r/Bazzite

So I recently got a steal and bought a used PC from my friend for $600:

Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700F (2.10 GHz)

Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.8 GB usable)

Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti (12 GB)

Storage 2 TB NVME SSD

I've tried to turn it into a "Steam Machine" for my Living Room TV:

My TV is a 85 inch Samsung CU7000 (4k LED TV 60 HZ)

-The install was fairly flawless
-When I tested games out like NBA 2k26, I average 60 HZ. When I launch a game the FPS drops to <10. The game freezes, but I can still hear the audio. My PC is still working, as I can ALT+Tab out of things.

I used AI for a few fixes like: ujust update. Any suggestions?

Hi everyone!

I've been using Windows for over 25 years, but recently I've been trying Linux Mint on my laptop, and I'm really enjoying it.

Now I'm thinking about switching my desktop PC to Bazzite. I mainly use it for game development in Unity and Godot, so compatibility isn't really a concern since both work well on Linux.

What I'm most curious about is gaming performance. My PC has an Intel CPU and an NVIDIA GPU, and I've heard that this isn't always the best combination on Linux. I've searched around and found a lot of conflicting information, some people say it works great, others say it has issues, so I figured it would be better to ask people who actually use Bazzite.

Do you think Bazzite would work well with my PC? Should I expect any noticeable performance loss in games?

Someone even told me I could lose around 30% of my GPU performance, which sounds pretty extreme. Is there any truth to that?

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I’ve noticed recently that if I set my computer to sleep, and wake it up after a while, there will be extremely noticeable audio crackling regardless of what the content is. It goes away if I restart the computer, and it never happens when I boot it up from it being fully powered off. Has anyone else experienced this? I’m on the latest deck image.

I'm trying to install Bazzite. Should I turn secure boot on (it's off when I got in the bios I genuinely dunno why) or keep it off? And also should I put fast boot to throughout (Dell laptop)

(Update) I got into Bazzite, it's working fully! No need to give tips anymore.

Hi, fellow Bazzite enjoyers!

I have some issues on SteamOS that really bother me, and I suppose it is exclusive to SteamOS now since that doesn't happen for me on CachyOS Handheld Edition, but I really adore how Steam gamescope session works, how smooth and low latency games are under gamescope.

Is that the same on Bazzite? My PC is 9060 XT and 7800X3D.

I used my old pc ( i5 6500, 1030 2gb, 8gb ram) to try out bazzite but even older games like Skyrim, life is strange, batman aa, persona 5 that I remember playing on this pc are extremely laggy <10 fps on low and low resolution.

Using the i5's igpu things are playable on low even though it is theoretically worse than the 1030. Everything else apart from gaming works fine.

Is it a driver thing or am I doing something wrong?

TY

I am days away from taking the jump to Bazzite. I just have to make backup copies of some files.

I have previous experience from Manjaro so I have no problems playing around with the terminal but I do not have the time for tinkering anymore which is why I am considering Bazzite instead of Cachy for instance.

I am, however, not sure about if I can get Path of Exile 2 to run alongside external tools like Exile Exchange 2. I have seen reports about Exile Exchange not work with its overlay.

Can anyone here, with an Nvidia card, report if they've gotten PoE2 with overlay tools to work properly in desktop mode on Bazzite?

They seem to be quite the same, what's the difference other than the fact that it works with nvidia gpus?

For the internet I use a wired connection and the connection name and mac address keeps changing, I end up with a different connection name and different mac address, I did not switch Ethernet ports.

When I turn on my computer I have to connect the Ethernet to get internet working, cause when the connection name and mac address changes it disables my internet, and I have to reconnect it again, is there way to fix this issue?

Bazaar was working fine on my laptop. Today, after I booted in, I'm unable to use it. When I try to open, I can see that the cursor is loading and then, nothing. No window pops up, no error, nothing. Not sure what's wrong and would appreciate any help I can get to fix this.

Output from ujust get-logs -

System Information: https://paste.centos.org/view/6be76fd1
 
Logs This Boot: https://paste.centos.org/view/75496b2f
 
Logs Last Boot: https://paste.centos.org/view/69cc7472

https://preview.redd.it/ium1cuf0vibh1.png?width=345&format=png&auto=webp&s=4918ec50f8396c67f14710b5f6749aa404f6f69a

For context, I use an exFAT external drive for storing data between my Mac and PC, the latter of which runs both Windows and Linux depending on my needs. exFAT is a universal filesystem that all OSes are supposed to be able to read fine, yet Bazzite seems to really dislike it...

How do I stop this notification popping up, or at least stop it from being persistent until manually closed, every time I mount the drive?

I am new to linux, so I might just be missing something but I just can't get HDR to work for me over HDMI 2.1 on bazzite.

I am trying to create a living room gaming set up whereby a 9070xt (Ryzen 7 7700x) is connected via a hdmi 2.1 cable to my LG TV (which runs 4k/120 HDR on windows). The general idea was to experience gaming on linux while also using this second system to learn more broadly how to use linux on a daily basis. With the goal of eventually migrating my main pc to linux.

I understand from reading other posts on here and looking around the web that hdmi 2.1 might not fully compatible with bazzite.

I have tried solutions like custom steam launch options, such as "gamescope --hdr-enabled" but I just haven't been able to get HDR to work in any games yet. And the desktop environment is completely washed out when HDR is switched on at 4k/120. Steam big picture vs regular does not seem to make a difference either.

What I have noticed is that I can reduce the resolution in bazzite system settings to 1440p and HDR works better and is registered as an option in some games. My conclusion being that the hdmi bandwidth is limited for some reason on bazzite? (4k/60hz is also fine). I have no doubt that the full colour gamut is not being utilised in either of these workarounds.

As well as my newness to linux another reason I am questioning whether I am just missing something is that in the recent media coverage about bazzite (linux in general) being a good option for couch gaming, lack of HDR support on Tv's has not been mentioned.

Anyway, my questions would be, if anyone is able to help me out:

Is there a solution to getting HDR to work at 4k/120 over hdmi 2.1 on bazzite?

Is there another distro I can try or is this a linux wide issue?

(PS, I have seen the DP to HDMI adaptor solution but I would rather just get my system working)

And thanks in advance to anyone giving up time to help me out here.