Turn Your Handheld Gaming PC Into A Steam Deck With Bazzite Linux! Installation Guide
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- Bazzite is a custom Linux image That Turns your handheld gaming device into a Steam Deck!
In this video I show you how to install Bazzite on your handheld gaming PC like the Legion Go, ROG ALLY, GPD4 and many more.
With TDP Control access to a desktop interface and Gamepad Ui on your handheld Bazzite has turned out to be an Awesome OS for my Handheld.
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This has turned out to be an awesome OS for the Legion Go and The ROG Ally. Very Impressed with the performance and Stability
Will this work with gamestores outside of steam like EGS, GOG etc?
@@thelordofgamingyt absolutely not
I Want a handheld so bad now
Bro pls make a video of winlator on odin 2 mini . It runs gta 5 on mobox and and metal gear solid ps3 . And pls add amazing Spider man 2 pc version in video as well
@@thelordofgamingytYes you can using different methods (using alternative launchers or directly using proton) but not all games are compatible.
Lead Bazzite dev here, thanks for the great video! If you ever want to chat with us just reach out, we'd be happy to answer any questions you have.
PS: I've added your video to our website.
Will you guys make the Zotac Zone work with Bazzite?
What are your expectations for NVK to be working on bazzite?
AMD user here but thinking on recommend Linux to some friends.
NVK is there today, but we are going to likely wait about a year to recommend it. It's nowhere near as performant as the proprietary driver at this time, which we do ship.@@mercuriete
@@jimbobcheezeburger2020we will need a community member with that hardware to know for sure, but it's possible
@@mercuriete NVK should work as well as it does anywhere else. That is to say, it's also not ready here but should work once it's in a working state in other distros. You can actually already switch to it in Bazzite.
What a time to be alive, Installing Linux to Play Windows Games with a better performance on handheld
@ETAPRIME one of the bazzite maintainers here. if you double/tripple press the QAM button you will open the handheld daemon overlay on non deck hardware, in there you can actually modify what controller the non deck handheld emulates (next release from the dev will also add support for xbox elite controller emulation, perfect for those that want paddles and correct glyphs, but no gyro)
It also has the ability to handle tdp but not on a per game basis (next version will integrate this tdp control into the QAM menu, no decky plugin needed)
Is there an option to bind the lower left buttons (aka Start + Select) to Steam and Three Dot buttons? And remap the top butons as Start and Select?
@@el_james1254 yes, HHD provides this functionality (sorry for late reply, im on vacation and have not seen this before now)
@@HikariKnight don't worry. Thanks. It was all that I needed to convince myself that I need a LGO and Bazzite.
@@el_james1254 i actually have a LGO running bazzite, very happy with it
@@HikariKnight hey man curious is it possible to get bazzite working on msi claw a1 yet. Just this is exactly how I’d like my device to be but iv been reading it’s not possible for the claw. Thanks
The person screaming in the background and slamming the door at 3:30 scared the crap out of me. Thought my neighbor was fighting and ran outside. Damn high fidelity headphones!
I think it was a chicken but it scared me too LOL my dog has seizures and I thought he was having on x_x
Nah i think it was a person im pretty sure @Lucaboox
@@MrExodusprime loool
I heard it and instantly grabbed my gat to check the front door. Sounded like it came from in my house, so weird. High fidelity headphones are too good sometimes lol
Dude, I had that feeling one time and my family almost called the cops, until we realized my brother was playing Arkham asylum using the surround sound 😅😅
I run bazzite-desktop on my main desktop, and im a long time linux user. I love it. Valve really needs to give us an official SteamOS release
Was looking for a comment like this. Seems like bazzite would have some serious competition if valve did an official OS release.
Think it would be possible to wake from a controller? Would love to use something like this as a TV box.
@@zuko9085 Imo, even if Valve releases SteamOS for every device, Bazzite will most likely be "better" because they took everything SteamOS has (it's open source) and they ship stuff, that Valve can't or won't.
But still, I'd love SteamOS for PC.
@@zuko9085 It needs to be an option in the bios iirc, the oled steam deck has it and lets you wake from bluetooth controllers.
I put Nobara on my HTPC. It's less stable than standard Linux distros, but it works well with games out of the box.
Steam OS literally just Arch + KDE with sprinkle valve gamescope session.
You better pick bazzite though, chances valve release their os very small.
I'm using Bazzite on my Legion Go, and it's the best experience you can have. Even the gyroscope works perfectly fine, which is a different story with Windows, even when using the Handheld Companion.
I've had no issues using my gyroscopics in my Ally with Windows
@fillerbunnyninjashark271 because the asus improved on it a lot. It's a completely different experience, and I wish one day lenovo will get there as well.
