Yes, Bazzite was my first. Immutability sounds great in theory but it wouldn’t let me change my login screen background and wouldn’t explain why. I bricked my drive permissions trying to get access and had to reformat.
That got me looking for alternatives and I learned about immutability and found Garuda, which let me do whatever I wanted, was also gaming focused, and has great helper applications.
How about insurance company employees who would be out of a job with universal health care?
What about all of the manual weavers put out of work by the power loom?
This happens with advancement. Grow up. “Someone might lose a job” is a terrible reason to perpetuate a murderous system.
I’ve used both Bazzite and Garuda. Both have an Nvidia install, both are gamer focused, and both have been easy.
Bazzite was immutable, which I ended up not liking.
Seconding strawberry 🍓
I switched when they announced Windows was going to start watching everything you do. So it can help you better… of course.
I started with Bazzite and didn’t really understand immutability. I had just heard it was good for gaming. I bricked my installation trying to get write access to the folder where login screen images are stored because that part happens to be immutable.
I switched to Garuda because it is also gamer focused and the system folders aren’t on lockdown. Both were super easy and have worked great.
I’m still learning what it means to be on Arch, but that’s an interesting journey, so I don’t mind.
I tried Bazzite first and switched to Garuda after. Both were easy and good for gaming.
Garuda is a gaming focused Arch distro. Super easy and works great. It’s what I switched to after Bazzite.
I use the xfce version and it’s pretty bare bones. Other than a background image I replaced, it didn’t have any annoying UI stuff in it. It still runs all the gaming stuff just fine out of the box.
If anyone likes Bazzite but doesn’t want the immutability, Garuda is also gamer focused and easy.
Needs are always based on objectives. Need to stay alive? Food, shelter, basic hygiene. Need to stay sane? Stimulation, interaction, meaning. Need to be happy? Free time, achievement.
The important thing is they are always conditional. You don’t even need to stay alive, unless you have an objective that requires it. You don’t need to go to the movies, unless your objective is to unwind. And so on.
Most often our wants and desires are what creates need as a requirement to achieve them.
Microsoft said they were going to start tracking everything I do, to, you know, help me or something.
Fuck that.
Haven’t tried Cachy, but can vouch for Garuda being stable and easy.
This is what made the difference for me.
Garuda has been great for gaming, super easy and stable. I landed there after Bazzite and it has been great.
Think of how much you grew up between 11 and 14. It’s even more pronounced between 14 and 17.
This is not a good idea, whether it feels good or not.
Besides, in a year if you kiss, she’s a pedo. If it will suddenly not be ok then, it’s probably not ok now.
I use Garuda, which is Arch based. Pretty much every time I’ve had a problem it’s been solved by update, restart.
If you want to try and build a raw Arch system from scratch, maybe it’s still complicated, I don’t know, but there are easy Arch options these days.
Super helpful info, thanks!
That makes total sense. I haven’t dipped my toes into AUR, so I’m not surprised I missed it.
My first distro was Bazzite, and I switched to Garuda to get away from immutability.
Maybe it’s silly, but it pissed me off to not be able to change my login screen background.
I have never had problems with Nvidia drivers with these distros, and Arch on Garuda has been easy. Honestly, I don’t know what all the fuss is about over these. Maybe I just got lucky with my choices.
Also I use xfce, it just looked straightforward. It has some quirks regarding the application bar, but had otherwise been pretty straightforward.