as a gamer I appreciate the distros that makes my life easy to just install and play my games as fast as possible. this distro looks amazing especially because it's KDE based so it's more traditional looking fore Ex-windows users 😁
Game access is pretty cool. The number of wine/proton wrappers has gotten large. Proton-GE, Lutris, Bottles, Play on Linux etc. I don't even know what is best right now.
Man OpenSUSE takes me back to my college days because that was the distro that we used for our Linux course. Also RegataOS reminds me of POP_OS because of the gaming laptop graphics card swapping between iGPU and dGPUs depending on the load. Man this might be the distro that I will use as my daily driver. Makes me wonder if it has FlatPak enabled by default or I have to enable it on my own.
amazing ya covered this one ahah. i daily drove this for awhile and enjoyed it a fair bit. currently back to win 10 for now using the remaining life of this windows os (which i use areo tweaker and modifed the way the os functions in some sense) to try and test the distros i want and pick the final one im comfortable with to avoid win 11/12 etc disasters to come.
I recently installed Regata on a patition. and I am impressed . A lot of windows steam games run well ( with lutris and proton) . Really stable OS. Regata might be my windows replacement. Was thinking of using a USB for a windows installation for some games that just wont run on linux.
Very interesting! Im using nobara and it's a good experience out of the box but I have a Steamdeck to an love the steam game mode because it's simple to use just for gaming and other activities you can change to desktop mode and tweak some stuff
Yast ist THE reason to use OpenSuse based Systems, only reason why I don't use is that I need certain AUR packages and using the AUR is just a lot more comfortable than compiling yourself
Regatta OS is rock solid for a system that others don't want to use arch base but something similar to it. For what it is capable and works but the issue if something brick its a pain to diagnose and its install is moderate vs Ubuntu and other issues. Smaller crew vs other gaming flavored distros but its design is off tumbleweed so it uses the server branch of suse. Used it for 1/2 a year before i had to switch to something more simple and more automated due to lack of time.
@@color.8467 sorry for the lack of reply been busy with coding work and main job. I've switched to arch for a bit just trying to see what works with me being on a mobile tethered access due to being mobile on my work I do across the country. I would prefer to just have regata just more stable vs arch but to each is own.
Looks nice and a wonderful idea, the test is when you really start to install games. Nothing ever goes that easy, even SteamOS on the deck still has issues as well. Definitely getting a hell of a lot better though.
as someone who just recently installed opensuse after my last os install (garuda dragonized) became unstable and started leaking memory like crazy, and found it's more stable than garuda, I might genuinely look into this for my next install, it's got the power of garuda, but the stability and reliability of opensuse.
@@DCM777. ah, yeah, I like the aesthetics of garuda, but found it eventually became unstable after a while, hence why I migrated to opensuse, and I was able get the same kind of aesthetics using docker and some widgets I did with garuda, so I likely won't return to it, and might even migrate to regata os later. I also could never get manjaro to work, so I did not bother with trying it again, I had bad experiances with manjaro just breaking on me and just hanging on boot up after a few updates.
Well, i tested it after this nice Video. But it don't work as expected. Most of the games in my Steam libary are not installable and one game i can install (Bioshock Infinite) won't start. It stay on desktop and steam is telling me "1 minute play time". All drivers like nvidia are installed. Well, sadly i have to reinstall windows.. 😔
I have fully replaced windows with Regata OS for gaming and daily driver at March 2022. It is better than windows in gaming while you get all linux and open source advantages over windows. Windows is history. (Message to Roblox: Recently you have blocked Roblox on Linux. My kids ditched Roblox, not Regata OS for gaming.)
OpenSuse tumbleweed is closer to arch because both are rolling releases whereas OpenSuse leap is closer to Ubuntu - they are both fixed releases. Regata os is based on OpenSuse leap with extra repos. OpenSuse is an independent distribution like fedora, and uses its own graphical tools called yast - yet another software tool.
