bazzite bitches
this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2025
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No thanks. I'd like to keep full control over my operating system and only accidentally ruin it every few years.
This is a nonsense talking point, what exactly can't you do with root access on bazzite that you can do on a non-immutable?
the answer: nothing
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Interesting to see that Arch Linux ishe most popular, even more so than endeavorOS which is way easier to install. I know Ubuntu isn't the hotness anymore but I figured mint would have jiat replaced it at the top. Apparently not. Then again power user who insults their own operating system but is also a game her might select for more advanced Linux users. Otherwise they might just dual boot or are the likes users who run it on a spare laptop.
I've been in Ubuntu user since I was 13 and I still am on my primary desktop but my old desktop which is now a utility server for me is running endeavor
For gaming purposes endevour is a terrible choice when cachy is a thing. Not that endevour is bad, its just cachy just pre does literally everything you would have to do AFTER an endevour install. Along with they have a ISO that is for the steamdeck.
Arch is also just objectively better then every other option again if your goal is first and foremost gaming. Because it has by far and away the best support for new hardware and nearly every third party community tool for every game ever is on the AUR and every gaming community with modders ONLY support arch basically because of it.
Again not because other options are bad, but this is teh steam report. Its gamers. So the best option FOR gaming is going to be on top. Thats arch, steamOS is arch, cachy is arch, and gamers with good hardware will graviate to arch because its the only way to have a painless and easy first time install for new hardware or to use teh community tools they got use to on windows.
Debian/Ubuntu and the others in that family all tend to have problems for gamers, fedora is a nightmare for new users. So they almost always end up just on cachy, or endevour/arch. Mostly cachy tho, as its canabalized most of manjaros gamers as the easy to install preset up distro.
Arch is also just objectively better then every other option again if your goal is first and foremost gaming. Because it has by far and away the best support for new hardware and nearly every third party community tool for every game ever is on the AUR and every gaming community with modders ONLY support arch basically because of it.
EndeavourOS uses Arch's repos first and foremost, with additional stuff from their own repos on top of that, so it gets both the new hardware support you're praising, as well as AUR, and on top of that it's easier to install and maintain.
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2.nice
Why are some in quotes?
$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Arch Linux"
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
(...)
Because this is how distributions declare their names
Just a guess, maybe those don't have explicitly set distribution names and are basically named by Valve themselves.
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Nice, I'm part of that .05% Debian 12 crowd.
We’re doing our part!
Nice.
I run Mint Cinnamon on a machine in my room for media. But also run a Jellyfin server off a pop_os server. My partner has a laptop that she updated to Win 11 that has had Audio issues ever since. When I boot to a live disk (linux), no issues. I've tried so many fixes for her system and it appears her step mother is having the same issue on another Win 11 machine. I've been trying to find a way to ensure she can run all the games she likes on an OS without being a headache. The Sims (probably 2,3,4). Stardew Valley, and such. Steam I have had luck with, but The Sims seems to come from an EA app which I believe I can run through Lutris. I have been hesitant to move that laptop because I want to be sure all of her games will end up working without hours of configuration that may break when she mods something in the game and needs a reinstall of the game itself. Has anyone had any luck with the EA app? I figure if she's paid for the licenses, I would rather use them than torrenting it all.
Mint Cinnamon was what I figured I'd use for that laptop, but if someone has a better suggestion I'd like to hear it
Odd that SteamOS only show up in the Linux only view.
I'm one of those I got a steam hardware survey for the first time in a long time.... Been on mint for awhile now
Excellent stuff.
The irony is that you have to thank Microsoft for it.
IMO, mainly Valve.
I'd guess that desktop Linux users are statistically using their PC in summer more than the normal PC user (using windows).
What? I can definitely say that that's true for literally all of my friends and especially me.
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