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Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by LelouBil »

Great distro ! I have been using it for the last 2 years on my Framework laptop 16 without any issues. I even have a "fork" of sorts that adds Hyprland + all of my "desktop" config, which I think as being part of the OS.

I really think immutable distributions are the future of linux desktop, and maybe distributions that use OCI images, beacause they are a lot easier to work with than say, NixOS for example.

If you want to have your custom bazzite, you just do a "FROM bazzite:Of course, you loose a bit of the reproducibility, since usually container images do not pin packages (and maybe other reproducibility issues I am not aware of) but it is way easier to work with.

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by tapoxi »

EgregiousCube wrote: post #3

Bazzite fills a SteamOS-sized hole with a decent level of hardware support. Unclear how long that'll be the case - I don't see it surviving the release of a GA SteamOS.

I'm not convinced there will be a GA SteamOS.

Bazzite also has a much more frequent release cadence which is important for the kernel and Mesa. SteamOS only ships a major version every year.

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by galleywest200 »

tapoxi wrote: post #4
EgregiousCube wrote: post #3

Bazzite fills a SteamOS-sized hole with a decent level of hardware support. Unclear how long that'll be the case - I don't see it surviving the release of a GA SteamOS.

I'm not convinced there will be a GA SteamOS. Bazzite also has a much more frequent release cadence which is important for the kernel and Mesa. SteamOS only ships a major version every year.

Steam OS is a rolling release (Arch based) with constant small updates. My Steamdeck has had updates several times this year.

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by giancarlostoro »

Its a nice distro, though personally I've been using EndeavourOS (Arch based but easier, think of it as the Ubuntu to Debian but for Arch). I wanted to try one of the Fedora Atomic distros but it just didn't boot correctly no matter what I tried, Endeavour just booted and worked and I havent looked back for over a year now...

One insanely underrated Linux software is Lutris, if you have non-steam games, it is phenomenal at helping you wire them up for Wine, especially when Steam itself behaves weird (like installing third party things is not exactly done intelligently by Steam).

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by tempest_ »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #6

Its a nice distro, though personally I've been using EndeavourOS (Arch based but easier, think of it as the Ubuntu to Debian but for Arch). I wanted to try one of the Fedora Atomic distros but it just didn't boot correctly no matter what I tried, Endeavour just booted and worked and I havent looked back for over a year now... One insanely underrated Linux software is Lutris, if you have non-steam games, it is phenome…

I personally think everyone should install arch once the manual way. It will give you a good idea how everything fits together.

After that, just use EndeavourOS.

I used Antergos before that and EndevourOS has been great since.

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by hokumguru »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #6

Its a nice distro, though personally I've been using EndeavourOS (Arch based but easier, think of it as the Ubuntu to Debian but for Arch). I wanted to try one of the Fedora Atomic distros but it just didn't boot correctly no matter what I tried, Endeavour just booted and worked and I havent looked back for over a year now... One insanely underrated Linux software is Lutris, if you have non-steam games, it is phenome…

I have this same issue for a while and it had to deal with secure boot. Was able to install a immutable fedora after disabling.

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by mikae1 »

LelouBil wrote: post #2

Great distro ! I have been using it for the last 2 years on my Framework laptop 16 without any issues. I even have a "fork" of sorts that adds Hyprland + all of my "desktop" config, which I think as being part of the OS. I really think immutable distributions are the future of linux desktop, and maybe distributions that use OCI images, beacause they are a lot easier to work with than say, NixOS for example. If you wa…

I'm an https://getaurora.dev user and I agree uBlue is awesome. I'd like to create a custom image too, but it doesn't seem quite as easy as you say: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IxBl11Zmq5w

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by opan »

galleywest200 wrote: post #5
tapoxi wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not convinced there will be a GA SteamOS. Bazzite also has a much more frequent release cadence which is important for the kernel and Mesa. SteamOS only ships a major version every year.

Steam OS is a rolling release (Arch based) with constant small updates. My Steamdeck has had updates several times this year.

Especially on the Beta branch, I'm getting several system updates per week. I check for one every time I wake it up, along with checking for any available game update downloads. Originally moved to the Beta branch to get the new 8BitDo controller features (Mid-July maybe), but it's worked well enough I've never gone back to Stable.
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