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Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz · 6 months ago

Question from a non steamdeck owner about alternative desktops

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Question from a non steamdeck owner about alternative desktops

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Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz · 6 months ago

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Hi guys,

did anybody try to switch from kde to a window manager like awesome/i3 on the steamdeck?

I never played around with imutable distros … I guess this might block some tinkering

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If you install it from konsole/terminal then forget it. Blocked.
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  It’s trivial to unblock. The OS is very open.

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