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Handheld consoles are the industry's next battleground | Opinion (www.gamesindustry.biz)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/games

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

SteamOS is free to use for everyone, making it a legit Linux FOSS operating system.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamos

It's not easy to install for non-technical people though. But Bazzite is, and it's basically a different "flavor" of steamOS.

https://bazzite.gg/

It's what I use, and it's great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I support this.

My gaming PC is not suitable for Windows11. I don’t play much, but I do play.

I switch to Pop!_OS in June, did not like it that much but it got the job done.

I’ve been using SteamOS on this machine since mid September and honestly I don’t ever want to go back.

[–] prole 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've been using Bazzite on my main laptop as well and it's fantastic.

I even found out that you can create a steamOS distrobox. No real need to use it, but thought that was cool.

[–] SeventySeven 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the info. Gonna check it out!

Edit: Ok you know what bazzite looks awesome. I'm definitely gonna install it later this week on my main pc and see how it goes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

You won't regret it.

But be aware, it is an immutable distro. This means that it is basically unbreakable (you hear stories about how linux machines can become broken by some update or such, but not bazzite or other immutable distros).

But this also means that if you don't find an flatpak (or appimage) of a program you need, it can be a little teadious to install it.

https://docs.bazzite.gg/Installing_and_Managing_Software/

Just a warning. The distrobox option is especially flexible and powerful, but you do need to do a little reading up and setting up to install stuff using these methods.

Otherwise everything on bazzite JUST WORKS, especially gaming. And the flatpak store has a ton of stuff, I have never needed anything that wasn't on there.