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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• WanderingThoughts@europe.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can try Bazzite with Steam Gaming Mode. That is basically steam OS.

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  • DiagnosedADHD@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah I use bazzite as a general desktop distro. It’s incredibly stable and the atomic nature really has grown on me.

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    • KingBoo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bazzite is what I’m considering.

      Any other feedback or tips you’d offer? Any areas you had to spend more time? Anything thay surprised you (good or bad?)

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      • DiagnosedADHD@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If you’re coming from something like windows or non atomic distros, there is a learning curve. Just be aware that you should not install packages manually. You can’t simply do something like: sudo apt install package

        There is an app store where you can install probably 95% of what youd need (bazaar), start there and if it isn’t there you can spin up a distrobox.

        I do dev work, so I have a dedicated box with Ubuntu that I have my build tools and vscode installed on.

        This is really nice because it allows you to run experiments without nuking your main distro, it just feels really weird at first to be running most things containerized.

        They do have recipes for common things if it needs to run on the host, like I have something added for controlling AMD GPU fan speeds/power profile.

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• starchylemming@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  how does steamos help you? any user friendly linux distro does exactly the same stuff

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  • moonshadow@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Steam is a well-known and “trusted” name, we’re tribal critters and there are a lot of people waiting for an entity like that to spoonfeed them something certified with their name on it

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    • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What a lot of people don’t understand is how little I want to spend time dicking around with my computer. I’d literally rather scrub my toilet than spend time trying to get a different OS to work.

      And OS that is supported, and backed by a customer support helpline, and pretty much guaranteed to work, is something I’d happily pay for.

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      • moonshadow@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Installing linux is to dicking around with your computer as eating more fiber is to scrubbing your toilet

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s specifically suited for gaming, which is all my desktop is used for. And since I have an nVidia GPU, they probably will have a better driver solution than trying to get that shit working elsewhere. That’s always been the thing keeping me from switching to Linux as my main OS. I only use it on my media server rn.

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    • starchylemming@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      there are many different ones available right now specifically created for gaming. they come with some extra instructions for nvidia holders 😉

      im just saying you don’t need to wait for steamos. the future you seek is now

      i actually replaced mine on deck with bazzite cause you can’t set steamos to boot in desktop mode (or lets say installing bazzite instead of tinkering is much easier)

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