[juancn]

It's not the "can't" necessarily, it's about friction, I could get it working on linux, but then I'd probably be just fiddling with settings way longer than I do today.

Current Windows gaming experience is almost like a console, just play and forget, (if you just use your machine for that).

Another potential issue is that I have games in all the major launchers (and a GamePass subscription), and the only one that works reasonably well on Linux is Steam.

[gcr]

I installed Bazzite just last month, it's set-and-forget. Zero hardware / driver issues, everything autoconfigured.

Didn't even need to download steam.

Absolutely shocked me how smooth the out-of-box experience was compared to even Windows 10.

To my further surprise, I found my game library's compatibility on Bazzite was stronger than Windows 10 somehow. (Some old games like Moonbase Commander don't launch on Windows 10)

[bikelang]

Agreed - Bazzite is the kind of set-and-forget level of quality I expect for a gaming appliance. I haven’t needed to twiddle with a single setting to get any games I’ve been playing (Stalker 2, Kingdom Come 2, Doom The Dark Ages, Arc Raiders, Helldivers, etc).

[bikelang]

FWIW - GOG and Epic games play just fine via the Heroic app on Bazzite. I’ve only played a few games from those platforms so far - but it’s been as seamless as playing games off steam in my experience.