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[DF] Bazzite - 'SteamOS' For Windows PC Handhelds - Is It A Game-Changer?

c/steamdeck · u/woelkchen@lemmy.world · 48 points

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u/bobby@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 points

It gets ugly really fast.

It's super easy, barely an inconvenience. Just use Distrobox: https://docs.bazzite.gg/Installing_and_Managing_Software/Distrobox/

u/mindbleach@sh.itjust.works · 4 points

Good?

A gaming device should not be an... *eierlegende Wollmilchsau.* It should play games with minimal bullshit. The possibility of being a general computer does not necessarily demand the *ease* of being a general computer. So long as you're the one deciding when and how it acts like a fixed-function gizmo, great.

u/scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 11 points

I use it on my HTPC. It's pretty nice, but there are definitely some bugs and quirks. It's basically the handheld steam version, but with some better support. Agree that "Game-Changer" is clickbait.

u/dangling_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 points

Bazzite is very nice for gaming only. If you want to do any dev-related things, like installing Wireshark or programming an ESP32, anything that needs to access outside of the sandbox/container, you will need to learn how to navigate through sandbox/container hell, exposing ports from each other, and installing things directly to rpm-ostree, etc. It gets ugly really fast.