• needanke@feddit.org
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    9 hours ago

    Wait, its installed by default? I assumed I had to install it, which would not be possible, because its immutable and there is no rsync flatpak (I think).

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        5 hours ago

        SteamOS is immutable, so you can’t install system-wide apps on there, only flatpaks, appimages etc.

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          5 hours ago

          You can install system wide apps by turning off immutabe mode and configurating something. I might be talking out my ass though cause I have done this but I don’t remember if it persisted across updates.

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            11 minutes ago

            You don’t need to turn off anything, you can install whatever package you want, but they’ll be overwritten by some updates

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            5 hours ago

            (IIRC) the changes are reverted after each update so you’d have to re-install every app.

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            5 hours ago

            You can for sure! It’s just I wouldn’t go around recommending that to just any person because they then might get a little crazy with the freedom, brick their Steam deck install, and then try to say that the Deck is a POS.

            Bad word of mouth is always a lot more damaging than spreading the good word that it’s a solid system.