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Discussion Thread ๐Ÿค– Thursday 22 October 2026 (aussie.zone)
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[โ€“] 1 point 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Printer connected to the Bazzite desktop and it wasn't a nightmare to do. It was just harder than it seemed because I hadn't put paper in yet so I kept declining the test print and it wasn't clearly stating it was connected otherwise

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  • [โ€“] [S] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

    My experience with Linux Mint & printers have been "It just works".

    Bazzite is cool & fun, I'm currently using it on my BC-250 3D printed console, but for my personal desktop & laptops I've grown to appreciate the reliability of Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition.

    You don't actually need a specific distro for better gaming performance, SteamOS 1.0 & 2.0 were Debian based like Ubuntu/Mint, so the Steam.deb installer you can download from the Steam website for me runs great including controller support.

    I strongly recommend with whichever distro you use, to install AppManager for a specific app type called AppImage. AppImage's are a great portable app format for things that shouldn't really need to be installed outright.

    Normally with portable AppImage's, you would need to manually download and replace the file with each upgrade, but the AppManager can update all your AppImage's like a normal package manager after you add the apps GitHub link.

    ProtonUp-Qt is one such AppImage which is great for downloading & managing third-party Proton''s such as GE-Proton. This third-party Proton is popular for older Windows games that have proprietary codecs that Steam can't redistribute as a business without added costs, so normal Proton may not be able to play older game cutscenes.

    AppImage's are generally distribution-agnostic & work well with immutable OS's like Bazzite.

    ^Edit:spelling.^

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    I started with Mint but felt like I was having some performance issues. I already had Bazzite on a laptop so I made the switch and it has fixed most of the problems, I figured it was easier than trying to hunt down whatever driver or package I was missing.

    I'll download AppManager. I've been using some appimages and getting software working on Linux outside of the package manager is still a headscratcher at times

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