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  • amateurcrastinator@lemmy.worldtoLinux@programming.dev•Bazzite noob calling for aidEnglish
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    17 days ago

    don’t tell me, tell OP! I was just trying to read in their documentation how you connect a bluetooth keyboard. i did find a lot of posts from people having many problems with keyboards and controllers. it could be that either the kb model is not compatible or there is some issue with the bluetooth controller in this beginner friendly distro, that is not a distro in the traditional sense! (their words, not mine)

  • amateurcrastinator@lemmy.worldtoLinux@programming.dev•Bazzite noob calling for aidEnglish
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    17 days ago

    I keep reading their documentation and wow oh wow! This is from their FAQ:

    Is this another fringe Linux distribution?¶

Bazzite is not a Linux distribution in the traditional sense. Yes, it is a Linux operating system that is distributed for the public to use however it is a custom Fedora Atomic Desktop image with a recipe on top of it. Universal Blue images are a proof of concept of using containerized workflows with transactional and in-place operating system updates, and Bazzite exists by being gaming focused with inspiration from SteamOS. Bazzite is a Fedora Atomic Desktop installation, but with the aid of Universal Blue's tooling, adds packages, services, drivers, etc. to the base image of it. Bazzite is using a new "container-native" approach that Fedora has been testing, and we are taking full advantage of it. The team is utilizing the Open Container Initiative (OCI) to build the images, and are adding packages, services, and kernel modules to existing Fedora operating systems.

Unlike traditional Linux distributions, most of the maintenance and security updates are done upstream by Fedora and Universal Blue contributors while the primary Bazzite maintainers only have to focus on creating a great experience for an OS geared towards playing video games. Bazzite provides several images that all get the same additions and fixes through updates at the same time unless specified otherwise. There can be a hypothetical scenario where everyone involved with Bazzite could stop maintaining the project at once and it will still continue to receive updates directly from upstream until the scheduled builds are broken.

The purpose of Bazzite is to be Fedora Linux, but provide a great gaming experience out of the box while also being an alternative operating system for the Steam Deck and other handheld devices.

    This screams beginner distro to me!

  • amateurcrastinator@lemmy.worldtoLinux@programming.dev•Bazzite noob calling for aidEnglish
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    17 days ago

    Endeavour is explicitly not for new users

    There is no such thing man. It just works really. But I am not trying to sell this distro, just saying that an immutable distro for a beginner is much more of a black box than any of the “advanced” distros people are afraid of. sure if you are luck and everything works with the immutable, awesome. if it doesn’t? then you need the “advanced” stuff anyway. and by that I mean read some documentation.

  • amateurcrastinator@lemmy.worldtoLinux@programming.dev•Bazzite noob calling for aidEnglish
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    17 days ago

    ok OP what model keyboard do you have? maybe I should have started with this.

    my point i was trying to make is: these days if you want to use linux and game, just install a “normal” distro without fear of what you read online. 99% of the stuff about arch based distros (except for maybe arch itself, i don’t have experience with pure arch) is simply fearmongering. stuff just works. Want to connect a mouse? Done. Keyboard? No problem. Same can be said about distros like mint and such. I wouldn’t bother with ubuntu these days.

    i keep seeing so many comments about stuff that breaks and doesn’t work in linux but this is just not the case! unless you break it. in windows stuff would work, or not depending on how old the equipment was. there wasn’t much you could do about it. in linux you have options provided you don’t jump feet first into an immutable distro intended mostly for gaming.

    my extra point is: ditch bazite and switch to a saner distro!