Quoting: LoftySimilar to how Bazzite swapped out the software center without alerting the typical users of Bazzite to the new alternative. Sure there may have been a forum thread on it, in the their official discord too but a simple pop-up would have been appreciated by the type of ' new to linux user' who uses it rather than leaving them completely in the dark on how to install new software .. i mean its not 1995 anymore we don't tend to use CD's to install programs anymore.

Folks that use Bazzite as a gaming distro on their PC are probably not locked into the developmental nerd element of linux distro's .. i.e typical non techy gamers who want a 'gamer OS' who probably are moving away from windows, for whom Bazzite is primarily aimed at.

Are some distro's are more agenda driven than others ? I suppose each project has their own management team and their idealistic view of how their distro will operate. I tend to avoid those that stick to a more 'Apple like' philosophy, they tend to dislike constructive criticism and almost never backtrack on a bad idea.

Honestly, Bazaar isn't a bad idea. But the rushed implementation (while it has major issues) AND removal of the normal GUI app installer for the DEs just soured me on it. I reviewed the app on one of the ublue threads and I'll admit I'm more harsh on it because it is shoved in my mouth like that.

I will still recommend them for new users, but I'll always mention Nobara and CachyOS as well, while personally using NixOS. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth as I left Windows due to them forcing stuff down my throat - yes, Bazzite and ublue isn't disgusting like Microsoft and Windows, but I left Windows out of spite and principle of "let me embrace new things when I want to." It's pretty much the same thing here.

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Will the full podcast be uploaded to YouTube as well? I only watch/listen to YouTube podcasts.

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My main issue with Fedora is that, while the upgrade process is usually smooth, the same can't be said about their policy.

You are, of course, subject to the policy of the maintainer of your distro of choice, but with Fedora, they have a policy of marching to the beat of their own drums. They will adopt new technology before they're fully ready for many (sometimes it's not even ready for most of their users), or drop old technology before many are ready to migrate (with the worst example being how they almost dropped 32bit support before Steam for 64bit is ready - most subject don't get nearly the same backlash and no backtracks).

Personally, I think Nobara is the better middle-ground between normal Fedora, CachyOS (which is Arch-based and thus may require manual intervention sometimes), and Bazzite, to use on Desktop. GloriousEggroll having their hands on the pulse of Linux gaming, Red Hat, and ProtonGE makes me trust him better with maintainer policies.

I personally like full-blown CachyOS better, but I would put it as a second after Nobara - I outright think CachyOS is better, but that Arch-base carrying the "Arch manual intervention" caveat emptor makes it a rank down for recommendation for me.

Ofc, as can be seen from how I use Linux, I care a lot about what goes on in my machine. While I don't believe in Red Hat conspiracies, I have experienced the absolute annoyance when Fedora policy don't align with your preference, so that's why I prefer something less... Fedora, and really would rather people just use CachyOS, and maybe Nobara if they're wary of Arch, or Bazzite if they're completely new.

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Hm. Wonder if extest will need updating for when 64-bit Steam for Linux launches. It was an annoyance for me on NixOS as it throws errors due to ELFCLASS32 and LD_PRELOAD issue or something.

Though, for that matter, I do wonder how update rollout and dependency changes will be handled across the board.

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I already said it in the past - Mozilla would LOVE to be Google instead of just being unofficial Google subsidiary IF they had the chance.

People thought just because they're the non-Chromium alternative that they're noble, forgetting ALL the stuff they did or tried to do for the last ten years.

I never forgot nor forgive the Mr. Robot fiasco.

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Huh. DollFro/Girls' Frontline (the OG one I'd assume) is playable on Steam & Linux? I'll have to try it.

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Well I'm already moving everything to NixOS anyways. Kinda crazy that you need a specific SIG for stability and that it wasn't already a priority. Kinda tells you their mindset, especially with the constant move to new things even when it isn't even ready for half the users yet.

If you're fine with that, then Fedora is still a good distro to use, but personally I just don't vibe with it anymore. I am more of a Bazzite user, but it is similarly an Agenda first distro and I just don't vibe with their latest agendas.

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Neat. I recently decided to move my oldest laptop from Ubuntu Server, which I eventually installed KDE on to do some things, straight into NixOS. I thought, "hey, if I only needed my KDE environment sometimes, I can just switch config." A weird thing happened in that my system is way faster now for some reason.

I don't know what was going on with my Ubuntu setup, but even when it was just a TTY, the stutter can be pretty bad. There's likely some other issues with the hardware - RAM stick, SATA SSD, the fan, or the chip's thermal paste (possibility combination of all of them AND aging factor). But KDE wasn't the issue, it's hella lightweight actually.

Regardless, it's good to have a laptop with a decent KDE session. I'm going to be moving my ROG Ally from Bazzite to hopefully (in order of preference) NixOS, SteamOS, or CachyOS as well - depending on if I couldn't figure out the previous ones - all using KDE of course.

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Nice! Would be quite useful for Trails in the Sky FC.

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Neat. I don't vibe with this line as much as I did with the Dusk Trilogy, but I know a lot of people enjoyed it. More support is better.

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