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
It’s Fedora based. If you want to develop on it, it supports containerized workflows. There’s a DX version explicitly designed for developers.
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)
I use Bazzite btw and I am yet to encounter a game that it won’t run.
B-b-but NixOS!
What would you recommend for a gaming machine with some pretty old hardware (1080Ti etc), PopOS or Bazzite? I mainline Mint, but I have this hardware coming in and I’d like to get an idea of what I want to do with it before it gets here.
Personally I’d pick Xubuntu but that’s just me. Try a few different live distros and see what clicks?
I’m on a 1080TI and Mint works like a charm.
Garuda xfce maybe
Bazzite didn’t run well on a 1660 super DDR3 machine I tried recently.
And by didn’t run well I mean it didn’t start.
I use Fedora which js Bazzite with different preinstalled bloat
Can easily make your own Bazzite FROM Silverblue.
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.
I don’t use Bazzite, but I do recommend it for new Linux users.
Why?
Not judging or anything. Just curious why it’s your go-to. Mine’s either “Ubuntu” or “try several live distros, see what you like the feel of before installing one”.
I would never recommend Ububtu to anyone. Canonical cannot be trusted and Snaps are a plague on Linux. They care more about their own control than the needs of users.
But why Bazzite?
- Being atomic makes it hard to break.
- KDE Plasma is familiar to Windows users, and familiarity is important when making the jump.
- It installs fast and, being based on Fedora, has excellent hardware support with no fuss.
- It comes with gaming software preinstalled and ready-to-go.
- It’s Flatpak-native, so finding, installing, and maintining software is safe and easy.
It lets new users get back to their lives without having to learn much of anything. If users get more advanced and need to go non-atomic, I recommend graduating to Fedora KDE. It stays familiar but gives more control.
From there, a Linux pilgrim has all the tools and experience they need to make their Linux journey their own.
Thanks. Let me check my understanding here. You don’t trust Canonical, but you do trust Red Hat?
Generally I think immutable distros are the best entry-level distros for newcomers. Stops people from accidentally bricking their system.
I use CachyOS BeeTeeDubs…
… I use Bazzite btw
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.
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).
I think the controller is the least compatible thing there.
(I use bazzite, btw ;) )
Is there a different controller that works better for you?
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.
Haha… No its not, but bazzite users really want it to be. :)
It is nice to see someone using the “Nobody:” meme format correctly.
Pft. I compile Gentoo for my GameCube, btw
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.
Well. Shit. Now I’ve got no excuses.
