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Linus Torvalds had a great rant about this situation. He believes that it might require Valve to fix this by becoming the de facto standard.
Does Valve ship a usable desktop distro?
It’s immutable, so you probably consider it unusable, but I think it’s necessary for mass adoption. Developers know exactly how the OS is built and can ensure their applications and games operate well on Steam OS. I think it will become a de facto standard, if it’s not already.