• Asidonhopo@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    Guy came into my workplace this week and I was saying I was slowly getting into developing a game engine with SDL. When he heard I was using ubuntu he recommended Bazzite, saying he has no trouble with it and uses his machine mostly for gaming. Is it Debian based or something else? At least it’s not that meme distro Arch I guess, might try it

    • dustyData@lemmy.world
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      28 days ago

      It’s Fedora based. If you want to develop on it, it supports containerized workflows. There’s a DX version explicitly designed for developers.

    • _cryptagion [he/him]@anarchist.nexusEnglish
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      29 days ago

      Nobara didn’t used to have a Steam Deck image. Bazzite was one of the first distros, if not the first to have one. that’s why Bazzite is more popular. there was a huge surge of people on r/SteamDeck who switched to Bazzite, and that popularity moved on to other handhelds like the ASUS ones.

    • zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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      29 days ago

      As a nobara user: it needs a better update tool, what’s implemented is complete dogshit that acts invisibly but if you interrupt it oh boy enjoy reinstalling the entire system because you just destroyed it

    • rozodru@pie.andmc.caEnglish
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      29 days ago

      Bazzite is like a easy newbie introduction to Linux. It’s really hard to mess up Bazzite, like really hard. In the same regard it can also be a pain to install anything outside of their ecosystem. If you run it with Distrobox it’s not a big deal but I don’t see a lot of new users going that route. If you’re just looking to browse, stream, and game than Bazzite is perfect and you don’t need anything else. Beyond that? Distrobox or use a different distro.

      I tried Bazzite, I didn’t like it, I found it too limiting but I do see the appeal of it.

      • jimmux@programming.dev
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        29 days ago

        I’m on Bazzite after giving the other ublue flavours a try. It took a couple of weeks to get comfortable with the new philosophy, but now I can’t see myself going back. What felt like limitations at first, now feels like good habits. All my dev work is done in containers, so it just makes sense.

  • Bjarne@feddit.org
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    30 days ago

    Thats great!

    I actually don’t see the benefit of Bazzite, its supposed to be gaming. But I didn’t really ran into much problems using Bottles under Fedora either (which feels much less bloated), but maybe i was just lucky. I play mostly indie games from itch.

    • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
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      30 days ago

      I also use Bottles with ProtonPlus on NixOS. Bazzite has better integration for crazy stuff too, and a lot is running with full privileges unlike Flatpak.

      Just look at their features, they really add a ton. The goal is to become less and less ofc, but Steam will stay proprietary so that will always be a huge change to regular (or atomic) Fedora.

      https://bazzite.gg/

      https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite?tab=readme-ov-file#about--features

      Quote

      Bazzite is a custom Fedora Atomic image built with cloud native technology that brings the best of Linux gaming to all of your devices - including your favorite handheld.

      Bazzite is built from ublue-os/main and ublue-os/nvidia using Fedora technology, which means expanded hardware support and built in drivers are included. Additionally, Bazzite adds the following features:

      • Uses the bazzite kernel to achieve HDR and expanded hardware support, among numerous other included patches - based off of the fsync kernel.
      • HDR available in Game mode.
      • NVK available on non-Nvidia builds.
      • Full hardware accelerated codec support for H264 decoding.
      • Full support for AMD’s ROCM OpenCL/HIP run-times.
      • xone driver for Xbox controllers.
      • Full support for DisplayLink.
      • Includes Valve’s KDE themes from SteamOS.
      • LatencyFleX, vkBasalt, MangoHud, and OBS VkCapture installed and available by default
      • Patched Switcheroo-Control fixing default-broken iGPU/dGPU switching.
      • Support for Wallpaper Engine. <sub><sup>(Only on KDE)</sup></sub>
      • ROM Properties Page shell extension included.
      • Full support for Winesync/Fastsync/NTsync.
      • Distrobox preinstalled.
      • Simplified Davinci Resolve installation with davincibox (ujust install-resolve)
      • Ptyxis Terminal used as the default in all images. This terminal is specifically designed for the container workflow you’ll use in Bazzite. KDE Konsole and GNOME Console can be installed as flatpaks if required.
      • Automated duperemove service for reducing the disk space used by wine prefix contents.
      • Support for HDMI CEC via libCEC.
      • Uses Google’s BBR TCP congestion control by default.
      • Input Remapper preinstalled and enabled. <sub><sup>(Available but default-disabled on the Deck variant, may be enabled with ujust restore-input-remapper)</sup></sub>
      • Bazzite Portal provides an easy way to install numerous applications and tweaks, including installing LACT.
      • Waydroid preinstalled for running Android apps. Set it up with this quick guide.
      • Manage applications using Flatseal, Warehouse, and Gear Lever.
      • OpenRGB i2c-piix4 and i2c-nct6775 drivers for controlling RGB on certain motherboards.
      • OpenRazer drivers built in, Select OpenRazer in Bazzite Portal or run ujust install-openrazer in a terminal to begin using it.
      • OpenTabletDriver udev rules built in, with the full software suite installable via Bazzite Portal or by running ujust install-opentabletdriver in a terminal.
      • Out of the box support for Wooting keyboards.
      • Built in support for Southern Islands <sub><sup>(HD 7000)</sup></sub> and Sea Islands <sub><sup>(HD 8000)</sup></sub> AMD GPUs under the amdgpu driver.
      • XwaylandVideoBridge is available for Discord screensharing on Wayland.
      • Webapp Manager is available for creating applications from websites for a variety of browsers, including Firefox.

      So yeah it is bloated and less secure too, but “just works”

  • OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip
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    29 days 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.

    • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
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      29 days ago

      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).

  • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml
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    29 days ago

    No issues gaming on Mint! Tried bazzite couldn’t get into it. Just doesn’t feel usable daily and to game. Mint is just too polished and convenient.

  • undeffeined@lemmy.ml
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    28 days ago

    I don’t use Linux yet but when I do change it will be Bazzite btw. (I have an Nvidia graphics card and from the little research I did, Bazzite seems to be a good distro for Linux gaming)