Wow
@GHOSTSTARSCREAM I haven't tried other versions that can deliver the SteamOS feel, but from what I've heard in the community, this is the most polished version. If you want to try the experience, go for it, but dual boot so you can always use Windows for titles where you won't be restricted by the anticheat or you can play with lossless scaling and extensions. Plus bios updates.
@GHOSTSTARSCREAM Well, I'm talking about use cases with the Legion GO or Asus ROG Ally, which are Windows-based handhelds.
Hey ETA! I installed Bazzite on my Go yesterday using your guide and just wanted to say thank you for making the video so straight forward and detailed. It’s honestly a game changer! Performance is so much better now 😊
@@SageNoodleVT is it really better? I want to do this because sparking zero sucks on windows 11 but I'm nervous that something will get messed up somehow.
@@ShadowOfDeath33 It's definitely an improvement on the Windows 11, I can run sonic x shadow generations at 1440p without any frame dips. Having issues with Emudeck sadly (won't recognise controller input) but honestly have noticed improvement with the steam content
@@SageNoodleVT I'll look a bit more into it. Thank you very much for the response.
This is by far my favourite video in terms of installation as someone who is not looking to partition. Keep it up man
Using Linux, you had my curiosity, but installing on these handhelds, you have my attention.
Love it. The hype is valid and everyone should try it
Yep, I agree - after watching your videos on the LeGo, I bought one a month ago and upgraded the SSD to 2TB and did Dual Boot Windows with Bazzite, like you recommended, So I can use an eGPU that I ordered on indiegogo *BoostR eGPU*
your videos got me addicted to this type of stuff
4:27 I knew ETA Prime was a robot.
LOL, I was watch the USB slide down and got super distracted, It was mesmerizing.
@@ETAPRIME ahahah, me too. Was wandering if you made it spin on purpose
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@@ETAPRIME There is JUST 1 rule for DUAL OS - NOT ON THE SAME DRIVE (regardless of OS or drive type). Even WINDOWS will shit the bed if 2 Windows's on the same DRIVE. AND BALENA ETCHER IS TRASH (it MAKES USB STICKS UNREADABLE UNDER WINDOWS, because IT WAS WRITTEN BY BRAINDEAD PEOPLE). RUFUS AND ONLY RUFUS.
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Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Lan is the coolest wifi username I've ever seen.
There's a "Lois LAN" in my neighborhood close enough for my PCs to see it. I wonder which of my neighbors it belongs to...
@@r.l.royalljr.3905 I need to hear more of these crazy wifi names.
@@r.l.royalljr.3905 I saw "Free Candy Van" at some point
Glad to see some Bazzite shoutout
I've been using Bazzite on my ROG Ally Z1 extreme and love it. Power of the Ally with the stability and console experience of the Deck. Best of both worlds 10/10 recommend over windows especially with the new co pilot nonsense
How performance on the z1 base?
And make emulation a pain and a large portion of games unplayable
@battman505 sorry typo z1 extreme
@fillerbunnyninjashark271 emulations easier, but yea there are games that don't run but primarily stuff like call of duty that requires anticheat. I have a windows tower also for situations that absolutely call for windows but 99% of the games I play run better on Linux due to proton stability then they do under windows. Perfect example Vampire the Masquerade redemption (edit put wrong name here different Vamp games) is a classic hack n slash rpg set in the WoD setting. Under windows it can be a pain to get running due to older command calls however under proton it works on all Linux systems. Once proton is able to make a game run properly, it's been my experience that it runs it better then native to windows. Currently I'm playing Ghost of Tsushima at 60fps 1080p. Personally I prefer the Linux environment to Windows for alot of reasons but the largest being system bloat.
How is the battery duration in bazzite?
It's really great to see a larger channel covering Bazzite! The whole Univeral Blue project has been turning out some awesome images! I daily Bluefin on my desktop system, and it's totally effortless to use. Everything just works.
Really great video, super well put together with clear demonstration. That said, I do wish we could have seen the little usb c drive spin more on the legion go screen @4:26
I’ve been using the desktop version of Bazzite for a couple months now, it rules.
I’ve tried a few distros over the past couple years and it’s the first one I didn’t bail on after a week.
Been using Bazzite since the alpha days. It’s come a long way! Best experience out there imo!!
This actually fixes the fatal flaw of most of those PC-based handhelds:
Windows.
I had windows only for 1 first day, and had eneught. Even while it was doing nothing it was screaming with fans all the time. I did all the updates and said goodbye to it.
Imagine if they sold a version of the handheld without Windows OS and shaved off another like £30 or something.
@@monki_sudo why chimera is better?
