What makes Bazzite so much better to use on a Deck versus SteamOS? It doesn't seem any different than just using Remote Play/Moonlight/whatever and streaming from your main gaming rig?

[–] Kbobabob 1 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Have you visited their website? It explains what it is and it is definitely a lot more than just a way to stream games from your PC. How did you come up with that conclusion?

[–] bassomitron 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

That's the first description on the website. It says it's a cloud native Linux image that comes pre-installed with all the apps for gaming, e.g. Steam, Lutris, etc. I was asking a question as to why it's better than SteamOS, as when I see cloud native I just assume it's something designed for and around streaming. I may be misunderstanding its purpose, but that's the impression I get from the site.

[–] Kbobabob 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The main advantages of Bazzite versus SteamOS is receiving system packages in updates at a much faster rate, choice of an alternative desktop environment, Waydroid support, layering system-level packages at your own risk without messing with the filesystem, and printing support.

From their FAQ page https://docs.bazzite.gg/General/FAQ/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pretty much all linux distros have printing support

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Except SteamOS, as I discovered when I needed it badly.

Still, I'm sticking to SteamOS on the deck and Bazzite for the desktop.

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