderator powers. Then they deleted their account and complained on mastodon that it's stupid design that mod logs are public.

Instead, here is a direct link to the Arch linux announcement:
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.org/thread/RIZSKIBDSLY4S5J2E2STNP5DH4XZGJMR/

[-] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

For all the times I've seen this written I've not ever seen any mention of what the abuses were. Have any details?

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

https://lemmy.ca/modlog/3067

Scroll down to three months ago.

It appears our erstwhile whistle blower had his ego more than a little involved in this dispute, and still bears some bad feelings.

[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Regardless of who the abuse was against, any mod abuse should not be acceptable. People should see consequences for their actions and not benefit from the community they were abusing, particularly when it's financial benefits.

[-] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Appreciate it!

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca -2 points 5 days ago

w/e it's an excellent site and galaxy of related services

[-] brrt@sh.itjust.works 40 points 5 days ago

seems like Valve uses Arch

Seems like? Have you been living under a rock?

SteamOS 3 is based on Arch and was released 2022 with the Steam Deck.

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 5 days ago

That sentence went right over your head it seems.

It was a play on the "I use Arch btw" meme.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

So despite what they say, Arch IS the superior distro

[-] adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev 9 points 5 days ago

When managed in A/B install partitions by a third party org that layers their own stable/alpha/main versioning over the top? ;P

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Details, details… you gotta look at the bigger picture

[-] towerful@programming.dev 29 points 5 days ago

I keep trying to find Arch BTW, but the download page doesn't list it

[-] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 51 points 5 days ago

BTW stands for Beta Testing Workshop, which is the "bleeding edge" version of Arch that gets released early. You probably want the stable, long term support version that only gets released very infrequently, like every 3-4 days.

[-] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 8 points 5 days ago

A 3 day old kernel build? Will that have support for my hardware? Feels like it might be a little outdated.

[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

I use Arch BTW BTW

[-] xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 5 days ago

I had to think for a minute straight to get this. :D

[-] Smk@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago

I use arch btw

[-] Sas@beehaw.org 8 points 5 days ago

Steam OS, which they use for the Steam Deck is based on Arch btw, which is why

[-] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Arch is great but who cares what you're neighbor uses. Just enjoy Linux.

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

We all benefit from Valve's interest in Arch.
If this means more resources going to Arch development, then this is a big deal.

this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2024
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