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Bazzite: Just how many of us are there? (universal-blue.discourse.group)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Personally I use Bazzite and I think it is great.

I operate four PCs in my day-to-day, which may seem excessive, but I choose to solve most computing problems with PCs (no smart TV). My HTPC, which I drive with Bazzite, primarily serves as a fireplace/ light media/ light gaming setup. Bazzite is uniquely well configured for this purpose. It brings the stability of a Fedora-based, Atomic OS, but leaves behind the codec and media issues Fedora can introduce. The tinkering one would generally need to do with Steam comes pre-configured, like you may be used to with SteamOS on Steam Deck. ExpressVPN works, but requires terminal in my configuration (I believe I could operate it through a GUI if I were so inclined). Bazzite does a great job of being configurable to serve TVs that need scaling and safe zones.

Fireplace PC Specs for the Nebby:

Ryzen 5700g

beQuiet! cooler

A320MH motherboard (bios flashed for Cezanne compat)

16 GB DDR4 3200

2 TB SSD

1 TB HDD

beQuiet! 500W PSU

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[–] phanto 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A friend gave me their old gaming laptop, it was mid-range when she bought it, and she didn't use it anymore. I stuck bazzite on it, and I really like the experience! I'm no stranger to Silverblue, so some of the atomic host stuff was already old hat to me, but I was impressed by how much worked straight out of the box. It's kinda become my retro gaming go-to device.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah that sounds like a basically perfect use-case.