I gave Bazaar a fair shot since Bazzite replaced Discover with it, but it's missing one thing I liked in Discover. Right now, I just install all my flatpaks via terminal (Yakuake).

Aurora offered a choice to use Bazaar or stick with Discover, but that appears to be the exception.

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I'd be interested in a console-esque Steam Machine, but I'm curious how long it'd be viable for. My experience with PC gaming these past several years tells me that, if you want to keep up with the latest AAA games (especially if you want to play at 4K), you can expect to at least swap out your GPU once or twice throughout a PC's lifespan.

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I always played Toreador in Bloodlines, but looking at all this makes me want to vomit like a Ventrue who just drank peasant blood.

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I consider using PayPal a safer alternative than paying directly with my card; along with Google Wallet on my phone. Until something better comes along, and has an equivalent to PayPal's Pay-in-4, then I will keep using PayPal.

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When I first got into Linux, Mint was what I tried to install because that was what my research said was the best starting point. Unfortunately, it never wanted to install; I ended up Lubuntu, then Ubuntu, Xubuntu, etc. It may have been s problem with Rufus, but I flashed Lubuntu and Ubuntu using Rufus back then and they installed no problem.

I wouldn't use Mint now, for a variety of reasons, but I'd have no problem recommending it to someone. However, based on my experience with new people switching to Linux, I find atomic distros more beginner friendly. Again, just my experience.

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I can understand getting frustrated by constant bug reports from people using unofficial packages and filing their issues upstream.

That said, Stenzek is known for drama, and I quit using DuckStation years ago; despite it being the thing that really got me into emulation back in 2020. I much prefer using the Beetle PSX core in RetroArch. It works perfectly, and PS1 games look and run just like they did when I was a kid. I do not need, nor want, upscaling for PS1 games; PS1 games without the low resolution polygons and jaggies look wrong to me.

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I have mixed feelings on Cyberpunk. I don't really like the story since it's too dark/depressing for me, but the gameplay is alright. I was playing it recently and I guess I goofed around with side missions too much because now my V is max level and OP with quickhacks and the like. Whoops!

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I do like the symmetrical stick layout. However, I would kind of prefer to wait for a Steam Controller 2 patterned after the Deck. Right now, I'm making do with Stadia controllers.

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Should bode well for The Outer Worlds 2 later this year. Personally looking forward to that game.

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@KyleGospo - That's fair enough. I assume that the people that work on Bazzite don't do these things without a good reason. If a GNOME/GTK program works better than the KDE equivalent, then I can't exactly fault the Bazzite team for going with what works better for the end user.

I do like Bazzite a lot, and it's been working very well. Despite my earlier comment, I really don't have any intention of moving away from Bazzite because of the presence of GNOME/GTK software.

So, I apologize if my earlier comment came across as rude or disrespectful. Thank you for the work you guys have done, and are doing.

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