Bazzite - The next generation of Linux gaming
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Bazzite is a custom image built upon Fedora Atomic Desktops that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices - including your favorite handheld.

Bazzite comes ready to rock with Steam and Lutris pre-installed, HDR support, BORE CPU scheduler for smooth and responsive gameplay, and numerous community-developed tools for your gaming needs.

  • RoachFireEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Linux veteran here. I use Bazzite on my gaming PC and ROG Ally. Once I figured out the quirks of an immutable distro and started using distroboxes it became an amazing experience. No complaints here.

      • jack@monero.town
        3·
        1 day ago

        Basically installing packages. You’re fine if you default to using

        • flatpaks for gui apps
        • brew for cli programs
        • distrobox when building from source or when you need good control over the package environment (e.g. when installing a latex editor and only the latex packages you want)
        • layer packages on host with “rpm-ostree install” when the program needs tight integration with the host (e.g. VPN software)

        Also, you shouldn’t edit files in /usr, but I’ve never run into that limitation. You can still edit other top-level directorys like /etc .

        That’s about it.

        • RoachFireEnglish
          1·
          19 minutes ago

          This sums up all of my issues perfectly!

    • xavier666@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      I’m seriously considering Bazzite now. Can you explain whether something like LaTeX with custom packages would work? I also don’t want to redownload the LaTeX packages to vanish after a system update.

      Also, I’m a tiling window user (i3). Will it be possible to use it in desktop mode?

      • jack@monero.town
        2·
        1 day ago

        As per my other comment:

        Do your latex work inside a distrobox and you’re fine.

        I’m not sure if you can layer another window manager on top. You may have to create a custom image for that

      • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        Bazzite is exclusively KDE, and I honestly don’t think it’s possible to run a different desktop manager on it.

        Edit: Sorry, my mistake, there’s the option for GNOME as well. But I don’t think they recommend even switching between them on an install.