It’s probably Asus not wanting to make bios installs work on Linux
I play my Steam Deck more than my ROG ally because of that very reason. I am going to do this to my ally.
Thank you so much! I was really struggling with this until I watched your video.
Thanks I needed this guide since I'm getting an ROG ALLY X soon
I switched my laptop and desktop over to linux earlier this year, since then my Legion/windows 11 has been the bane of my existence. I cannot wait to try this out and finally have a good alternative.
I want a performance comparison, i think that would be awesome
Yea, if you’re a Go user I’d recommend Bazzite over Windows. You’ll be getting better support - that’s for sure.
(1) Will Bazzite still allow Legion Space Updates? (2) Will Bazzite still allow "FPS Mode"? (3) Does Bazzite allow games to perform better?
@@ProGamingProphecy these are the questions im looking answers for myself!
I really like the fact that Bazzite can be installed in different ways so i f you prefer to have a gaming PC with a desktop environment, KDE or Gnome is the way to go.
Why not budgie?
@@zeaxx12 There is no mention on Budgie available for Bazzite on the go but i found a bazzite-budgie package link available on the Ublue-os Github. So there's a least that.
i’ve been waiting for a video like this, such an underrated idea it makes these handhelds so nice
Been using it for over a month now, a game changing os for the ally, no more stutters, vrr smooth and just easy turn on and go, I do keep windows dual booted though for anticheat games.
Are you using the latest bazzite version? VRR and frame limiter doesn't work in my ally with the newest version
@@holaflight1145 Enable force compositing in game mode.
@@OneQuarterLife I've tried this and it works! Thanks for all the amazing work, love it🤩
This very appropriate if you not know linux, dual boot!
This just changed the game!!
The Ally is looking a lot more appealing now...
Dual booting with bazzite on the Ally, it’s awesome, will definitely be using my Ally more now.
Every time I do the install part I get “disk is active”. I make sure Fast and secure boot are disabled. Make sure that the USB is first in boot order. After the first attempt i reinstalled Windows and tried again. Same exact error. Not sure what I’m doing wrong…
man.. that screen is so good with the extra hz. It makes my LCD steam deck look so outdated now
For my use case, Bazzite has been the best gaming Linux distro I have ever used. In that *when set up right*, I can play on it like a console. I tried using the desktop version, yet I couldn't get the same amount of compatibilty on it without gamescope. So, I have it permanently on the HTPC version or Steam Deck like version for my PC. I can play all of MY game titles being singleplayer, retro, indie, and finally my point n click Sierra games. Don't play multiplayer games other than splitscreens(not a modern shooter guy cause it was my life), so I can understand those with multiplayer games having trouble on any Linux distro in general. Anywho, I officially use Linux for gaming now thanks to Bazzite's HTPC version specifically.
Ever since Bazzite version 39, it has been working. Now, I do have issues with the BTRFS fiesystem where I can't easily clone my drive to another and then expand the partition of the cloned drive. Tried cloning my 128gb SSD to a 512gb NVMe SSD. The BTRFS filesystem is great in compression but a nightmare in management unlike the Ext4 filesystem. Now, I know most won't have an issue with this. But if your like me and you clone drives to backup data or transfer to larger drives. Being management. Then anything with a BTRFS filesystem is frustrating. BTRFS filesystems are a "set it and forget it" way to management which is okay. But just annoying.
Other than the BTRFS filesystem. I really have enjoyed Bazzite. It's strangely is the only one that allows me to play all of my games from Steam, GOG, Epic, Emulation, etc. I have used Nobara. Nobara's Deck Mode. Pop OS. HoloISO. Chimera OS who I believe works on Gamescope from Steam. My daily Linux Mint. Even a Atomic Fedora Workstation installed with Gamescope. Not a single one would play all of my games. Bazzite HTPC though. Launches them all. Don't know why. Ran every single Proton. Proton GE. Wine. Wine GE. And everything else from ProtonUp-Qt and manual installs from others. Ran from Ext4, NTFS, ExFat, FAT, etc. Some games just would never work. Bazzite's HTPC version is the only one where I have zero idea as to why the games run. But they do on Bazzite HTPC. So, if anyone is on the fence and your wondering if that obscure game that should be running on all these Linux OSs is not working. Try Bazzite's HTPC version. It just might randomly work ir hopefully at least launch.
If anyone has read this far, hope this is informative for anyone wanting to try out Bazzite.
