I am very interested in what you are saying. I’ve been trying Bazzite for a while now and I ran into some quirks I couldn’t resolve - tiny stuff, that’s mainly a small inconvenience like not being able to put icons on the desktop with Steam due to it being Flatpak and Valve not having enabled that specific option) -
BUT -
I’ve also tried Nobara then was kinda put off by people saying something along the lines, that GE disabled some security features for better performance (and since it was a distro for personal use at first) and I tried to search for the details, but came up empty. Could you say a bit more about this or where I could find more info, please? Cause I’m using my distro as daily driver and not only for gaming, so it got me worried a little.
Oh yes, that’s entirely my own fault. I first installed Aurora, then Steam as Flapak and later rebased to Bazzite. It was all just for trying stuff out, on my main machine, the install will be clean.
Oh I think I’ve found my answer, it was about SELinux being disabled. Now it says on their official website:
"SELinux:
– We have replaced SELinux with AppArmor (AppArmor is used in Ubuntu and OpenSUSE) as we find it to be more user-friendly, less intrusive, and easier to write policies for. You will still see some SELinux packages as they are required to keep Fedora compatibility and not break package dependencies."
Yup. That’s basically it. AppArmor isn’t a slouch either, but SELinux works well and is well-tested on Fedora. It’s a pity. I do think that SELinux > AppArmor, so if security is a serious concern of yours, then it’s worth considering Bazzite over Nobara. If, however, security is a top priority of yours, you might even consider secureblue. It’s not great for gaming though 😅. At some point, hardening clashes with performance gains…
I am very interested in what you are saying. I’ve been trying Bazzite for a while now and I ran into some quirks I couldn’t resolve - tiny stuff, that’s mainly a small inconvenience like not being able to put icons on the desktop with Steam due to it being Flatpak and Valve not having enabled that specific option) -
BUT -
I’ve also tried Nobara then was kinda put off by people saying something along the lines, that GE disabled some security features for better performance (and since it was a distro for personal use at first) and I tried to search for the details, but came up empty. Could you say a bit more about this or where I could find more info, please? Cause I’m using my distro as daily driver and not only for gaming, so it got me worried a little.
Interesting. Bazzite has (for some time now) been shipping the native Steam package; so not the Flatpak one.
Oh yes, that’s entirely my own fault. I first installed Aurora, then Steam as Flapak and later rebased to Bazzite. It was all just for trying stuff out, on my main machine, the install will be clean.
Thanks for clarifying!
I’m totally new to Atomic Desktops. How rebasing differs from installing fresh OS?
And what exactly is rebasing though?
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Thank You.
I can’t understand this though. So, Bazzite is built on top of Fedora SIlverblue/Kionite?
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Thank you for explaining.
Oh I think I’ve found my answer, it was about SELinux being disabled. Now it says on their official website: "SELinux:
– We have replaced SELinux with AppArmor (AppArmor is used in Ubuntu and OpenSUSE) as we find it to be more user-friendly, less intrusive, and easier to write policies for. You will still see some SELinux packages as they are required to keep Fedora compatibility and not break package dependencies."
Yup. That’s basically it. AppArmor isn’t a slouch either, but SELinux works well and is well-tested on Fedora. It’s a pity. I do think that SELinux > AppArmor, so if security is a serious concern of yours, then it’s worth considering Bazzite over Nobara. If, however, security is a top priority of yours, you might even consider secureblue. It’s not great for gaming though 😅. At some point, hardening clashes with performance gains…
Thank you, that’s very helpful. I will have to think about it - it comes down to a question of convenience vs. “best” security possible.
It has been my pleasure!
I’ve solved this for myself by dedicating two different devices; one that’s optimized for security, while the other is only used for gaming.