OpenSuse across the boad is compared to Arch. Tumblewee is more like a vanilla Arch install and Leap is more like a Manjaro install whereas it has the LTS kernel. I would never compare it to Ubuntu which is Debian based, they are on much older apps and such
Amazing distro, love the Regata store, unfortunately Regata OS Keeps freezing when using the live USB or installed with a system update. Hopping to solve the issue because I like it so much, I want to use it as my daily driver. UPDATE: I had to set the DDR5 ram from 5200MHz to 4800MHz for Regata to run stable. Arcolinux, Manjaro, Windows runs stable @5200MHz. Kodi will not install. Back to Arcolinux.
Suse was the first Linux I ever used , I've not used Linux in a long time , I Actually remember buying suse on CD in a computer store , Ive a 2015 Alienware Alpha that Im going to try this on wish me luck
Looks interesting and I think I'd give this one a go on my laptop with an Intel CPU and NVidia GPU. It's pretty fussy with what distro's it plays well with. I'm very interested to see how it goes with GPU settings. Cheers
Santa gifted me today :) I was also scratching my bald hair on how to auto hide panel . Open MaxQ - Settings-Lock Widgets , put the switch bar to off. Then on panel right click - enter edit mode - More Options. Hope I was clear enough. Good luck !
RegataOS uses Steam. Steam can be installed on any Linux distro. It's not special. My kids use steam on my desktop with Arch. What do we need another distro for? The more distros we have, the less likely there will be active contributions, support and community. Already some great choices available.
This looks promising for me except for one problem. I have a steelseries keyboard and mouse that work on Linux as regular hardware. But it's the software that I need to turn them into gaming hardware...you know, with all the lighting and button assignments that make them usable in the game? How can I make this Linux incompatible software usable?
3:40 to 3:46. ** NOTE...DON'T install this into an a laptop with an intel cpu that has an Igpu ..IF You don't know how to implement the proper work arounds. Kernel 5.19 has odd display flickering problems with intel igpu's. ***
@@eBuzzCentral Very cool. Perhaps a dev or someone just as coherent implemented the appropriate precaution edits in the grub configuration of the installation iso of that distro (shrugs).
Okay, even though the website features a Nitro laptop, I couldn't manage to boot into Regata OS without turning off safeboot and hence disabling dual boot
So far I'm on Garuda and loving it! But these video made me want to distro hop so much! Compared w/ Garuda and Nobara, what do you think it's the best for gaming.
There are a very few people that use Garuda it seems. Hardly find any review on ProtonDB from someone that uses Garuda. I thought about switching, but sticking to EndeavourOS.
Tried this distro, mainly to run Davinci Resolve Studio. Nvidia drivers installed but Davinci does not recognize my GPU and cant run. Very strange due to the Davinci Resolve is kind of nativly supported on Regata... Also the system generally feels slower and less responsive comapred to Manjaro that flyes with lightspeed. There is also no support forum as far I can see. So far this distributions feels not so good as it sounded on reviews
Bruh, the download speeds are horrendous. Why don't they host a torrent? It would be much easier for some of us. Download speeds are really slow for me on sourceforge and osdn for some reason. Is it just me? Would love to give it a shot since my primary gaming machine is currently running Windows 10 featuring an nvidia rtx card. However i have another machine with an amd-based gpu that's currently running arch linux with latest kernel and the performance is really nice (altho i only play small games on it on steam).
@@eBuzzCentral Nevermind. I waited for around 40 minutes for my download to finish. But this isn't the real issue i even had. The problem is, Regata doesn't really play nicely on my machine for some reason. Plasma desktop is just not stable. I got lots of crashes/black screen and i had to restart plasma shell with terminal for it to come back. This happend on me several times even in live session (specifically after i fired up the OS installer). I feel like this distro is just not great on my machine and i have to try something else.
