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by Bender 129 days ago
I've been testing Bazzite and noticed a couple of things that raised an eyebrow for me. Sexual preferences in Bazaar options tool to update flatpaks seems out of place and even if not the limited subset of flags is odd. To me personally that is risking potential drama in the OS/apps.

There is also a suspiciously long delay in closing the shell terminal which feels like it is storing or sending something but I have yet to debug it. This does not occur on any other of the many Linux distributions I have tested.

It is a snappy and decent distro otherwise. Good thing they are removing drama, something that almost nuked Mint not long after its inception.

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> Sexual preferences in Bazaar options tool to update flatpaks seems out of place and even if not the limited subset of flags is odd.

I've been using Bazzite for almost a year and I have no idea what this is referring to

Click Bazaar in menu bar -> Click hamburger button -> Scroll Down
Can you provide a screenshot or explain what it is for those of us who don't have a Bazzite install to check with?
Maybe some day I will make a video. A video would be required to get all the sexual preferences via mouse-over.
At this point it sounds like you're being intentionally vague. Why not just describe what you're talking about
I can't replicate whatever they're talking about, and they also won't describe it in any further detail, so I think it's safe to assume it's nonsense.
I thought I provided detailed steps. Either way my solution was to whack that machine and install CachyOS since I am very comfortable with Arch. Bazzite can be someone elses problem if they care enough. The odd delay on terminal exit and random boot up and shut down times are the only real potential problems whereas the sexual preference is just a red flag to me personally as it suggests there will be other surprises or potential shenanigans in the OS pushing some agenda which as far as I am concerned my tools do not need these things. Some people may love it.
Still don't see what you're talking about
When is the last time you ran

    sudo ujust upgrade
or at least

    sudo bootc upgrade
and then rebooted? I am on Bazzite 43, default desktop installation. If we are not seeing the same thing that is almost as concerning as the terminal shell exit delay.