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• ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I wouldn’t recommend CachyOS to newbies, as it’s based on Arch, which brings with it a much higher learning curve and maintainence abilities to properly use. For all of that, it brings with it very very minor performance gains in gaming compared to standard distros.

  Bazzite is more viable for a newbie, but the immutable base can be limiting depending on their needs, and may require them to learn how to use distrobox, which is quite advanced for a newbie.

  I’d recommend new users stick with Linux Mint unless they have a multimonitor setup with differing refresh rates, or very new hardware that requires a newer kernel to function well, in which case Fedora may be a better option.

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  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m curious what limits there are on Bazzite? I’m using it to dip my toes in to having a Linux daily driver because it came with the gaming stuff ready to go. I’ve been working through different use cases I use my windows desktop for and so far most things I’ve been able to do.

    I’m not arguing that limits don’t exist. It’s just that I see this comment a lot regarding Bazzite but they never give any examples and If I’m possibly going to run into problems down the road id rather switch gears sooner rather than later.

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    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Off the top of my head,

      • installing applications that aren’t available in in flatpaks requires you to use distrobox to install them (not a huge issue if you’re familiar with the terminal).
      • printer drivers are very difficult to install if your printer isn’t supported out if the box, as they cannot be installed in a distrobox container.
      • changing user groups or permissions, such as to enable ssh or ftp abilities, is more difficult (it wouldn’t retain the setting after rebooting, didn’t research how it can be achieved).
      • not a limitation, but it’s much slower in many ways compared to normal distros. It takes a long time for it to finish installing, booting is slower, updating is slower, etc.

      There may be more limitations, but those are the ones I personally encountered.

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        but it’s much slower

        Yeah I dunno about all that.

        Bazzite isn’t limited, there are just different ways to do things. Once you learn how, you can do pretty much anything you want on/to it.

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