Comment on Steam Machine pricing announced (from $1049-$1428 USD), reservation lists open

Gerudo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’d recommend Bazzite over SteamOS. Even if I was buying a Steam Machine, I would still just use Bazzite.

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  • dom@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Why’s that

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    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I daily drive Bazzite and I’m not fully in agreement. If you’re doing non-Steam games or emulation, or desktop stuff, on AMD hardware Bazzite is the winner IMO because it ‘ships’ with that stuff preconfigured in a way steam os doesn’t and Bazzite has something very similar to big picture mode for AMD. Hardware compatibility is probably still better out of the box with Bazzite too.

      If you’re only playing Steam games on the TV Steam OS is arguably better.

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      • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’d after with this.

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  • ohshit604@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Even if I was buying a Steam Machine, I would still just use Bazzite.

    They both run Arch, both are capable of running KDE & Gnome DE, both are immutable but only one will get dedicated support from the manufacturer and developer.

    The use of HDMI CEC is not typical for desktop environments, I doubt you’ll get the same “sleep” functionality on Bazzite.

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    • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      They both run Arch

      No, Bazzite is based on Fedora. SteamOS is based on Arch. Maybe you had Bazzite confused with CachyOS?

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      • ohshit604@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Yup my bad, I have striked it out of my previous comment.

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    • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I should specify that Bazzite is really just for power users or tinkerers. It has a lot better capabilities.

      Like others have said that of all you’re doing is playing games SteamOS is fine.

      I doubt you’ll get the same “sleep” functionality on Bazzite.

      The Bazzite community is fantastic. I’m sure they can figure that out.

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’d be shocked if they haven’t already, people have been using Bazzite on Steam Deck and other handheld PCs for years now.

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