This is the one thing I miss from using Gnome; press Super and start typing. I might look into a way to recreate on KDE but I’m already used to using KDE as-is now.

I really started to dislike Windows and projects like Bazzite made it incredibly easy to make the jump. The wife is now gaming in Linux for the same reasons.

Great suggestions. The Ventoy bros are weird. Just use what works for you.

Checking this out now! So far I like it. Only think I lose from using Gboard is the access to gifs, but I can work around that.

Ouch, didn’t realize the Nvidia build was struggling. Hopefully it gets patched up soon.

If there’s a previous commit before the issue is introduced you can pin it and wait to unpin until the issue gets resolved.

Fedora (including Silverblue/Kionite) is hard to recommend as a first distro though. It’s an excellent platform when you know your end goal and how to get there, while providing “leading-edge” packages that’s great for gaming.

But a project like Bazzite? Phenomenal new user experience for gaming and a very easy recommend.

Yup! Forgot to circle back to this post, but confirmed updated to 6.9.4 and games are no longer crashing.

That’s the one. Waiting for the patch to make it’s way downstream.

+1 for Bazzite. I stopped hopping around when I tried it with Fedora 38, been using it since.

I’ve had one problem related to kernel 6.9.x affecting Steam game stability on my old hardware ( i5 2500k). Newer systems have BIOS settings that mitigate the issue. It’s not a Bazzite specific problem. However, I was able to roll back and pin a previous image that uses kernel 6.8.x. Will unpin and update once I see a fix deployed.

Cool, but would probably just install Bazzite anyway.

Yes, and I love it.

I only use my PC for gaming and web browsing. I mainly stuck with Fedora, but also used Tumbleweed and Nobara. Regardless of which distro I used I was never fully satisfied with the initial setup or upkeep.

• Fedora was great, but I was hopping around often and there was always a setup process to get Steam and what not installed and set up.

• Nobara is a great option with gaming tools installed and setup for you. However, it’s maintained by a single (awesome) dude and major upgrades often require some manual work arounds.

• Tumbleweed was great until there were updates. More times than not, updates failed due to repo or dependency issues.

Bazzite, however, is the first (and only, so far) distro where I quite literally install, reboot, launch and log into Steam, start playing games. No other setup steps were required as everything I need is baked into the image. And with the automatic updates there’s been no upkeep.

Since installing Bazzite I’ve had no desire to try anything else, which is great. More time for gaming. 🎮

I tried a few themes but always go back to Breeze Twilight (dark bar with light windows).

• until there’s a PCI audit.

I chose to use auto login for my PC. This way I’m only using my password to decrypt the drive after a reboot or the login screen after waking ffrom sleep.

It’s a good change that reduces complexity, I’m all for it. Especially since it’s no longer required to add the launch command with every game.

Bazzite right now. I only use my PC for gaming and get limited play time, so I usually wake it up and straight into a game. Bazzite has worked extremely well for me to achieve that with virtually no maintenance so far (updates are automated).

No deaths since 2011 seems sus.

Let people enjoy things.

Just be careful with Packman repos. Docs advise to run zupper dup with --allow-vendor-change but this has broken KDE a few times for me and I was forced to revert to a previous snapshot.

That said, openSUSE Tumbleweed with snapshots is the ideal rolling release distro and works great for gaming.

And if it does, roll back to the previous snapshot.