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Interesting take of a average newbie user's take on Linux and gaming.

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[–] Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Wouldn't be an issue if:

They READ THE DOCS.

Bazzite on single drive.

UEFI settings to boot as priority.

If you want to use windows, leave it on it's own drive and stop letting it fuck your boot loader lololol OK.

To futhur wonder... Are you telling me the channel cannot afford a fancy new Samsung NVME 5.0 drive to install just Bazzite on for benchmarking/funsies???

[–] threeonefour@piefed.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are you telling me the channel cannot afford a fancy new Samsung NVME 5.0 drive to install just Bazzite on for benchmarking/funsies???

That part confuses me too. Does this tech YouTuber only have one computer? He couldn't do a clean install on computer for testing purposes? Isn't that what these channels normally do?

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I think their logic is for side by side comparison with the same hardware since no GPU and CPU are the same. Having the same hardware gives you the best comparison but yeah two separate drives would be a must. But they are new and don't realise yet how much of a dick Microsoft is yet like we have.

Depending on the MB setup, a SSD swap may be in order if the bus is shared on the other slots.

Either way, I think he's a very typical new Linux user from Windows and as such has valid points about usability, pitfalls, and level of effort required for a switch over and is interesting at least to me.

[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 1 points 1 day ago

$20 for an ok NVME.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 0 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I have two separate EFI boot partitions (one for windows, one for Bazzite) on a single drive. So I still don't think this is an excuse.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wouldn’t be an issue if: They READ THE DOCS.

It seems like Bazzite should handle this during install? They say to create a separate EFI partition if dual booting on the same disk, but does the installer even recommend that? Or just let someone blindly choose the wrong setup?

[–] Deathgl0be@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Didn’t he just put out a video that said it was good and got over a million views ? lol what changed targeted audience ?

[–] kennedy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

To be fair if this was windows messing with the EFI bootloader, I don't think the Bazzite installer notifies you to make a new EFI partition to stop that from happening (at least I can't remember it doing so last I used it), so how is a new user expected to know it can be a problem?

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Their guide specifically mentions making a separate EFI boot partition for your Linux install.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

But not the actual installer where you pick where to install the bootloader?

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure they should be assuming that you're going to install Bazzite with a windows partition still in place at all. So it's less confusing and more streamlined (and I suppose novice friendly) to not include that. It's more complicated to do the partitioning process (which their installer also doesn't do and does provide a means for — gparted isn't included in their installer for instance) so you're relying on windows or other tools to even partition the drive in the first place.

Their tool is setup the way it is to make installing only Bazzite, and I'm not sure that adding extra options to it is going to make it more usable and understandable for someone who's just starting out in Linux but can if the added utility is there.

The tool doesn't give you options to really amend your install after the fact, add or remove features etc. But should it?

Edit: For ~~charities~~ clarity's sake I'm going to point out that if you make a partition for it EFI boot you can use their tool to set that up but it involves going into advanced features and you still have to create those partitions (Linux partition separate from windows and EFI boot separate from windows EFI boot etc) in order to do so. If you do select advanced options you will get more information but it's been awhile since I did this and I don't remember specifics. I'll check the guide probably sometime today and try to report back.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah that's fair, it would be nice if it at least showed you a warning that "windows might break things" if it detects a windows install and you're choosing the dual boot option. That way someone has a better idea of what to do when it does break.

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Ye as, but unless you're booting up a brand new SSD or a wiped one, it's likely that you'll have a windows install.

[–] D06M4@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 day ago

Just by the title I perceive incompetence, so I wouldn't trust anything else coming from that channel.