Been keeping a keen eye on Bazzite as it seems like a good distro for people like myself who mainly use the desktop pc to play games on. But it doesn’t seem like a “typical” distro for a daily driver? How does Bazzite for example differ from Nobara which is another gaming-oriented distro? I’m just curious as I keep hearing good things about Bazzite, and wondering if there would be any benefit as to someone who is using Tumbleweed, to switch to Bazzite right now.
So, if you are a Bazzite user, or have experience: let me know how it went, and if you could daily drive it!
Edit: I guess the same could be asked for ChimeraOS?
Bazzite is a good HTPC or living room gaming distro. It is not an ideal all purpose desktop distro, just like a Steam Deck is not an ideal all purpose desktop system.
If you want a Bazzite-like experience that is better suited for the desktop then use Fedora Silverblue, which is what Bazzite/ublue builds upon.
I’m using it for work/gaming/general use and I don’t think I have issues that aren’t present on silverblue. Steam deck is definitely limited (AFAIK, it’s not possible to print and can have persistent layers), so it’s definitely a bigger issue
Why is it not ideal as an all purpose desktop distro? I’m using it over ublue/Fedora for the convenience of being able to be play many games without tinkering, but I seldom play, I mostly work as a web developer. Bazzite has been great for me, so I’m wondering why you say this.
Bazzite, as a gaming-first distribution, makes some choices that are acceptable for such a platform, but that I believe are unacceptable in a secure development environment. This is why I wrote “not ideal” instead of “bad”. If you don’t care about security then it’s perfectly cromulent. But I value security, so I would not recommend it.
Fair enough! I don’t know enough to judge that. I’m learning each day, though :) are these choices bazzite or do they come from ublue?
I do all my Linux kernel development, and especially compilation, on my steam deck.