Bazzite has a very simple process for installing software that isn’t on Flatpak: You spin up a virtual machine running a better distro and install it there
I love bazzite for handheld consoles but before I install it on my desktop there needs to be version based on ordinary ‘non-immutable’ fedora kde. That being said, immutable distros are more stable
I’ve been using it on my laptop for over 6 months now and it has been fantastic.
I mean, if you’re really hardcore, you can build your own immutable distro image using the distro you want… but that’s way above my paygrade. I don’t think it’s that difficult, just something I have no intention of learning.
So, Nobara?
I would have stuck with Nobara, which is the first Linux distro I really tried, but it was maintained by one person and eventually they’re going to get burned out or worse. I figured it would be better to just go with a distro that had a whole team working on it.
I have Debian on my Legion Go because of this.
Are you a Bazzite dev?
It’s okay, I promise we still like Bazzite. We’re just haha-ing over here, nothing personal.
I moved to Cachy for my Ally now. It’s swap implementation allow me to set the VRAM on auto and play Last Epoch and my TTW install without crashing due to running out of RAM.
I am not, I just really like it lol… And people seem to have lots of misconceptions about it so I like to try to clear that stuff up when I see it.
Because I play games on my PC and bazzite works wonderfully for that right out of the box?
Because I like the concept of an immutable distro and not having to ever worry about an update breaking my install, and not being able to boot to my desktop ever again?
What makes it a “better distro” exactly?
Also, I can install/run packages from any other distro and package manager from there, not just “the better distro.” I use it to access the AUR for example. There aren’t many limitations there at all. While also being incredibly stable…
Bazzite has a very simple process for installing software that isn’t on Flatpak: You spin up a virtual machine running a better distro and install it there
Seems like someone didn’t bother reading any of the documentation… There are like 4 alternative ways to do it, including using apt (in a distrobox).
yt-dlp AND btop isnt on the default app store on Bazzite. Im sure theres a way to get them installed, but it was rather annoying playing my game, watching a video on the side, finding a video that looks worth keeping, and i cant download it
Yeah, things are different on Bazzite. You can install things via homebrew as well. For yt-dlp use brew install yt-dlp (same command for btop). If something isn’t on homebrew too, there is a distrobox option. If you get used to AUR, Bazzite can be a little tedious.
If you get used to AUR, Bazzite can be a little tedious.
I just use my Arch distrobox to access AUR if I need to (though I don’t think I’ve had to).
rpm-ostree is an adjustment, but now that I understand it more and know all of my options for installing packages, I think it’s fantastic.
The devs recommend against using rpm-ostree but yeah, distrobox is limitless. It’s just doing things different way. I also like how Bazzite (or Aurora) adds a program as a menu shortcut installed via distrobox, pretty convenient.
yt-dlp works just fine for me on bazzite. I think I just use the app image? I even made an alias for it in my bashrc file so I only need to type “yt”.
Some other tips: play around with BoxBuddy (distrobox) for a bit if you haven’t yet.
You can use apt if you want, just create a Debian distrobox. BoxBuddy allows you to easily create shortcuts to apps installed in distroboxes to run them directly on your host system. So once you create it you never have to mess with the box again if you don’t want to.
I came from EndeavourOS, so I just made an Arch distrobox that I can use to get packages from the AUR.
“ujust update” (or the bazzite system updater thing) command will update all of your distrobox images (and any apps installed on them) as part of the process. And if you mess something up, or decide you don’t want it, you just delete the distrobox.
It’s actually pretty easy, and I think it’s cool that your distro doesn’t really matter anymore.
Ive only played with Bazzite for 2 days now. (Got a 2nd hand keayboard last year August. Finally changed the RGB with Bazzite and its OpenRPG tool). If you can set up Desktop mode as the default boot, then it is probably the best distro to reccomend to new users.
I do have Arch as my main OS installed on another drive, and that does everything else i need.
It’s good for new users. But it should be noted that does not mean that power users and tinkerers wouldn’t also like it.
echo "alias apt='sudo rpm-ostree'" >> .bashrc
LMAO.
