I’m guessing yes, that you have to make a back up of all your files etc. But I figured I’d ask anyway, just in case.

To anyone who’s done it, how do you prepare when you change distro?

  • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    9·
    1 month ago

    Bazzite is the best option for a SteamOS-like distro.

    Personally I’ve never used SteamOS itself but it looks identical to it from what I’ve seen and as a PC OS Bazzite is perfectly functional and it’s really decent. I prefer Mint and I main that on my laptop myself but I run Bazzite on my handheld and I recommend it.

    • Inui [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      6·
      1 month ago

      This came up with another poster not that long ago, so I’m going to re-post my long responses to them as to why I advocate hard for Bazzite, even for desktops. Just making sure to use the desktop image so it doesn’t boot into Game Mode like a console/Steam Deck.

      • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        4·
        1 month ago

        A very good read.

        All my complaints about Bazzite are just griping from someone with change fatigue who is very rigid in their thinking. I think it’s a really great distro and the install process is fantastic - it really sets the bar for other distros. I think most people would love it and I’d like to be able to love it too but I’m just too curmudgeonly and I know it.

        But enough about my character flaws. For everyone else, they should absolutely give it a try if they are curious. Also all my gripes are minor compared to my complaints about Microslop. You can’t go wrong with Bazzite.

        • 9to5 [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          5·
          1 month ago

          What distro are you using if I may ask ? Why/When did you decide on it ? Currently on Fedora with KDE (and I think happy) after using Mint for about a month.

          • ReadFanon [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
            3·
            30 days ago

            I’m either a terrible person to ask about distros or I’m perfect to ask as a very average PC user, so take that as you will.

            I’m running mint on my laptop and I’ve got a handheld running Bazzite.

            Mint was the default so I landed on that and it was good enough for me so I’m sticking with it because I can’t be bothered to hop but I probably would have started at Zorin or PikaOS if I knew what I do now. For the handheld, Bazzite is the no-brainer option because of how it’s perfectly suited for compatibility and ease of use. Both distros I started with when I switched to Linux and the pain of switching hasn’t been outweighed by the pain of dealing with the small annoyances of staying yet so I doubt I’ll be hopping to anything else for the time being.

            I’m the most basic Linux user ever.

            • 9to5 [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
              3·
              30 days ago

              I used Cinnamon when I was on Mint. I did like cinnamon it was easy to customize which was nice.

              Funny enough I dont think I ever used original gnome in a live environment. I considered using Fedora with gnome but my friend recommended KDE (And there are a fuckton of customization options for KDE which is a plus in my book)

    • Dort_Owl [they/them, any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      I have played around with my friends steam deck, and messed around with it’s desktop mode and quite liked it. That’s why I initially was like “Hey maybe that might be a fun little experiment to slap it on a laptop.” without thinking about things like “it’s built around AMD drivers, Dirt Owl you goober”

      Bazzite was another one I was thinking of! That or Pop_OS.

      If anyone wants to suggest an OS I’m all ears!