And, Windows gets replaced.....

[Walker]

By Bazzink.........



If I had an AMD processor and video card, I would have gone with SteamOS... But since I have an Intel I7 and an Nvidia card I went with Bazzink......

So far, it runs anything I need it to. NAS access, an OpenOffice equivalent, browsing with Zen or Firefox, Steam games, Windows games using a 3rd party installer, graphics, mouse is ok since the macros are on board, Warcraft addon manager doesn't seem to work, but the old copy and drop into the folder works ok. The background mechanics are a bit different, but it isn't the first time I've used a Linux based system.

I'll keep it........ So far, less trash to put up with........ Something new to learn to keep an old man's mind busy.....

[Hobbes]

I was looking into Bazzite for my MSI Claw. Decided to stick with Windows 11 using Winhanced as a launcher. For now I like the familiarity and not having to do workarounds like with WoW, even if its not difficult.

[StaticShocked]

I am thinking about switching my desktop at home to linux. Bassite is on the short list. Let us know if you run into any difficulties that are beyond the obvious. One of my main reasons for keeping windows has always been compatibility with software, but that argument is holding less and less water nowadays. At home i use solidworks for modeling my personal projects and it's online / browser environment works well enough that a desktop installer for the occasional basic parts isn't necessary. Most other software i use now has a linux version or equivalent software someone has made (or runs in a browser). I think my time to switch back to linux is coming quickly.

[martix_agent]

I installed linux mint recently on a secondary PC just to try it out.
For light use such as internet browsing it's fantastic.

However, anything i seem to want to install requires a github page, or use of the terminal and it can get frustrating.
If lunix is going to become more mainstream, there needs to be more GUI options, and easier ways to install things.

[Iseeo_0you]

There is a software store

[martix_agent]

I tried to install some fan control software, and there was nothing I found in the software store.

[Iseeo_0you]

You can download an appimage of coolercontrol from their site( It downloads just like an .exe except it doesn't install to your system permanently), or you can copy and paste the 4 lines of code from their install page into your terminal and it will be installed . I know it's different but I can promise it's worth it in the end, and coolercontrol is great. There is also fancontrol in the software store. Hope it helps.

[RAZRBAKK]

I've been a 20+ year Linux tinkerer, switched to it in 99℅ of cases about a decade ago. All but my gaming rig was on Windows until about a year ago. Bought an AMD card for it last year and also built a "steam machine" at Christmas.

So far I haven't had any issues with any of the games I play, including several shooters.

I run Bazzite on my gaming rig and my "steam machine", and I run CachyOS on my laptop.

These newer distros have taken massive leaps to make it easier for a non-technical user. Proton literally saved Linux gaming.

[Greaterthenjake]

Curious if you went to a Arch based distributor why not build it yourself? Arch had the best documentation Gentoo is right there with it? I have not played with Arch in a long while just curious.

[RAZRBAKK]

Greaterthenjake I'm lazy.

[Walker]

The 1st game I ever played was on Unix running on a PDP 11/44..... I loved Colossal Cave....

[TencenT]

Linux has been my daily driver for probably two decades give or take outside of having to use mac for work and a few times I was forced to build windows software against my will. Back in the day it was a bear to use as a desktop, it mostly worked but always had issues you just accepted. Today, I can't think of anything that was actually the fault of the OS. Every time I have to go jump on a windows or macos machine I'm reminded of just how bad they have gotten. Windows shoving AI and ads into things that dont need them. Apple making everything developer oriented a 47 step process to disable the hand rails I don't need.

I will say though that most of my Linux issues went away when I gave up buying commodity hardware and started using server oriented gear. I run a 7443p on a super micro for my workstation (getting pretty dated now) and the huge lack of issues is pretty telling. Don't think I'll ever bother buying non server oriented gear again after this experience, not to mention having a BMC as a backup to bring my system back up remotely is amazing.

[Iseeo_0you]

I have been on it full time for 6 years. Will never switch back

[RhoXi]

I'll chime in as another Linux convert. I switched a little over a year ago, first Linux Mint then switched to Nobara a few months ago on my gaming rig. There's a bit of a learning curve at first but now I find the terminal fairly intuitive. There's some pretty good online tutorials nowadays, not like when I first tried it back in 2015 or so. And another +1 for Proton being the best thing to happen to Linux gaming.

Then there's my most recent win11 experience... I bought a cheap laptop as a knockaround/couch computer and it came with win11. Let me tell you, it was basically unusable out of the box. Horendously slow and locked down to the point it was difficult to install programs that were not on their app store. I installed Linux Mint Mate on it and now it flys in comparison and I can do whatever I want with it. Total win in my book.

So far, I've been pretty satisfied with Linux. It's made computers fun for me again and I look forward to learning more in the future.

[OpusX]

As a 20 plus year Linux desktop guy I like this thread. Just add some VirtualBox in there for those "win only" things and have fun.

We've come a long way from Slackware (still a fan just not the daily anymore) and kernels requiring you to manually set hdd secotor counts.

[Calvin]

Bazzite is awesome. I have a couple machines running it, and another running CachyOS. I like Bazzite more, but have found CachyOS to be my fav on my bench machine. I have to do Windows for work, but am damn close to purging it from my home life. If I could get Blur Iris to run on Linux, it would be a homerun.

[TencenT]

Sounds silly but have you tried just running it with proton?

[Calvin]

It doesn't run in proton. I could build a virtualbox instance of windows and run it there, but its a CPU hungry program as it is. Since it will have a dedicated machine anyways, it matters less what the OS is. I have it on windows 10 with updates turned off right now. I removed the gateway so it can't see the internet, but sees the IP cameras just fine. It will run like that until Blue Iris releases a Linux variant, which might be never.

[NONOBLITUS]

Ha as an older guy on here I was looking at what was some new method at changing Windows. Like you know the glass ones we all look through in homes and buildings and such.

[Walker]

Lol!