DataproletJul 23, 2025

wHiCh DiStRo ShOuLd I uSe FoR gAmInG??

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/49621069

Show threadMrVilliamJul 23, 2025

Legitimate question as I’m gonna move from Windows 10 within the next couple months. Is there something wrong with Bazzite or Nobara? I had narrowed my decision down to those two since they seem to be an easy transition, they do the things I need, and they’re popular enough that I can probably find fixes to any issues I experience. I pushed off my plan to build a desktop, but I still have an aging laptop that is losing security support in a couple of months.

Also, my wife needs Excel specifically for school. Can Excel work on these distros or are there just good alternatives? She might need to keep a Windows 10 partition just for Excel stuff if she can’t run it in Bazzite or whatever she picks.

Show threadUnboxious
I’ve had Bazzite break its own update utility such that it needed manual intervention at least 3 times now. I see no point in a “just works” distro that doesn’t actually just work.
Jul 23, 2025 at 8:28pmWeb
Show threadpysslaJul 26, 2025
Was this caused by layering?
Show threadUnboxiousJul 27, 2025
One of the breakages was caused by an expired signature or something from Universal Blue, which hit all users. I’m surprised that one doesn’t get talked about more. One of them was caused by Bazzite changing how Steam itself is handled and not transitioning my system over properly. Can’t remember what the third one was caused by.
Show threadpysslaJul 29, 2025

Thanks for clarifying!

One of the breakages was caused by an expired signature or something from Universal Blue, which hit all users. I'm surprised that one doesn't get talked about more.

Yeah, this was a big one. Though, I have to give them credit for how they handled the situation. I believe a lot of other projects got a lot to learn from them in that aspect.

One of them was caused by Bazzite changing how Steam itself is handled and not transitioning my system over properly.

Was this the transition from the (so-called) bazzite-arch distrobox to layering Steam into the image?

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Show threadUnboxiousJul 29, 2025

Was this the transition from the (so-called) bazzite-arch distrobox to layering Steam into the image?

It likely was. Can’t remember the details unfortunately.

Show threadpysslaJul 30, 2025
Alright, but you seem to be a (relatively) early adapter then. Do you still use it? Or have you pivoted since?
Show threadUnboxiousJul 30, 2025
Hell no, I switched back to Arch so my system would stop breaking!
Show threadpysslaJul 31, 2025
Makes sense. Thanks for enlightening your stance. FWIW, it has definitely been better since. But of course; however good it may have become right now, it does not take away your experience. Thankfully, you found your refuge in Arch 😜.