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Bazzite 42 listed in June 2025 Steam Hardware Survey (pawb.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/27451562

Seemingly for the first time, the Bazzite gaming-focused Linux distro has appeared on the Steam Hardware Survey. Well done to the Bazzite team for making such an amazing distro for gaming (and now just general usage as a while too)! Been my main choice for going on a year now for my general use distro, and I haven't looked back.

https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=linux

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[–] 31 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Mint is very plain and simple, which makes it the most non-threatening transition from Windows for casual users. It's also one of the most well rounded distros. Sure, other distros can do specific things better, but Mint deserves its flowers for its polish.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Yeah, bazzite, or any atomic distro, is not something I would recommend to someone coming from windows. It's just too different in some ways.

    Been running bazzite myself as a fairly experienced linux user and love it though.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I think it would actually be better for beginners, were it not for issue solving: any web search for a solution is bound to give you mostly answers written for traditional distros, which would potentially be incompatible with Bazzite.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Mint feels a little sloppy, though.

    I would much rather suggest Bluefin, which is from the same group as Bazzite. And if you are a fan of KDE (or a more Windows-like UI), then Aurora is an excellent one, too.

    They are all atomic, so users can't really mess them up.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Bazzite > Bluefin > Aurora in usership from what I've seen. I started on Bazzite KDE but ended up staying with Aurora.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yes, Bazzite and Bluefin are more popular for sure. But I like Aurora as a daily driver (more for power users), and have Bluefin installed in other laptops and our TV's miniPC for its "Chrome OS" feel and simplicity.

    But any option is better than Mint, IMO. Mint feels unfinished and was not very stable. Aurora and Bluefin are the only linux distros that I haven't broken in 24h. LOL

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