Chill out. The Steam Deck’s immutable filesystem solves our biggest problem.

I’ve seen a lot of comments complaining about the Steam Deck’s immutable filesystem on the Dev Stream Deep Dive video. We need to clear up the misconceptions.

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0:00 – Intro
0:34 – Definition of “Immutable”
1:12 – Why is “immutable” necessary?
3:08 – If the FS is immutable, how can I download or save games?
4:39 – What does this mean for gamers?
5:40 – Installing software outside of Steam
6:20 – So what about Developer Mode?
7:10 – Doesn’t an immutable filesystem violate the spirit of Linux?
8:26 – TL;DR

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