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Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by keyle »

d3Xt3r wrote: post #143
keyle wrote: post #92

Two distros with fairly similar ideas have showed up for the "replacement for windows" recently[1]. Zorin OS and Bazzite... I was hoping someone who has tried both could enlighten me as to why one is better than the other? [1] I say recently because I'm not following linux very closely.

No offense, but they're about as similar as apples are to oranges: yes they're both fruits, but they're very different kind of fruits. Zorin is a more "traditional" OS, where things work like most PC operating systems, whereas Bazzite is an immutable OS with atomic updates. Immutable means the core system files are read-only, which makes it less susceptible to corruption and breakage (due to user error or malware). A…

My apologies I got it wrong anyway, I was thinking of Cachy OS, not Zorin.

Anyway thanks for your answer!

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by thunfischtoast »

amoss wrote: post #311
jtrn wrote: post #255

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That could apply to everything from some sort of software service, to a game installer, to a streaming service, to an App Store for cross-platform games. You have to take into account the chaos that is the Internet and the promotional material shit storm of marketing speak. A sentence extremely close to this could easily be found on the top of the Razer Synapse promotional page. Why not lead with a simple description…

The first text on the page says: > The operating system for the next generation of gamers

This was a very recent change. Just yesterday the same line read "The next generation of Linux gaming". So it's good someone is taking feedback!

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by JackMorgan »

GaryBluto wrote: post #315
Underphil wrote: post #314

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No project needs to justify its existence. I'm wondering why people would use it.

I doubt many people think about the long-term implications of using a small Linux distro like this. They see something "cool", so they use it.

I don't really care about long term implications of the OS for my standalone gaming rig in my living room. If it works, it works.

Bazzite works, so I'm happily using it. If it stops working, I'll just install another distro. Easy as

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by andrepd »

jtrn wrote: post #239

I have a special spot that gets extremely annoyed when I feel I have to spend a necessary time just figuring out what something is. The page suffers from "developer-brain" marketing, where they describe the technology used to build it (cloud-native images) rather than what the product actually is. Why not just lead with that it is a Linux distro/version focused on gaming. In the beginning, I thought it was new hardwa…

It literally begins with "The operating system for".

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by wronex »

Zedfragg wrote: post #289

Soooo, after having to migrate multiple college campus sites across to Windows 11 in time for the W10 drop dead date. I kinda gave up with trying to get my PC running Windows 11 without bugs and freezes. Switched to PopOS, was "ok", switched to Arch, performance was awesome. A few days ago I gave Bazzite a blast and now I'm currently installing it as the primary OS on my gaming rig. Other than a few small tweaks, it…

Huu. I had the opposite experience almost. I’m a complete Linux noob. Could not get Bazzite to work as expected. Had much better luck with Arch though the install was a bit archaic. Managed to get a desktop and Steam installed with all drivers on the second attempt (which wasn’t to bad since Arch is a fast install.) It has worked flawless since. Absolutely zero bloat.

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by ndriscoll »

simoncion wrote: post #165
Night_Thastus wrote: post #104

For anyone interested in some gaming benchmarks, Gamer's Nexus (a reputable source with good methodology) has some numbers here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovOx4_8ajZ8 Based on their results, it sounds like there's still quite a way to go Linux gaming/Proton (ie: very inconsistent frametimes on Nvidia hardware), but it's definitely been taking steps in the right direction.

> Based on their results... Do note that they make it very, very, very clear that their results are preliminary, and while they've put a whole lot of work into setting up benchmarking on Linux, they're not at all sure that they've got it all correct. > ie: very inconsistent frametimes on Nvidia hardware Yeah, Nvidia on Linux for non-"compute" use has always been a terrible, godawful shitshow. Given Nvidia's recent an…

I've never run into any issues with my GTX 1070 and proprietary drivers. It's ran perfectly well for almost a decade. Like when people complain about nvidia drivers I don't even know what they mean. Do you run into artifacts, or crashes, or kernel panics, or what?

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by oasisaimlessly »

rounce wrote: post #298
vga42 wrote: post #272

At this point, I have almost 30 years of daily driving Linux desktop experience, and several decades of professional Linux experience. I have tried and kind of liked NixOS and although I prefer the simplicity of Arch Linux, I see how it would be useful in a professional scenario with lots of servers to upkeep. But Fedora Atomic confuses the hell out of me. To recommend it to potential Linux newbies and as the great n…

Yep, I run NixOS on everything but no way in hell am I recommending it to complete newbies to Linux who also have no programming experience. I help run a small Linux gaming community and at least once a day on the Discord (yes it’s a problematic service but that’s another rant) there is someone trying to install a mod or set up some piece of sim hardware, having recently switched from Windows, and being confused by F…

FTUE = First Time User Experience

Re: Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming

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Post by Aardwolf »

jtrn wrote: post #239

I have a special spot that gets extremely annoyed when I feel I have to spend a necessary time just figuring out what something is. The page suffers from "developer-brain" marketing, where they describe the technology used to build it (cloud-native images) rather than what the product actually is. Why not just lead with that it is a Linux distro/version focused on gaming. In the beginning, I thought it was new hardwa…

It says on the main page: "The operating system for the next generation of gamers"

The one fault perhaps is saying "operating system" when it's a distro. Linux is the operating system

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