Bazzite – a SteamOS-like OCI image for desktop, living room, and handheld PCs

Post by buran77 » Mon, Jan 01, 2024, 1:24 PM UTC

stavros wrote: post #86

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I've tried at several points to roll my own media center PC/server setup and it's always been a very far cry from what the fire stick does for like a tenth the price and zero effort. So yeah, I'm very keen for something plug and play in this space.

This is probably a bit too custom, but I did the same, and it works really well after it's set up. Plex/Jellyfin just works for everyone (you do need to use the app, because I disabled transcoding). I have a repo that uses a Harbormaster (a Comppse-based deployment tool I wrote, https://harbormaster.readthedocs.io/ ) to set everything up and keep it up to date, so all you need to do is run the Harbormaster container,…

Post by LoveMortuus » Mon, Jan 01, 2024, 1:51 PM UTC

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freetonik wrote: post #10

Slightly related, but just today I discovered this SteamOS redistribution for generic machines (as long as they don’t have Nvidia graphics): https://github.com/HoloISO/holoiso

Okay, so I read that page and I understand that nvidia graphics are very much a no-go for that distribution. I’m just wondering why? Full disclosure, I know very little about the finer points of GPU compatibility on Linux, but why isn’t it just a matter of installing nvidia’s closed source packages?

Post by happymellon » Mon, Jan 01, 2024, 3:56 PM UTC

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I've also built myself an HTPC for gaming on, and it works amazing since Valve gave us the Steam OS 3 UI. However I did it a while ago and went down the HoloISO route. Would you recommend that I switch out for something like Bazzite, or are the benefits good but not *that* good that I'd have to spend a day reinstalling all my games?

I ran chimeraOS for years and it worked fine, I switched to dogfood more than anything else. If your system is working there's no reason to mess with it.

Post by ParetoOptimal » Mon, Jan 01, 2024, 4:46 PM UTC

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Do you know of NixOS and jovian NixOS? Did you consider either of those? I may compare them in detail in the future, any thoughts on how they compare?

Similar premise, but not as technically reproducible. You can create and manage your own custom images using the blue-os build systems, it's dead simple. Basically you're just writing a Dockerfile. Most of the filesystem is read-only like NixOS, but it acts like a traditional Linux system with FHS support. It's that last part that made me switch to it from NixOS. I was tired of random things not working because of Ni…

Post by mikepurvis » Mon, Jan 01, 2024, 5:07 PM UTC

buran77 wrote: post #91

stavros wrote: post #86

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This is probably a bit too custom, but I did the same, and it works really well after it's set up. Plex/Jellyfin just works for everyone (you do need to use the app, because I disabled transcoding). I have a repo that uses a Harbormaster (a Comppse-based deployment tool I wrote, https://harbormaster.readthedocs.io/ ) to set everything up and keep it up to date, so all you need to do is run the Harbormaster container,…

> you do need to use the app, because I disabled transcoding You can use Plex as a DLNA server together with a DLNA client (like players built into most TVs), so Direct Play and Direct Streaming should work just the same.