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Bazzite 45 is here! (universal-blue.discourse.group)
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[–] 1 point 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Were you using an AMD graphic card with HDMI 2.1 connection to a monitor/TV?

Because it happened to me that the HDMI connection stopped working after a Bazzite update, and I had to downgrade to Bazzite 44.20260802 (see the Github ticket here), which seems to be the last stable release without the problem.

My understanding is that the problem is still present in Bazzite 45.. and it likely won't be resolved until the next Kernel update (7.3.1) lands. The good news is that it just recently was updated on the unstable branch.. I haven't tested but if the issue is fixed there, I'm hopping it will be ready by the end of this month, since they normally roll updates every few weeks.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (3 children)

    No, I'm still on a nvidia card and I'm not sure what version hdmi my monitor is

    My comment is more general vibe of my experience with bazzite. similar to what Staff below me said, sometimes it just have some weird inconvenient ways to do things when I need to, for example, use the terminal to look up some folders or change things. idk I admit I'm still not too good doing things in the terminal but adding another layer of having to learn what an immutable distro adds on top seems to be tripping me more.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 child)

    Staff criticized a very specific thing, not a vibe: the approach for installing software.

    You don't really need to use the terminal at all if you just stick with the software that's available in flatpak / bazaar. If you had to use the terminal then that means you most likely wanted to install software / tweak stuff outside of the intended channels.

    I don't think Bazzite is very suitable as an all-purpose distro or a distro for people who want to tweak or use the terminal much, it was originally designed as a SteamOS distro (before Valve made available their own SteamOS image), intended to be installed in Steam Deck / Steam Box style devices. I use it in a living room PC for gaming and watching videos and it works perfectly for this usecase. For desktop / laptop I run a different Linux distro.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    I see I misunderstood what Staff said, thanks.

    Yeah, I think you're right. Maybe bazzite isn't for me. I just have that tinker itch every now and then.

    And hey, a live service game I'm playing recently had a massive hack that many people affected had to reinstall their OS just for self assurance. That somehow also could affect people running Linux. So I might as well hop to another distro this weekend.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 days ago

    I do not have an Nivida card, but I udnerstand Nvidia on bazzite (and linux in general) is tougher than AMD to get things working nicely. As for the terminal, I have never once NEEDED to use to terminal in the last year. I have of course used it to do things, but it was rarely the Only way to do what I was trying to do.

    Maybe what I am about to say is unpopular, but once I stopped trying to install programs that dont have a flapak from the bazzar store, my life got easier. Of course to counter that statement, I have several programs that are appimages that I control via Gearlevel, then a few windows apps running via faugus.

    Also if anything tells you to use lutris, it is wrong, lutris imo is crap, and should not be sued ever; Lutris has not worked once for me.

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