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SteamOS or Nobara?

Just got the Steam Deck and have everything set up, but I found out that Nobara has a Steam Deck version of their distro. My question is: is it worth switching to Nobara SteamDeck Version or stay on SteamOS? Are there any other big differences other than Arch vs Fedora? Also, does it use KDE?

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  • Pretty much everything will work better with the system specifically design for that particular hardware. The only reason you might want to remove steamos is if you have high privacy/security concerns

  • As a chronic tinkerer, I'm shocked that I haven't loaded another OS on my deck, but I truly see no reason to do so.

  • Personally I'd stick with SteamOS. It's tailor made for the hardware. Nobara is cool, but I don't think you benefit from it much (unless you really don't want the locked filesystem).

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