I am still on Nobara, was on it for two years before. In those two years, on Nobara 37 to 39, it was great, got some minor bugs but can be fixed with a some simple terminal commands. Now I am on Nobara 40 and the main thing is the Nvidia 555 driver, it broke my ShadowPC client as well as Parsec. These are cloud pc service that I rely on to play some of the anti-cheat enabled games as well as RTX games since I have a 2016 gaming laptop. I was able to workaround it a bit by going software decoding but after a recent update, even that doesn't work anymore. I have respect for GloriousEggroll since this is his distro and he is also knows for making ProtonGE and WIneGE, but Nobara is going downhill with all these updates.
I remember two years back, when I was still on KDE Neon, I was recommended Nobara, and now I think my time with Nobara is over, time to hop to Bazzite.
@@joshuazhao I know that feeling. Nobara was great cause Glorious Eggroll told everyone in some interview around here online that he made Nobara for his father. That's why it's stated as a "side project" OS to him that he was willing to share with others.
In my opinion, it was nice at the time when Proton and Wine along with the Steam Deck and Deck like OSs such as HololSO/Chimera and then Nobara were starting out. Yet they were still in there infancy before the majority of games started being supported. Bazzite was that way too. But as for now, Bazzite has adopted Chimera's Gamescope implementarions for that Steam Deck like experience. Bazzite also adopted alot of Nobara's methods too.
In easier words, Bazzite is like the newer Jedi Fallen Order or Jedi Survivor games. The newer Jedi games take some of Uncharted/Tomb Raider experience and takes Soul like gameplay in a smaller open world amd blends them together in an amazing story.
However, just like Jedi Fallen Order and especially Jedi Survivor. Bazzite has Two Very Big Issues I would like you to know about based on my experiences.
1.) Bazzite's installion size is HUGE when compared to other types of Linux installions. It is around 8GB! Or by now 9GB! Now, I understand. They do this to try to install everything for the user to get that every darn game to at least work on Bazzite. They even have Wine2GUI installed so then even running Window's exe programs can be done. It is built heavy, yet in my opinion TOO heavy. Cause after installing. You would still need to update and upgrade which will take a literal day even on my NVMe SSD and Ryzen system for the first time booting up.
So, be prepared for a heavy distro/OS which has a large plentera of updates which thankfully will try to run and later improve anything you want it to run. But it will definitely take a long time to setup in order for you to enjoy.
2.) Bazzite uses the Immutable OS standard along with the BTRFS filesystem. You know the saying, "What sounds great in practice is not always great to practice." That is exactly what Immutable and BTRFS filesystem both are. Remember when you could easily control the disks in your system and could easily format, resize, mount, and unmount drives. Welp. You will have a VERY bad time if you think that will be easy in Bazzite. Mounting a USB disk device such as my enclosures or phones can be done with relatively no harm. It's extra internal disks that have issues.
So,
I run a 512gb NVMe SSD as my boot drive which is all fine. Yet, trying to run my extra 6TB HDD for all my games has been a very wide margin of an up and down experience. When the Bazzite system first starts up, your extra disk drives with mount automatically and you will have no issues.
Yet one single major update later.
And you will kiss the drive identity goodbye.
In order for me to have my 6TB HDD be discovered. I had format the 6TB HDD into the BTRFS filesystem, implement the UUID to be the same as Bazzite's to be identified, enable boot up in the drive properites inside KDE partition manager so it will automatically mount, and search in the filesystem to add the 6TB hard drive as a quick link in order to access the contents on the drive. That way I can FINALLY have all my games be seen by Bazzite. So I hope you can see the issues here.
Oh and even after setting up everything. There still might be times the drive doesn't exist. Which means you will have to restart. Plus, I tried all Ext filesystems. That had it's own set of issues. And making the HDD a BTRFS filesystem and setting the UUID to be the same means that other distros/OSs like Linux Mint will never see the 6TB HDD again. Luckily I have backup drives to make up for doing everything I did. But still.
In easier words,
Bazzite is fantastic for handhelds or your laptop as long as you run everything on *One Big Drive* being your bootup only. You can also use your USB devices too which can be mounted to play games too.
Just understand that if you are a long time desktop user like me with multipke drives. You gonna have a bad time on any Immuntable and BTRFS filesystems. They are a headache to deal with.
Other than these Two Very Big Issues.
Bazzite does very well as a gaming OS for me. It's not perfect. There are still some very few games that even though they can ALL start up and run. They will eventually crash like the title Black Mesa. However, Black Mesa crashes in every single OS I have after playing 10 to 15 minutes. But, other than that, it will start up and run hundreds of games without me having to mess around to much.
Bazzite is a perfect example "set it and forget it". If this is what you are looking for with your laptop. Then I think and hope you will have a great time.
But if you are a tinker or desktop user with multiple internal drives. Then oooooo buddy. You are not gonna have an easy time.
