Bazzite Post-Mortem

I understand there's been drama, and someone walked away or was pushed out. I don't quite care enough to understand it all or point at guilty parties.

However, my current understanding is that the project remains active, so titling this article "Post Mortem" feels a bit like it's done in bad faith as it's usually applied to projects that are over. It's certainly what I immediately assumed made it newsworthy.

Re: Bazzite Post-Mortem

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Post by ziml77 » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC

Glad I decided not to stick with Bazzite. I gave it a try a few months ago and had issues with Bazaar crashing (not at all low end hardware btw). If the primary method to install software was that broken on a fresh install, there was no way I was going to trust the OS at all, no matter how many people on YouTube and HN talked about how amazing it is.

Re: Bazzite Post-Mortem

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Post by helle253 » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC

man, i was JUST thinking about switching out windows for bazzite, because the only thing i use my windows machine for is video games...

might need to hold off on that, as much as it pains me, with all the weird & sloppy updates windows is pushing out.

Re: Bazzite Post-Mortem

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Post by BoppreH » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC

As a happy Bazzite user, I had no idea things were so bumpy. At least the migration to other os-tree distros is trivial (Fedora Kinoite -> Bazzite was one or two shell commands). My main reason for using the distro was the built-in nvidia drivers for my old graphics card.

Re: Bazzite Post-Mortem

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Post by teamspirit » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC

Bazzite made it so easy to switch from windows. I first tried cachyos but bazzite’s gamemode worked perfectly from the start, hdr and vrr included, on nvidia. Turned an expensive PC into an expensive console and made me so happy. Just the fact I can sleep the system mid-game and resume is magic!

Guess I gotta go back to cachy and try again. Bummer

Re: Bazzite Post-Mortem

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Post by uncletaco » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC

teamspirit wrote: post #8

Bazzite made it so easy to switch from windows. I first tried cachyos but bazzite’s gamemode worked perfectly from the start, hdr and vrr included, on nvidia. Turned an expensive PC into an expensive console and made me so happy. Just the fact I can sleep the system mid-game and resume is magic! Guess I gotta go back to cachy and try again. Bummer

Why? Because some guy was pushed out of the friend group?

Re: Bazzite Post-Mortem

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Post by ta9000 » Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC

helle253 wrote: post #6

man, i was JUST thinking about switching out windows for bazzite, because the only thing i use my windows machine for is video games... might need to hold off on that, as much as it pains me, with all the weird & sloppy updates windows is pushing out.

I’d recommend trying Linux Mint with Steam.