• OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip
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    2 hours ago

    I’m considering Bazzite for a Win 10 machine that I only use to play Steam games. Really hoping that it “just works” for most of my library.

    Could I consider any game that is Steam Deck Verified will work fine? Am I likely to run into a ton of issues? I game exclusively with a wireless XBone controller.

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      Steam Deck Verified games should be fine, and a lot of non-Verified games were only downgraded to “Playable” because of issues that may not matter on a desktop, like small text (what’s small on a Steam Deck screen may not be small on a monitor) or needing to manually trigger the on-screen keyboard (a desktop is usually accompanied by a physical keyboard).

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      I’m clueless about Linux, so I tried it. It seems to be just working for me for most of my Steam library, at least with Proton Experimental. I don’t have a XBone controller, but my SteelSeries knockoff does fine. That said, I have no idea what might cause it to break. (Though, it doesn’t seem to like my mechanical hard drives much.)

      (I use bazzite, btw ;) )

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    4 hours ago

    No, that’s Garuda.

    Also gaming focused, also super easy, not so locked down it won’t let you change your login background, also has great Nvidia support. Arch.

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    7 hours ago

    Agreed! Skim my post history. I’m in the meme.

    And it’s because I’m so happy I have a plug n play version of Linux that I don’t have to troubleshoot. It’s more stable than W11 on my work computer. I love it so much. I could throw it on my grandmas computer and she would be fine. I’d recommend it over Mint for new Linux users.

    I wouldn’t recommend it for people who love using the command line or run virtual machines.

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    12 hours ago

    Imagine not using Hannah Montana Linux. I literally can’t do it. Why would you use anything else when all the other distros are so inferior?

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    6 hours ago

    Everyone loves Bazzite, and they’re probably all right, but it did not run very well on my old gaming laptop.
    Since people often mention Linux (in general) as being a good OS for older hardware, I thought this anecdote might be a helpful perspective to some.
    I tried two or three other distros on that laptop, and they all ran fine as expected. I assume Bazzite has some higher system requirements to power its cool features.

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    13 hours ago

    I feel called out, “I use Bazzite btw” is literally a joke I made irl last week.

    Some Bazzite users touch grass and talk to people IRL, surprising, I know.

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    7 hours ago

    Honestly I’d welcome this, the Linux podcasts I listen to are still going on and on about nix. At least it would be something different.

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      12 hours ago

      It’s honestly so easy to get into and works, I’m honestly surprised it isn’t suggested more!

      (I use bazzite btw)

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        7 hours ago

        openSUSE Tumbleweed made me love my computer again. It also games like I’m not even missing anything from Windoze. NVIDIA GPU and everything. I’m sure there are “better” distros, but openSUSE was the one that got me to stay, and I couldn’t be happier!

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        9 hours ago

        In which ways is it better? right now I’m defaulting to bazzite for my desktop as I already got a steam deck.

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          Well I can’t speak for everyone, but I noticed significant gains in a couple of the games I played when switching. Specifically Minecraft and Dune: Awakening. I’m getting upwards of 100fps in Minecraft with BSL shaders on ultra now, and I’m playing on a laptop. When I was on Bazzite I was getting less than 60fps with shaders, so I didn’t use them at all.

          Depending on the DE you pick, it can be pretty good on the battery life too.