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SteamOS Used to Run GNOME: 6 Reasons Why KDE Plasma Makes Sense

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 28, 2023

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The version of SteamOS that first came with the Steam Deck wasn't Valve's first attempt at making a Linux distro. It was actually version 3.

Before then, SteamOS used the GNOME desktop environment. But for the Steam Deck, Valve chose KDE Plasma instead.

GNOME is a more popular and arguably more mobile-oriented Linux interface. So why go with Plasma instead? We can't speak for Valve, but here are several good reasons.

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