But as long as you know this. I hope that transitioning from any distro/OS will be smooth sailing and that it will hopefully be painless for ya.
I am using Bazzite's HTPC image as well. So, if you run the desktop version without Gamescope. Then issues like my internal 6TB HDD issue you might not have. Still might not be able to play every single game cause of Anticheat. Although Anticheat has never been an issue for me cause I don't play many if at all any games "online." Well not that the PC has to connect online anyway to play all these darned games anyway cause of freakin updates. That's "modern" gaming for ya.
But yeah. I hope any distro/OS transition will be easy for you. I hope you will be able to find an experience that is great. I point out the issues in great length here about Bazzite. But hey, it's my own issues with another Linux distro. Everyone has had or will have issues on anything Linux. So that is the experience.
I tell people this all the time. "Windows is an OS where you will fight it to uninstall crap you never needed. Linux is an OS where you will fight it to install all the crap you will need to run it. You are gonna have the same amount of crappy time in each. Just pick your crap." I chose Linux mainly being Bazzite for gaming and Mint for everything else cause it's crap I choose. Hope you will find your own crap too.
@@grizzlyindustries7593 After using Bazzite for a bit now, and yea I agree with you on "having a bad time"
Just installing Brave browser natively is a pain in the ass, because Bazzite rely on Flatpak on most apps, and I HATE Flatpak with a passion for how unstable it is, I use some apps like Parsec on Flatpak but that was only because it is the only way, if I can install an app natively, I will choose the native option.
This is why Brave browser installation was a pain, because of the whole rpm-ostree thing with Bazzite, the true native Brave simply doesn't exist. Only way I installed Brave "natively" was through DistroBox in a Fedora container, but with this, anything I download on that version of Brave will only be available in the container.
Also, I had this super weird bug of the whole computer freezing when I am hovering to the System Tray icons, and when my entire computer freezes, I HAVE to restart it. This is a very silly but somewhat serious system breaking bug that is preventing me from liking Bazzite, and this was only from a few hours of me using it, it happened at least 5 time now.
I don't have problems with games wise as I play most of my games in either CrossOver, Steam Linux, and Shadow PC. CrossOver is basically the commercial and much polished version of WINE, anything that you can't run in normal WINE, CrossOver already fixed it, this is why I never used anything like Lutris, since they still rely on normal WINE to function. I have a lifetime subscription of CrossOver so I will always get new updates for free.
It was mostly problems with running Shadow PC that caused me to switch from Nobara, but while I was using Bazzite, I discovered that DistroBox might just be the solution to my problem. Shadow PC is a weird thing, the dev team chose to put all their polish and support on the ubuntu version of the app (.deb), while ignoring the Appimage version. With DistroBox, I could install the .deb version of ShadowPC in a ubuntu container, and that would work, since the environment is technically containerized ubuntu.
I think I will go back to Nobara for now since I can install DistroBox on pretty much any distro. Immutable distro seems like it is unnecessarily secure, so secure that even a simple task have to go through many hoops to complete, This is not the kind of Linux distro I want.
But I guess for the fact that it exists for HTPC and portable computers users, is always a plus.
@@grizzlyindustries7593 Well, seems like I am going back to Nobara. I used Bazzite for a few hours and the whole immutable thing is just not for me, it is so secure that a simple task needed to go through many hoops to complete.
Like installing Brave browser, the only way that I installed it was in a Fedora container on DistroBox. There is the Flatpak version but I try to avoid Flatpak as much as I can due to how unstable it is, and it seems like that unless the Bazzite devs integrate an app into the rpm-ostree, it is not available in a native fashion.
Seems like immutable distros rely on Flatpak for the softwares, which is problematic.
But on the bright side, it seems like DistroBox might just be the solution to my problem with Shadow PC.
Also I encountered a very silly but serious system breaking bug on Bazzite. Whenever I hover to the system tray icons and over to network, there is a chance that it will freeze the entire system, and the only way was to restart my computer, this is not a problem in Nobara.
@@grizzlyindustries7593 Well, seems like I am going back to Nobara. I used Bazzite for a few hours and the whole immutable thing is just not for me, it is so secure that a simple task needed to go through many hoops to complete.
But on the bright side, it seems like DistroBox might just be the solution to my problem with Shadow PC.
Also I encountered a very silly but serious system breaking bug on Bazzite. Whenever I hover to the system tray icons and over to network, there is a chance that it will freeze the entire system, and the only way was to restart my computer, this is not a problem in Nobara.
Can Bazzite be installed on other computers (like a laptop and a Mini PC), and do the same instructions apply for them?
Yes
@@OneQuarterLife Oh I see.
