Custom Linux Distribution just for Gaming - eviltoast
Bazzite - The next generation of Linux gaming
bazzite.gg
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.

  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    This is the first and only distro I’ve tried that has display link drivers already installed. Was able to plug my laptop into my work dock and immediately have it all work. I used to have to install a community version of the displaying driver for my Ubuntu and Debian based distros. Shit just works the first time.

  • RoachFire@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    5 months 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.

    • xavier666@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 months 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
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        5 months 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

  • rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    As someone who has done a lot of distro hopping in the past, I’ve found that going for a stable release that is widely used as a daily driver is superior for gaming than “gaming specific” linux distros, largely on the basis that the gaming distros have routinely had buggy UIs, driver issues, and a variety of unexpected and undesired behavioral problems tied to the array of “gaming adjacent” software installed, most of which you can install yourself with little to no effort and most of which you probably don’t want or need in the first place.

    • TeryVeneno@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      Thankfully, bazzite is both, the community has gotten rather large lately so support has been good.

  • GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Just to clear some misunderstandings, TLE did a performance test on this distro and it was pretty much the same in terms of FPS as other distros. Gaming distros like Bazzite are made for a faster and easier setup process because gaming tools and stores and preinstalled.

    • poki@discuss.online
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      5 months ago

      TLE did a performance test on this distro and it was pretty much the same in terms of FPS as other distros.

      Without measuring any 1% lows or 0.1% lows.

      I enjoy TLE’s content, but that video is far from exhaustive on this.

      Unless a better comparison comes out, we should reserve ourselves from making any judgements on this particular subject.