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OS Comparison
alkazar edited this page Oct 7, 2022
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- Uses an A/B atomic update system for stable updates.
- Works on almost any PC and has specific support for many handhelds.
- All ChimeraOS code is available in our GitHub repositories.
- Includes many pre-installed emulators.
- Includes the Chimera web app and tools for:
- remotely installing software without needing to resort to using desktop mode
- automatically applying game tweaks
- automatically downloading missing artwork for Steam games
- Uses Gnome for desktop mode.
- All ChimeraOS infrastructure is automated and hosted on GitHub making it trivial to fork, build and install a custom version of ChimeraOS.
- Monthly releases that always use the latest vanilla Arch Linux packages.
- Uses an A/B atomic update system for stable updates (just differs in the underlying implementation).
- Currently only works on the Steam Deck.
- Many components are hosted only on internal Valve repositories.
- No pre-installed emulators.
- No Chimera app or similar functionality.
- Uses KDE Plasma for desktop mode.
- Requires additional infrastructure and your own build system if you decide to fork.
- Often includes stale software with many patches to base Arch Linux packages.