Just picked up the ROG yesterday, loving it so far! If you want to play your Xbox games on the go I’d definitely go with the ally!
PRIME thank you for making a short and sweet guide for it much love!
I have learned so much from your channel. I really glad I found it
I just got the legion go. I am going to be installing this
Definitely interested in an ally bazzite video, thanks for your hard work
i am running bazzite on a amd 5500u laptop. great for low sepc games and 2d games,.
I've got a 5500u laptop as well. Such a good little APU right? Got me through with light gaming until i got my Ally.
not only for 2d games. on 2022 I had a lenovo with ryzen 5500u and there I played many 3d games like Monster Hunter Rise, Persona 5 royal, nier automata, etc... also switch emulation
I ended buying a handheld PC (not steam deck or any mainstream one) and sold my laptop, but still a can recommend a laptop with a 5500u if you want power without spending that much in a laptop with a dedicated gpu
One big thank you to you this video is awesome (well all your vids are) my asus x it now a more powerful steam deck
You don't have to disable Secure Boot to use Bazzite, you just have to enroll ublue's keys. It is very easy to enroll the keys and after that, you don't have to worry about it. Having Secure Boot enable does help with security a bit, as it will not allow booting to an unsigned kernel, use unsigned modules and since Bazzite is atomic, you don't really have to worry about installing anything that would break a signature.
I prefer Secure Boot to stay on myself, although I would not go through the hassle of adding Secure Boot keys to the Deck as that could cause it not to be able to boot anything if done incorrectly, since it doesn't ship with any keys pre-installed. Maybe Valve will learn how to sign SteamOS and ship their own keys on the Deck.
And we can go all the way, Secure Boot + Drive Encryption + TPM2 unlocking, more security with no practical downsides
@@victor1882 That's what I do on my Steam Deck LCD with Bazzite, actually. 😄
I had Bazzite on my laptop early this year, but it looks like it's come a long way in those 4-5 months. I switched back to Windows because I had a lot of problems with SteamVR/Steam Link. But yes, for traditional/non-VR gaming, it worked very well, and performance was exceptional.
Using Bazzite on my Legion Go since March full time. Worth it 100 %
Also, I use a ReFind fork for a dual booted screen option when powering between Windows 11 and Linux
When Fedora 40 launched, Bazzite only got better.
If I can use Bazzite on the Asus Ally X, I am all in.
Don’t forget Decky Loader and amazing plug-ins that put Legion Space in the water
Quck no BS question: What is the main advantage of using bazzite over just regular windows?
@@fuzzymuppet1990 The main advantage is using suspend/sleep mode for games I am playing on the go. That I would say is the biggest feature. The second is having a console UI experience with advantages of a PC running in the background.
I didn’t abandon windows. I just made Linux my main driver while windows is still present for other games I have to play on it
But when you put the rog ally to hibrrnae instead of sleep it works the same. The wakeup is only 5-10 secs and works nidgame in 95% of the games
@@DD-oc9ouLinux fanboys finding lame excuses as usual, Windows 11 works fine on these devices.
I've been running Bazzite OS for a few months and love it. I bought a Onexplayer Egpu and I've been having trouble installing egpu-switcher since Bazzite is a read-only file system. Would love to see a video on using an egpu on Bazzite.
I tried bazzite but something weird bug appear when you set fan into max speed on bazzite and then change to your windows, the fan still on the max speed and i can't change it with legion go official settings
Can you do a tutorial for installing Bazzite os on a PC with Nvidia graphics card. i can't seem to be able to install or setup "Gaming Mode" system. i'm stuck with the desktop version.
Had some trouble installing this over. Kept getting a "device is active" message due to the ssd that was bit locked. Had to use gparted to delete all partitions. There after it worked fine.
Thank you for this. So do I need to reinstall windows and do it from inside windows?
I will be interested in seeing Bazzite Running on the Zotac Zone after it releases. It has touchpads, I would be curious if you could get it to be 1:1 on input functionality with the Steamdeck
Question: Should Secure Boot be reactivated after completing the installation?
Excellent guide btw.
bazzite is my favorite out of all the handheld oses. im however having issues with the bluetooth controller ,it wont connect on its own, i actually need to navigate to the bluetooth menu for it to try and connect (like it forgets thats what its supposed to be doing after its been paired). also need to figure out how to set the audio device manually, as i use it on a desktop pc i turned into a "console" and it defaults to the wrong audio device every startup.
Jesus do I keep waiting for the legion go 2 or just get this new at 500 bucks? My God this things is amazing!
Did this on my GPD Mini 2023, and dual boot with windows for non compatible games. I love it.
