• Asidonhopo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 hours ago

    Guy came into my workplace this week and I was saying I was slowly getting into developing a game engine with SDL. When he heard I was using ubuntu he recommended Bazzite, saying he has no trouble with it and uses his machine mostly for gaming. Is it Debian based or something else? At least it’s not that meme distro Arch I guess, might try it

    • dustyData@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 hours ago

      It’s Fedora based. If you want to develop on it, it supports containerized workflows. There’s a DX version explicitly designed for developers.

  • undeffeined@lemmy.ml
    2·
    7 hours ago

    I don’t use Linux yet but when I do change it will be Bazzite btw. (I have an Nvidia graphics card and from the little research I did, Bazzite seems to be a good distro for Linux gaming)

  • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml
    4·
    19 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.

  • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
    33·
    1 day 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?

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

      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”.

      • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
        5·
        4 hours ago

        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.

    • Blemgo@lemmy.world
      3·
      12 hours ago

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

  • InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    18 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.

    • krox@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      10·
      1 day ago

      It’s honestly so easy to get into and works, I’m honestly surprised it isn’t suggested more!

      (I use bazzite btw)

  • mrcleanup@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 day 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.