I'm honestly surprised how out of date the Arch base is in SteamOS 3.0. Certainly not what I had in mind when they initially announced that SteamOS 3.0 would be Arch-based last July.

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Thank for the responses to my earlier question.

Can I just give credit to the Arch Linux developers/maintainers for quickly spotting this issue and patching it? They sure handled this promptly.

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I am not a software developer or a progammer; I am just a regular computer user. So please do not get angry at me for asking this, as I probably don't know what I'm talking about.

But wouldn't running games, and programs/applications in general, inside containers fix this kind of issue? Isn't that one of the goals of Flatpak?

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Quoting: orzo

Quoting: ZlopezEven Linus Torvalds said: "Never break user space!"

Here is his full speech (+/- 6 minutes), including rant on glibc. It's eight years old now.

https://youtu.be/5PmHRSeA2c8?t=333 [External Link]

I've seen this video before. It's certainly aged well.

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Dokyusei needs its audio loop fixed more than anything else.

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Quoting: jrepinWith Flatpak some plugins don't work (like Plasma Integration and KeepassXC) and it is slower and bloated

While the former is true, the latter hasn't been my experience.

I can only speculate as to why Valve switched Firefox to the Flatpak is because it's less maintenance for them. A lot of packages in SteamOS 3.0, I've noticed, are quite out of date. Valve likely prioritizes Arch packages that are necessary for gaming, but nothing else.

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Quoting: Sarai

Quoting: CyborgZetaSo I disabled the read-only filesystem, removed Firefox, and then re-enabled it. All good now.

I hate to be the uninformed noob here, but could you explain how to uninstall it? I was able to disable read only easily enough, but I can't find any instructions specific to Steam Deck and none of the general uninstall instructions for Arch I've tried have yielded results.

Thank you for your time in any case :)

Not sure what your issue is. I ran sudo steamos-readonly disable, then ran sudo pacman -Rs firefox, then ran sudo steamos-readonly enable. That was it.

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I'd be interested in a new Steam Controller with a layout similar to the Deck. I like my DualSense, but I also like the Deck's control layout.

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As much I'd love the idea of playing Max Payne, Lumines, or Half-Life 2 on Steam in a car, or opening RetroArch and emulating Tetris Plus or Spyro the Dragon, I do consider being able to play games in a car a very good idea. That only works if someone (or something) else is driving the car.

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While Valve will eventually make SteamOS publicly available (technically it already is, if you think HoloISO counts), I doubt Valve specifically reached out to GPD. As impressed as I am by SteamOS on the Deck, it's still a work in progress, and I doubt Valve would reach out to "collaborate" with a Chinese company about using something that remains unfinished.

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