Did the same thing. I only keep windows for when I use my GPD G1 for that extra HP.
that's odd. i downloaded bazzite 41 for the ally and it's missing A LOT of the app installation choices. i can't even install a browser or a video player, it's just not in the setup utility. did they change it?
Thank you so much for this video. I'm happy to say that bazzite on my Lenovo Legion Go is a breath of fresh air. This was so easy and seamless to do.
This was fun and addicting!
I would love to a full rog ally video on Bazzite.
Hey bro what happened in that critical step at 9:19 when you removed the usb flash drive? Image just skipped??
So as someone that has never used steam I guess ignorance is bliss... I love my LEGO just as it is. I also use windows for video editing... is it perfect, probably not but it's dang good and I absolutely love it.
Definitely gonna be doing this to my legion to
I GOTTA KNOW where you got that MOUSE from though!!
I was literally listening to this with headphones on, and as soon as you started playing cyberpunk, I thought it wqas coming from my own legion, it sounded so accurate. What microphone are you using?
I'd like to see some battery/tdp tests of bazzite on the Z1E. The steam deck has destroyed all the windows handheld at lower tdp performance and I'd love to see if a Linux based OS can compensate for that compared to having to go 25W+ on windows.
Won't change anything the problem is the cpu.
Battery consumption don't rely on software, is an hardware thing. And you have the probability to spend more energy on bazzite due to bad configurations, than on windows.
@@TheEngineerforlife Can you not make stuff up please?
I tried to install KDE and set aside partition prior. I have 4TB in my LeGo and the unallocated size is 1.5TB. When select installation destination, I saw the free space but keep saying “system can’t configure storage”. Tried advanced option to change label to EFI but still no luck. Is it my ssd? Size of unallocated space? Or something else? Doesn’t have bitlocker, encryption. Turned off fast startup, disabled security boot. No luck.
great content as always 😊 when you install a new game how are the default settings? do they use the steam deck defaults? I assume you have to change the resolution to 1080p and some other stuff in game. Usually for steam deck, they just run.
How long does the battery last now that you have switched from Windows to this OS? the same as before? a very slight extra duration? What game hace problem of compatibility after the switch? Did you have this issue?
Awesome video! Thanks for the in-depth explanation! But quick question: if I install Bazzite on the Legion Go, will it also have the same game restrictions as a Steam Deck?
For example: can’t play CoD/Fortnite because of anti-cheat? Around 10% of Steam Library also isn’t playable/optimized for Linux?
That's correct, same compatibility as the Steam Deck, just with more horsepower.
Is there any disadvantages of not dual booting windows and only using bazzite? Could we still run windows non-steam games?
Easily swappable SSDs on the OneXPlayer Mini X1 could mean it would be super easy to switch between Windows and SteamOS
@@tiztrain very easy 😁😁, don’t forget to take a screwdriver and screws with you.
YOU JUST HAD TO DROP THIS VIDEO! haha.
I recently returned my Legion Go a few weeks ago because I just liked and missed the feeling of steam OS!
Ugh now i'm tempted to pick it up again.
Few questions:
1) how do updates work? Since it's a "windows" handheld, would you come across issues with windows updates and/or graphic driver updates?
2) With Bazzite/steam os, are you able to access games such as Destiny 2 or that's not possible?
Thanks!
1. The update system is similar to a smartphone.
2. Except for Xbox gamepass and multiplayer games with anticheat, almost all games should just work. You'll need to install a third party games launcher for non-Steam games.
I went to ProtonDB, and it seems Destiny 2 specifically is unsupported due to the anticheat having Linux disabled.
How’s the eGPU support?
things must have changed since you first did this....get different things happening on screen like Steam user/pass window, the wiki page isn't showing that TDP line there anymore. Making the bootable flash drive it wanted me to format while verifying. Now just a black screen after a reboot. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Finally Steam logo but taking forever to load...wonder if its cuz I have an m.2 external connected to the USB port.
Did we publish the wrong video a bit ago @ETAprime? I saw one on my TV but it wouldn't play or show up on my phone just a few minutes later.
i would like to point out that Bazzita > Windows, but the SteamDeck is more than just a linux installation. Bell of pre-compiled shaders is amazing.
Steam provides the same thing here
@@OneQuarterLife Maybe there is a misunderstanding - I am talking about the sharing of shaders between devices. This is dependent on people having the same device and driver. Is the Steam and Bazzite community large enough for it to function as well as on steam deck?
Yes, you still get pre-compiled shaders from Steam here. @@mckidney1
I Don't get if bazzite can be used in lenovo go and other devices aren't mean this the end of steam deck future
@@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753 No, SteamDeck value comes from the custom APU. These devices are upgrades in some things but lose in others.Bazzite does not change that - it changes the outcome for specific benefits of those upgrades. Like a person that does not care about 15W performance will get SteamDeck better in other ways.
