Not judging or anything. Just curious why it’s your go-to. Mine’s either “Ubuntu” or “try several live distros, see what you like the feel of before installing one”.
I would never recommend Ubuntu to anyone. Canonical cannot be trusted and Snaps are a plague on Linux. They care more about their own control than the needs of users.
But why Bazzite?
Being atomic makes it hard to break.
KDE Plasma is familiar to Windows users, and familiarity is important when making the jump.
It installs fast and, being based on Fedora, has excellent hardware support with no fuss.
It comes with gaming software preinstalled and ready-to-go.
It’s Flatpak-native, so finding, installing, and maintining software is safe and easy.
It lets new users get back to their lives without having to learn much of anything. If users get more advanced and need to go non-atomic, I recommend graduating to Fedora KDE. It stays familiar but gives more control.
From there, a Linux pilgrim has all the tools and experience they need to make their Linux journey their own.
I don’t use Bazzite, but I do recommend it for new Linux users.
Why?
Not judging or anything. Just curious why it’s your go-to. Mine’s either “Ubuntu” or “try several live distros, see what you like the feel of before installing one”.
I would never recommend Ubuntu to anyone. Canonical cannot be trusted and Snaps are a plague on Linux. They care more about their own control than the needs of users.
But why Bazzite?
It lets new users get back to their lives without having to learn much of anything. If users get more advanced and need to go non-atomic, I recommend graduating to Fedora KDE. It stays familiar but gives more control.
From there, a Linux pilgrim has all the tools and experience they need to make their Linux journey their own.
Generally I think immutable distros are the best entry-level distros for newcomers. Stops people from accidentally bricking their system.