25
SteamOS or Nobara? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by SeekPie@lemmy.world to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

Just got the Steam Deck and have everything set up, but I found out that Nobara has a Steam Deck version of their distro. My question is: is it worth switching to Nobara SteamDeck Version or stay on SteamOS? Are there any other big differences other than Arch vs Fedora? Also, does it use KDE?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 19 points 8 months ago

I would stick with SteamOS personally. If you do want an alternative, check out Bazzite. It aims to be a closer alternative to SteamOS.

[-] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Not for a deck but an upcoming laptop I'm currently debating between nobara and bazzite, I keep thinking I've made up my mind and have settled on one but then change it again, is there somewhere I could find a good comparison/any glaring downsides I'm missing?

[-] WilfordGrimley@linux.community 7 points 8 months ago

Nobara=mad respect to Glorious Eggroll

Bazzite is fucking cool because it uses the OCI framework. It is designed to be immutable and be run rootless(like SteamOS) so your base system just can't break. Everything is sandboxed against everything else by default. Using Fleek/Nix you can even run software from the cloud.

https://github.com/castrojo/awesome-immutable This is an excellent resource on immutable OSes.

Cheeky PS: You can overlay an OCI image of Nobara's enhancements onto Bazzite with something like this https://github.com/VinnyVynce/silvernobara

[-] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Saving this for that last link alone, thank you

[-] quarterlife 2 points 8 months ago

The testing build of Bazzite should have everything in your bottom link and more ;)

load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (4 replies)
this post was submitted on 04 Jan 2024
25 points (85.7% liked)

Steam Deck

14467 readers
833 users here now

A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

As Lemmy doesn't have flairs yet, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg:
[Flair] My post title

The following is a list of suggested flairs:
[Discussion] - General discussion.
[Help] - A request for help or support.
[News] - News about the deck.
[PSA] - Sharing important information.
[Game] - News / info about a game on the deck.
[Update] - An update to a previous post.
[Meta] - Discussion about this community.

Some more Steam Deck specific flairs:
[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.

These are not enforced, but they are encouraged.

Rules:

Link to our Matrix Space

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS