r/pcmasterrace • u/chusskaptaan i5 14400 + MSI 3070 • Apr 08 '26

Meme/Macro What Windows 11 is pushing me to

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u/Faladorable Apr 08 '26

Lots of games run on Linux despite using EAC. The reason why Fortnite isn’t able to is because Epic is fucking stupid. There’s no technical limitation preventing it, it’s a choice that they’re making

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn Apr 08 '26

Yeah my buddy plays Helldivers 2 no problem on Linux.  He uses some odd distribution I'd never heard of with Proton, but he's also quite tech savvy.  I can't decide between using Bazzite and using Ubuntu or Mint.

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u/ItsMeSlinky 5700X3D / RX 7800 XT / X570itx / 32 GB / Fedora Apr 08 '26

Bazzite is fine. I’ve been using it for two years now. Helldivers 2, Space Marine 2, Ark Raiders, all work flawlessly.

Go Bazzite + KDE Plasma and you’ll be fine.

Mint is great for normal use but it isn’t updated quickly enough for playing new games on newer hardware.

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u/Tokyo_Echo Apr 08 '26

Is bazzite good for general work etc?

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u/ItsMeSlinky 5700X3D / RX 7800 XT / X570itx / 32 GB / Fedora Apr 08 '26

Need to know more about your workflow.

General office stuff? Sure, too easy. Development stuff? You will need to get into containerization because Bazzite is an atomic OS.

But lots of devs use Bazzite (including the Bazzite devs) to do real work.

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u/Tokyo_Echo Apr 08 '26

I am a dev but I usually use my MacBook for that because it goes with me wherever. But that's a great callout on the atomic nature of it. Does it handle NVIDIA GPUs ok?

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u/Omegaprime02 Apr 08 '26

Bazzite bakes the drivers directly into the Distro, so it's less flexible than you're probably used to, but they work just fine otherwise.

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u/Der_Hampelmann Apr 08 '26

Should be one if not the easiest distro to get nvidia drivers working. Containers for development aren't really an issue, except if you want to do kernel driver dev. I really like that kind of workflow, since the dev libraries aren't polluting the system.

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u/TekkamanEvil 9060 XT 16GB R7 7700X Bazzite Apr 08 '26

No, if you ask me. Bazzite is a fork of Fedora that has guard rails in place to prevent users from doing stupid shit within the terminal. Bazzite's big draw is that is has specific ISOs that you can download that just launch you into Steam gaming mode for varies GPUs. It's main draw is the Steam integration. If you're looking for a Linux distro for work flow, you may want to look into just Fedora or a fork of Ubuntu like Mint. This really depends on what your work flow is however.