Time for a new #introduction post after the move!

I'm Sar, a 50yr old nerdy guy from Northern Ireland. I love IT, and am into tech and all things computing.

My hobbies include playing #WorldOfWarcraft, reading about World Of #Warcraft and thinking about #WoW

Seriously though, my *other* hobbies also include:
#Astronomy
#Linux (alternating between #Bazzite & #ArchLinux)
#Gaming on #Steam, #PS5 & #Switch (mainly on PC though, see above!)
#SciFi such as #StarWars, #Startrek, #Babylon5, #Marvel & #DC etc
Also a screenshot junkie #VirtualPhotography

I'm also awaiting the results of my #Autism diagnosis as I write this, and am also fairly confident I have #ADHD as well, giving me the #AuDHD super-deluxe wombo-combo 😂

I decided to make the jump to this self-hosted instance at the end of 2025 after many happy years on masto.ai/@sar, and have no regrets.

Yet.

Time for a new #introduction post after the move!

I'm Sar, a 50yr old nerdy guy from Northern Ireland. I love IT, and am into tech and all things computing.

My hobbies include playing #WorldOfWarcraft, reading about World Of #Warcraft and thinking about #WoW

Seriously though, my *other* hobbies also include:
#Astronomy
#Linux (alternating between #Bazzite & #ArchLinux)
#Gaming on #Steam, #PS5 & #Switch (mainly on PC though, see above!)
#SciFi such as #StarWars, #Startrek, #Babylon5, #Marvel & #DC etc
Also a screenshot junkie #VirtualPhotography

I'm also awaiting the results of my #Autism diagnosis as I write this, and am also fairly confident I have #ADHD as well, giving me the #AuDHD super-deluxe wombo-combo 😂

I decided to make the jump to this self-hosted instance at the end of 2025 after many happy years on masto.ai/@sar, and have no regrets.

Yet.

Damn #Bazzite allows transphobes to just be around? https://bsky.app/profile/xeniameraki.bsky.social/post/3m7nejl4qxs22

#Linux

It's fashionable for people to flame the companies that do open source and #linux work under the guise of "they control everything."

Here's how we got millions of dollars of engineering for free by just working with Red Hat via open source projects. In this case, bootc in the CNCF.

The example in this video is a bug #bazzite found in local layering, we shipped a patched version and were able to give the team the feedback they needed to ship the fix faster.

There's plenty to be skeptical for, but also you can control your own fate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-GMTq2T7s&t=4739s

It's fashionable for people to flame the companies that do open source and #linux work under the guise of "they control everything."

Here's how we got millions of dollars of engineering for free by just working with Red Hat via open source projects. In this case, bootc in the CNCF.

The example in this video is a bug #bazzite found in local layering, we shipped a patched version and were able to give the team the feedback they needed to ship the fix faster.

There's plenty to be skeptical for, but also you can control your own fate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-GMTq2T7s&t=4739s

Damn #Bazzite allows transphobes to just be around? https://bsky.app/profile/xeniameraki.bsky.social/post/3m7nejl4qxs22

#Linux

Thoroughly enjoying the #bazzite comments on reddit from #linux users who can't possibly believe that normal users prefer to use computers without mangling packages.

(Pro tip, experts hate that shit too)

People who run bootc images such as #bluefin, #bazzite or other #universalBlue spins

Did you install #syncthing via homebrew? Does it work reliably? If not, how did you install it?

Bazzite: The next generation of Linux gaming

https://bazzite.gg/

#HackerNews #LinuxGaming #Bazzite #NextGenGaming #GamingCommunity #OpenSource

In a few days the parts for my new computer will arrive. I've been running #linux ( #debian and #ubuntu) on my servers and laptops for 20 years, but this'll be the first time I've had it on my primary desktop.

My main concern is game compatibility. I have a Steam Deck, and most stuff runs just fine, but I'm a bit leery of going for one of the fashionable "gamer" distros ( #bazzite et al). I'm thinking of starting with Mint and testing the waters.

Any advice?

@pallenberg
Ich werde auf meinem neuen Gaming-Rechner mal #Bazzite ausprobieren.

@pallenberg

Ein normales #Fedora, statt #Bazzite (stammt von Fedora ab)funktioniert auch ganz gut.

@pallenberg

ich selber nutze pures Arch dafür. Ich mag den inmutable Ansatz von Bazzite nicht, weil das viel Platz braucht. Cachy bringt kaum Performance. D.h. bei den Alternativen wäre es SteamOS

#Fediverse #Linux #Bazzite #CachyOS #SteamOS #Windows

@pallenberg
Eigentlich gehen meiner Meinung nach alle aktuellen Linuxe (also keine LTS) für gaming.
Ich würde sogar rolling release Distros empfehlen, da fort die aktuellen Fortschritte am schnellsten kommen.
Allerdings könnte es bei den NVIDIA CS treibern ab und zu Probleme geben. Welche dann da die besseren sind wird jedes mal anders sein.
Tipp: installiere deine bevorzugten einfach auf nen schnellen USB stick und teste sie ne Woche.

#Fediverse #Linux #Bazzite #CachyOS #SteamOS #Windows

@pallenberg würde #Bazzite empfehlen, ist am einfachsten zu warten und steamos Recht ähnlich
Steamos braucht meines Wissens AMD Hardware

Moin #Fediverse und kleine Frage an die #Linux Community - Stichwort Gaming unterm Penguin.... #Bazzite oder #CachyOS oder vielleicht sogar #SteamOS ?

Ich haue #Windows nun von meinem Gamingrechner runter. Schon recht betagter Intel 10900K aber mit ner 4070TI.

Was wuerdet ihr nehmen und warum?

This will be interesting.

https://youtu.be/ovOx4_8ajZ8

#bazzite #linux

@scottjenson
I don't think these are issues on #bazzite

what are the chances that I can get Rocksmith 2014 to work in Bazzite? Rocksmith launches fine but can't see the USB guitar dongle, and Bazzite can see the dongle just fine and it shows up as an audio input. I also tried Guitarix and while it functioned, there was a noticeable and frustrating delay between playing and hearing.

I found these instructions but bazzite works different than fedora:
https://github.com/theNizo/linux_rocksmith

#bazzite #rocksmith #rocksmith2014 #linuxgaming