After I booted to the bios 7:08 I can't see USB option (I'm new to these stuffs)
Can someone tell what I missed
Because I can see before the video jump cut it didn't show USB option in the video
hope this linux distro improves even better just like the steam deck UI
Hi, I follow all the instruction but I face two problems:
- when I try to type in the terminal: ujust setup-decky simpledecky tdp don't ask me the password and don't take the comand. Also if decky is installed correctly.
- The controller of the legion go are not working as in the video. The two buttons under (start and select) don't work at all and the two on the top corner of both controller don't open the menu of the steam deck but work as Start/Select.
I tried almost everything but dunno what can be, any suggestion?
How well does the wake from sleep work? Are you able to pick up where you left off in a game like a steam deck?
Does this only work with Steam games? One of the reason I decided against the Steam Deck was because I also use Epic Games, Game Pass, etc. I would love to use Bazzite but i dont want to be restricted to only Steam games.
@SpeedLimitsOnly you can play epic games using heroic games launcher (cant play fortnite due to anticheat). I'm not sure about gamepass though (I don't use it)
I cannot get Decky Loader working properly on my ROG Ally. Completely fresh install, go through the Bazzite Portal/Launcher and only select Decky Loader. Complete the setup, and then attempt to run the "ujust setup-decky" command, I get absolutely nothing (same applies if I try the full command "ujust setup-decky simpledeckytdp".
Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
This is really good. I have one little bug though. In steam the toch screen doesn't "click" when I tap. If I open the game from the desktop it clicks when i tap as you would expect..
Such a technical noob so if windows is currently installed on the ssd if i went to install this it will wipe it off etc i dont need to do anything before hand?
Hello all here. So while i can work on wiring around the house and on my motorcycle, this territory is pretty unfamiliar to me. I'm currently downloading Bazzite for my Legion Go and going to attempt this install. Do I need to download Steam or Bazzite brings my there pretty much automatically as it appears in this tutorial?
I don’t know very much about computers and handheld. I have a steam deck with all my ISO‘s on it and it’s not really all on the cloud for some reason I have a lesion go. So if I do bad site using also the same mini SD card that has my ISO‘s on steam deck. Will that then translate to the Legion go if I insert the SD card there in the Legion go?Or is I even necessary now that steam deck OS is working on windows
In Bazzite, can you force the Ally to run at 30W even without the Asus adapter?
One downside with BazziteOS is that you can't get the Gaming Mode i.e. the Steam Big Picture Mode interface if you are running with anything other than an AMD or IntelARC GPU. Sure, you could just run Steam Big Picture Mode like usual but I doubt that's what people who are interested in this kinda SteamOS-like console experience are looking for.
Unfortunately there's nothing we can do to fix that, that is Nvidia's problem and they have had years to fix it.
One question....is gyro working?
Yes
I’d love an Ally optimisation guide!? Please!? Thanks for everything!
How do you reinstall windows if you want to go back?
Did you ever figure this out?
Great work thank you so much I tried following a different guide and failed frustrated this works like a charm, thank you thank you thank you legion go is perfect with steamos and linux standalone
Good to see you covering this. The first thing I do with my HHPCs is set fire to Windows and install Bazzite. Worth following Aru's tutorials as well to fully tweak Bazzite to each machine's specific nuances.
Does it support the VRR display of the ROG Ally as well so you set FPS limits?
Yes. Once installed enable" Force composite" in gaming mode. That's a bug that'll be fixed soon.
i have a question, if i do this, how would i get bios updates for the legion go? I've been using Legion space and all that to update bios and drivers. thanks
What a time to be alive: where a failed console and controller led to an OS that's better at gaming than Windows!
I am stuck in install steam screen on 99% everything will like stay there. If I restart, I loads back to installing steam again. I waited to hours to load steam library but still stuck on install steam screen @ 11:35.
Hey, thx for the video, i cant formate my sd card. He is start to clear it, but wont finish and stops. So i cant use it atm!?
Help.!!!!. Just installed it and baterry only getting to 80 percent. I had the batery protection in the legion go but I don't what to have it lock to only 80 percent. Is there a way to fix it.
what os you like more? this one or the chimera os build you did?
What’s better ? Windows with Lossless scaling vs bazzite …
So on steam deck since it's linux based many of the games specially the ones not on steam struggle. Is it the same with Bazzite? I suppose it's running proton to run windows games ?
Can you play Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 on this OS? I have been searching online and cannot find any information on this! Thanks 🙏