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I just installed bazzite on a spare drive this week, trying to get off win11.
So far generally pretty impressed but hardware support is eh for some lesser known devices. For example my headset (Lucidsound LS50) detects the dongle but can't find drivers for the dedicated wireless channel and Bluetooth is patchy at best.
It's friction points like that that make migration from a lifetime of windows challenging.
Hopefully I'll figure out a solution that doesn't involve replacing the headset!
@Mossheart @cm0002
If the pain is not enough to replace a headphone with a new one , you most likely aren't ready to change for linux right now. There will be more you need to learn, more which feels different and more which won't work first try or even requiere you to rethink or replace things.
Man if only Linux was open source and manufacturers could easily create drivers for it at any time...
Sure but being able to and having a manufacturer actually do it are very different!
Not sure. Usually having BlueZ(Linux bluetooth audio stack) and glue in audio server or bluez-alsa should be enough.
If you want a non immutable distro, I switched to Garuda after Bazzite and it has been great for gaming.
I'm new to Linux, sorry if this a dumb question butwhy would I want a non immutable distro? How would it help solve the hardware issue I described?
Non immutable just means that your system isn't locked down to make sure you don't accidentally break something. Some people have a strong preference for it one way or another.
As to why it might help, every distro comes with a custom mix of software and tweaks. Bazzite is fedora based while Garuda is Arch based. Some things may work better or worse with less tweaking.
So if you are frustrated enough to consider something else and aren't committed to an immutable distro, it might be worth experimenting with.
Well, at least you got that far. Imagine if you tried migrating to MacOS.