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  • > plus sudden updates that nuke active applications.

    This is not what’s supposed to happen. If an app installed through flatpak is active while it’s receiving an update, then the update is not supposed to affect the running application until it’s closed/restarted.

    Edit: Somehow I didn’t realize the concern was raised against Snap and not Flatpak.





  • I don’t remember how exactly this happened, but killswitch option in Linux ProtonVPN client somehow got broken in a way that I couldn’t connect to internet at all because killswitch was activated and couldn’t disable killswitch at the same time, I had to create another user and remove previous one. It also bombarded me with some errors regarding “kdewallet” that I don’t understand. Worth noting, I’ve been using this client with killswitch on many Gnome distros before and never had this issue anywhere else.

    FWIW, the thing with killswitch it not due to Bazzite, nor KDE. There’s a f*ck load of user reports all over the internet with different systems that have experienced the same thing; e.g. this one by a GNOME user on Pop!_OS. As for your criticism on kdewallet, I was also bothered by it the last few times I engaged with KDE Plasma. I suppose I was doing something wrong. Regardless, it was an unpleasant experience.



  • I’m curious, what exactly makes Bazzite a gaming-focused distribution? Like, it comes with Steam preloaded, I’m guessing, are there other aspects to it?

    As you correctly guessed already, indeed, Steam is included by default. Beyond that, we got some of the usual suspects:

    • A lot of other OOTB enabling (like e.g. OOTB Nvidia driver support, controller support etc) that one might like on a system used for gaming
    • The use of another kernel + scheduler (and probs more) for improved gaming performance
    • Depending on the image you install, you get Steam Gaming Mode OOTB; i.e. the UI found on the Steam Deck
    • It’s perfectly suited for the console experience, because of how seamless everything works by virtue of the automatic updates in the background + updates being atomic + built-in rollback functionality + the amount of control the bootc model gives for image management to the image maintainers

    It does a whole lot more than that, but the above should probs suffice.

    I used to distro-hop a bit back in the late 00s, and while it was fun to see what the different distributions bundled and whatnot, it never felt like something was particularly suited for one thing or another.

    Hmm…, FWIW, Ubuntu Studio has been around since 2007. I suppose it’s basically the same idea, but directed towards creative use rather than gaming.

    I’m now on OpenSuSE Tumbleweed, and it’s just… Linux, I guess? I play games on it, VR, what have you, and it does what I want it to.

    To be clear, Bazzite can perfectly work as a general use computer; especially for those that appreciate the bootc model but would like to consume it through a popular ‘image’.






  • Alright, I very much appreciate you for sharing those articles; it allows me to get into the nitty-gritty of things. Thank you!

    As someone who champions the (ongoing) paradigm shift towards atomic/declarative/immutable/stateless systems, I can’t but admire the effort to (IIUC):

    • Have changing the base of the system without requiring a reboot as a first-class design goal that’s well supported (unlike Fedora Atomic)
    • Employ a hash + store system that doesn’t require forsaking the FHS nor enforces a DSL (unlike NixOS)
    • Accomplish the above on a long-standing independent project, so that we can (on one hand) trust the longevity of the project AND (on the other hand) know that it isn’t actively resisting its upstream (unlike many other smaller projects, some of which are found here)

    While glancing over the many articles, I couldn’t really find anything related to declarative system management. Is this something the project intends to tackle eventually?




  • Fam, with all due respect, and please correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think you’ve ‘properly’ engaged with my previous reply. Don’t get me wrong, it’s your absolute prerogative to disregard/move-on/disengage/let-go especially if you’re already moved on. The daunting task to read a wall of text concerning a subject you’ve internally closed/‘solved’ ain’t everyone’s cup of tea anyways. The reason I’ve brought this up, is because most of how I would respond to your latest reply is already contained within my previous reply 😅. As such, I will refrain from reiterating what I’ve said before for the sake of brevity. Instead, I’ll try to strictly address the unaddressed. I’ll also take the liberty to assume that you’re not a fan of consuming long-form content. This will also be reflected in the remainder of this reply.

    my phrasing gave everyone else enough information that they could just suggest a distro

    Suggesting a distro ain’t hard; CTRL + click here consecutively to get a random stream of distros. Even if we would limit it to the union of gaming distros with (semi-)rolling release distros, there’s a lot to choose from. As such, mentioning what’s out there ain’t impressive. But expertly navigating between them sure as hell is.

