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It's been a while since I checked out fedora atomic (and I didn't quite understand it then) is bazzite just a container for Linux games? Is that why it's called cross platform?
I wonder how well it performs on more limited hardware. I'd imagine it would be more performant to compile programs from source on hardware with less headroom.
It could be a compromise between performance and ease of use. But if someone is using fedora atomic wouldn't they need a decent amount of knowledge already?
I think it's still exciting and I hope it works well.
You don’t need any amount of knowledge over a basic understanding of how Linux works. The system is almost zero maintenance, with only Flatpaks needing you to manually click the update button. The OS comes with everything you need to play games preinstalled, and you can be up and running in about 15 minutes. It also has NVIDIA drivers preinstalled, if you have a GPU by them, and there is a Steam Deck version if you have that, which includes the game mode from the stock distro.
Well that really wouldn't be utilizing containers correctly in that case. As really every noob friendly distro is about as capable. Like Manjaro comes pre-installed with steam and one can enable the Nvidia drivers by clicking the correct option in the settings to auto-detect the hardware and install any proprietary drivers.
I think the real benefit of this judging by the GitHub page is that you could never update the apps directly and instead just update the container image for every device you own so that they all work the same way. Which is a great concept but is not very noob friendly. Unless the method for pulling new containers is automated somehow.
It still seems like a similar disadvantages to using flat packs on hardware with less headroom but I could be wrong.
I only have only gaming PC, and the other devices in my house all serve discreet functions but they can still stream the games from my gaming PC. So I wouldn't want them to share the same os image. Ultimately this doesn't seem for me but I do like the implications.
As I said, the system is almost zero maintenance. You still need to click the update button in the Discover store to update Flatpaks, but system updates are handled automatically without interaction from the user.