• InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    7 hours ago

    What would you recommend for a gaming machine with some pretty old hardware (1080Ti etc), PopOS or Bazzite? I mainline Mint, but I have this hardware coming in and I’d like to get an idea of what I want to do with it before it gets here.

    • Lumisal@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 hour ago

      Garuda xfce maybe

      Bazzite didn’t run well on a 1660 super DDR3 machine I tried recently.

      And by didn’t run well I mean it didn’t start.

  • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml
    1·
    8 hours ago

    No issues gaming on Mint! Tried bazzite couldn’t get into it. Just doesn’t feel usable daily and to game. Mint is just too polished and convenient.

    • Blemgo@lemmy.world
      1·
      60 minutes ago

      Generally I think immutable distros are the best entry-level distros for newcomers. Stops people from accidentally bricking their system.

  • mrcleanup@lemmy.world
    4·
    15 hours ago

    No, that’s Garuda.

    Also gaming focused, also super easy, not so locked down it won’t let you change your login background, also has great Nvidia support. Arch.

  • OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip
    2·
    13 hours ago

    I’m considering Bazzite for a Win 10 machine that I only use to play Steam games. Really hoping that it “just works” for most of my library.

    Could I consider any game that is Steam Deck Verified will work fine? Am I likely to run into a ton of issues? I game exclusively with a wireless XBone controller.

    • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      idk, but I use Ubuntu and pretty much everything on Steam works for me. I’ve only ever come across three games I wanted to and couldn’t play, two of them are Epic gacha trash, and the other one’s Skyrim with dll mods (non-dll mods work fine).

    • ryper@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      Steam Deck Verified games should be fine, and a lot of non-Verified games were only downgraded to “Playable” because of issues that may not matter on a desktop, like small text (what’s small on a Steam Deck screen may not be small on a monitor) or needing to manually trigger the on-screen keyboard (a desktop is usually accompanied by a physical keyboard).

    • 2nd_Fermenter@lemmy.world
      1·
      12 hours ago

      I’m clueless about Linux, so I tried it. It seems to be just working for me for most of my Steam library, at least with Proton Experimental. I don’t have a XBone controller, but my SteelSeries knockoff does fine. That said, I have no idea what might cause it to break. (Though, it doesn’t seem to like my mechanical hard drives much.)

      (I use bazzite, btw ;) )

  • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
    29·
    23 hours ago

    Imagine not using Hannah Montana Linux. I literally can’t do it. Why would you use anything else when all the other distros are so inferior?

  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
    61·
    18 hours ago

    Agreed! Skim my post history. I’m in the meme.

    And it’s because I’m so happy I have a plug n play version of Linux that I don’t have to troubleshoot. It’s more stable than W11 on my work computer. I love it so much. I could throw it on my grandmas computer and she would be fine. I’d recommend it over Mint for new Linux users.

    I wouldn’t recommend it for people who love using the command line or run virtual machines.

  • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
    16·
    1 day ago

    I feel called out, “I use Bazzite btw” is literally a joke I made irl last week.

    Some Bazzite users touch grass and talk to people IRL, surprising, I know.