    Granted, suggesting a (new) distro wasn’t even the objective. You wanted comparisons… Or, rather, I assumed you did.

    CachyOS was baremetal on my machine.

    It would probably have saved us both a bunch of trouble if you had been transparent/explicit about this. I can’t read your mind nor do I like to assume stuff.

    but instead asked for a comparison between three distros that were (somehow) selected by you.

    They’re all gaming distros, dude. I felt like that was evident.

    Please allow me to clarify that it wasn’t entirely clear why these gaming distros were specifically selected, while others like CachyOS, ChimeraOS, DraugerOS, Jovian-NixOS, PikaOS and Regata OS were not.

    I’m sorry this whole post discussion has not gone the way you wanted

    Fam, I got literally no stakes in this discussion. Apologies if I made you uncomfortable (or something) by making you think otherwise. I was merely in it to help/assist/support/aid you to the best of my abilities. For this, I required more input so that I wouldn’t have to succumb you under multiple walls of text. I didn’t think asking you to answer “could you perhaps be more clear on what it is you’d like to tinker/tweak/customize in the first place? Please, if possible, be explicit.” was unreasonable. But perhaps I was wrong.

    but it’s gone the way I wanted. And I believe I’ve found something that works for me.

    I sure hope so, fam. I wouldn’t want to see you return with your tail between your legs.


  • Hmm…, could you state/explain how the ASUS Chromebook is tangibly more ergonomic than other laptop keyboards beyond what they advertise on their website?

    While modern ThinkPads can’t boast about their keyboards to the extent that their predecessors did, it’s undeniably one of the better options. As such, consider taking a look at this page and see if you find something you fancy. I’m aware that the page hasn’t been updated since last year. But, your budget dictates that it’s in your best interest to buy a used device anyways.


  • I’ve installed it through secureblue’s ujust script. I think this has been the smoothest experience I’ve had with it on Fedora Atomic.

    Previously, I relied on the wireguard profiles I downloaded from ProtonVPN and which I loaded through NetworkManager. While it definitely worked, it was a hassle to redo it every now and then. Furthermore, switching on the go to something else I hadn’t loaded already was never an experience I enjoyed doing.

    Though, for completeness’ sake, ProtonVPN[1] hasn’t fixed its IP leakage on Linux. And, to my knowledge, the workaround is only available with access to the wireguard profiles. And thus, the cumbersome method actually offers a very tangible merit over the comfortable one.

    Finally, while I don’t endorse the use of NordVPN, it’s the only other VPN that’s installable as a sysext. Note that systemd system extensions are still experimental, though. Even if they’ve (read: N=1) been reliable to use for me.


    1. Note that, IIRC, IVPN and Mullvad don’t fare better in this regard. ↩︎


  • Tekte türkçe konuştuğumu bildin.

    Ee, ne demişler: Tek akıllı sen değilsin 😉.

    Immutable dağıtımlardan birini şu an ki Fedora KDE ile dualboot edeceğim

    Eyv, ama dikkat et, o iş biraz karışık bir mesele. Şu bulduğum iki kaynağa mutlaka başvur ki güzelim sistemin b*k uğruna güme gitmesin.

    yoksa beni bir yerden tanıyor musun?

    Yoo. Sadece “Bu eleman hangi distro’yu kullanıyor acaba?” diye merak edip profiline göz atınca fark ettim ki… meğer babacan Türkiyeliymiş.