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[-] menemen@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Why is he using the term "SteamOS kernel"?

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Well, he's talking about the kernel they are using in SteamOS. The Deck OS is also being extended to other handhelds.

[-] menemen@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

Still a weird way to say this.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Not sure there's a better way to say it. I guess "the SteamOS fork of the Linux kernel" would be more explicit, but I assume most people who would read this are aware that SteamOS is built on Linux.

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