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[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 33 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (35 children)

i switched over to Bazzite about a week ago, and it has been super frustrating. though it’s not in where you think. the game my group is playing (Arc Raiders) worked without a hitch.

  • but my speaker system, and microphone forced me to learn a whole lot about USB hand shakes,
  • ghost usb profiles,
  • usb cable choice,
  • what a flatpac is and why people hate it,
  • nano eccentricities (including how to save and quit, just labeling ctrl-o as save and not overwrite would stop so much bs),
  • sink states,
  • device name resolution,
  • pipewire,
  • pipe plumber,
  • pipe wire holding devices hostage,
  • usb power flapping because i plugged my speakers and my mic to close to each other causing the os to just give up on the both of them.
  • the timing of when the os asks for usb identifiers, verses when the usb devices are given power
  • out dated guides relying on depreciated methods and acceptable code used in modifiers to os procedure.

my experience and days of trouble shooting the “easy” replacement os for gaming has frightened my friend group far away from linux.

[–] PureTryOut@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (3 children)

what a flatpac is and why people hate it,

Huh, most people actually like Flatpak, and for good reasons too.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

If you know what flatseal is and how to set permissions, it gets a lot better.

[–] tea@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago

I am super thankful for flatpaks. I do wish I understood things a little better in flat seal though. can do some basics but I don't know or understand what 95% of the flat seal options are for a given piece of software or why some of the fixes I've put in from when I'm googling a problem actually work.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Flatseal, flat sweep, and warehouse will manage all your flatpaks as you see fit. And Gear Lever for managing all your appImages.

[–] PureTryOut@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Or KDE's built-in Flatpak permissions settings. But yeah I guess, it's mostly needed for applications that haven't adopted to the new Portal API's yet which is the better solution, but this works for now until applications have updated.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Most people do like flatpaks, I use them because I use Kinonite and Atomic Budgie, but there are those people that don't like them or any other 3rd party universal packaging format. it's kind of a Luddite attitude if you ask me.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

i could not get them to play nice with the hardware, pipewire, or each other. and they don’t like being messed with

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