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I need some help here from the experts.

Some background below, but here's the question:

Can I run KDE and Gnome on bazzite? How can I install and manage multiple images? I feel silly asking this, but I'm just not finding the correct documentation.

Background:

I have been running KDE desktop Bazzite on my PC for a while now, and I'm loving the robust and easy system (not to mention the ease of gaming). But I have found that one program just doesn't work correctly, and I had a game (Stellaris) freeze my system several times.

I ended up installing EndeavorOS on an older PC to experiment, and found out that the program in question (openAndroidInstaller) requires a Gnome portal to access my hardware. (Long live the Terminal!) Now I suspect that perhaps the game freeze wouldn't happen with Gnome either. So I want to have both on bazzite, but can't figure it out.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I am running Bazzite and Stellaris. I have no issues with stability or opening the game. Have you checked your hardware fundamentals and done things like disable steam overlay?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Update: I turned off steam overlay, and set the in-game video setting from borderless full screen to just full screen, and that did it!

So much frustration, and such an easy fix. Ugh. But at least it's working now. Thanks again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the update! Glad to hear it's fixed; also thank you (on behalf of the community) for sharing the fix. If I may, I think this would be a classic example of the XY problem. Anyhow, wish ya a great day!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I haven't seen any hardware issues, but perhaps I'm just ignorant. I'm pretty busy with work and family generally, so I seldom dig into troubleshooting recently. I'm not even sure I'd know how to start with hardware diagnostics on an atomic distro (but that should be easy enough to find in the documentation).

I'll try turning off steam overlay, thanks for the tip!