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by PaulKeeble 41 days ago
Ubuntu has fallen out of favour with quite a lot of Linux recommender sites and reviewers and its mainly about flatpak and Gnome, but also gaming support by default. Other Linux distributions do things better now for the influx of gamers to Linux and with SteamOS being on Arch a lot of Arch deriatives are becoming increasingly popular. I don't think its Fedora picking up users, its Cachyos and Bazzite.
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hollerith 36 days ago
>I don't think its Fedora picking up users, its Cachyos and Bazzite.

OK, but Bazzite is derived from Fedora (by way of the Fedora Atomic Desktops project and the Universal Blue project).

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esperent 41 days ago
What are the specific issues with gaming that you're claiming Ubuntu has?

I've been using Ubuntu for a few months, and I have complaints - lots of them. But gaming isn't one. I just installed the apps I needed and they worked.

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ChocolateGod 41 days ago
Linux distributions shouldn't ship with Steam installed and imho bundling it makes a bad precedent.

Steam should be easy to install (whether from a store like Flathub) instead.

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chocochunks 41 days ago
Why? With Bazzite and similar that's kind of the whole point of them existing. Just installing Steam from Flathub or the repo is not going to get the same level of integration (gaming mode, etc.). Bazzite works really well on my PC handheld and I don't think a generic distro with Steam added after the fact would be the same. Id you want a distro without Steam bundled there are lots of those.
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ChocolateGod 41 days ago
> Why? With Bazzite and similar that's kind of the whole point of them existing. Just installing Steam from Flathub or the repo is not going to get the same level of integration

This shows a weakness than in the Linux desktop ecosystem that something has to be bundled to correctly integrate with the system.

It's no different to Chinese OEMs bundling additional stores with their phones.

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chocochunks 41 days ago
Microsoft had to bundle an Xbox gaming mode to compete. It's not a normal app.
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lccerina 41 days ago
It's a quid pro quo from Valve. They are investing profusely in Linux ecosystems, and the distro-devs are following that. Meanwhile Epic Games still lacks a first-party app on linux, and users need to pass from Lutris, Heroic etc...
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slau 41 days ago
Isn’t Bazzite based on Fedora?
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