The other distros I already mentioned are already more than “good enough for most people to use”. So I disagree.

Let’s say it’s not true, Valve can choose to release a distro that is mostly-complete and add additional features later or they can update it in secret for some strange reason while sitting on it…?

Roflcopter, they can do both of those things.

Power levels are changed via the quick access menu and input options are configured via Steam input, which doesn’t even have anything to do with the distro in question, it’s part of the Steam client.

Bazzite. Chimera. Nobara. HoloISO?

There are several.

Not hard enough that it hasn’t already been done for years by volunteers with zero budget.

Yes, as I said in my initial comment, there is no general purpose release.

It’s not true that you can “literally only use it on Steam Deck” either, lots of people have already demonstrated it working fine on a wide variety of devices. It’s just not intended for that purpose.

The current Arch-based immutable SteamOS distro is and has been publicly available for years.

Not true. Steam OS is not the only immutable distro. Lots of people actually prefer that for their desktops.

Yes there’s a new iteration every few weeks

SteamOS has been available for years but no general purpose desktop release as of yet. Or anytime in the near future.

If they wanted to “make a splash” they could have released it 3 years ago. I don’t know what they’re waiting for. With the launch of Steam Machines it was made available to everyone on day 1.

Yeah but Valve also made that open source at the same time.

Not before they render the remainder of the internet useless.

Agree, those look A LOT like AI.

There’s no “solidifying” anything with this guy. His reign is based on his whims and emotions.

Assuming he has one before he died.

They could. Or Trump could fold tomorrow. No one knows. I don’t even think Trump knows.

It does but that’s beside the point. We’re discussing a hypothetical future.

This is just 12 different kinds of incorrect.

Think of how much diak space YouTube is using

Disk space will be the least of your concerns when running a service like YT.

If everyone can’t upload videos it we’ll never replace YouTube.

1. Everyone CAN upload videos to their own instance.
2. It doesn’t have to replace YouTube. It can exist alongside it as a competitor.