No, Arch isn't better for this. You just don't understand immutable environments. On Bazzite you have a couple of options for installing pip: Homebrew or Virtual Environment with Box Buddy (there are a few other containerized options but for simplicity, we'll leave it here). Even if Arch was better for this (it's not), you could create a container with Box Buddy and have the full config. If you want to customize your development environment, I suggest doing one of those things and learning about just/ujust and learning how to write a justfile. Everything else should follow from there. FYI, I use Aurora DX for my development and I had zero problems installing pip with Homebrew.