So which distro is best for gaming Garuda or Regata? Especially for an older laptop from about 09? And which is better for modding Skyrim, FO4, and Cyberpunk?
Regata OS is based on openSUSE Leap with updated packages from openSUSE Tumbleweed, including updated kernel version, KDE Plasma and other packages. It's a hybrid(?)
I'm a subscriber and regularly enjoy your videos and analysis. I've noticed a hollow sound to your voice recordings, as if you've recorded from your bathroom 😉 and it sounds a bit amateurish. Thought this might go away, but it hasn't... Just trying to help.
Interesting, be good to see a follow-up video comparing with Geckolinux on general use & of course gaming performance. To me, it comes across as Debian= legacy/stable/server, RHEL= Enterprise, Arch= bleeding edge & SUSE skews between those three? Thanks eBuzz Central for the video 👍
@@TVPInterpolation yes but KDE has too much customisation. I often break things. I have previously played games on Ubuntu, so GNOME won't be a problem.
I guess it’s not for older computers. I tried booting it from a bootable usb drive on both my Alienware Alpha Console and my Alienware x51 R3 and it booted straight into emergency mode for both and stopped . Guess I’ll stay with MATE for now….
Damn, I thought POP!_OS was good but this just took it to the next level. Getting even closer to ditching Windows now. I will be trying this out for sure.
Unfortunately, I was not able to make Regata run on my Optimus laptop (Intel+Nvidia) because of gpu drivers issues, and this is a shame because they do advertise as being a distro made also for this. Otherwise what's the point of being a gaming distro, if you can't resolve this fundamental issue? Moreover, when I asked them on reddit about stopping Nvidia for good they told me turn it off from Bios - like that was the fkin option I needed!
Actually, you need to install nvidia proprietary driver. This can be done via the app store or via Yast's software manager. If you've done this and the issues persist, we can further investigate what may have happened.
@@josuevicente2795 thanks I kind of figured as much as this laptop has the new wi-fi 6 chips from Realtek B852 and I can not for the life of me find anywhere to get the drivers or how to install them :(
Changing to Linux soon...Im tired of fucking RUINdows screwing itself up and my hardware... Im used to Ubuntu...but I may try this one...even may daily drive it...see if the gaming is just as good as Ruindows...
I don't know I tried to download open Susa a while ago it was such a pain I couldn't even get the thing to connect to the internet so I ended up giving up and downloading Linux Mint
as a gamer I appreciate the distros that makes my life easy to just install and play my games as fast as possible. this distro looks amazing especially because it's KDE based so it's more traditional looking fore Ex-windows users 😁
Distro doesn't matter. Just install Steam.
A gaming distro based on openSUSE? Perfect!
Game access is pretty cool. The number of wine/proton wrappers has gotten large. Proton-GE, Lutris, Bottles, Play on Linux etc. I don't even know what is best right now.
Glad you finally covering Regata os, but you missed a great feature of Regata - it has kde plasma restore to defaults buttons in the settings.
Man OpenSUSE takes me back to my college days because that was the distro that we used for our Linux course. Also RegataOS reminds me of POP_OS because of the gaming laptop graphics card swapping between iGPU and dGPUs depending on the load. Man this might be the distro that I will use as my daily driver. Makes me wonder if it has FlatPak enabled by default or I have to enable it on my own.
amazing ya covered this one ahah. i daily drove this for awhile and enjoyed it a fair bit. currently back to win 10 for now using the remaining life of this windows os (which i use areo tweaker and modifed the way the os functions in some sense) to try and test the distros i want and pick the final one im comfortable with to avoid win 11/12 etc disasters to come.
I recently installed Regata on a patition. and I am impressed . A lot of windows steam games run well ( with lutris and proton) .
Really stable OS. Regata might be my windows replacement.
Was thinking of using a USB for a windows installation for some games that just wont run on linux.
Very interesting! Im using nobara and it's a good experience out of the box but I have a Steamdeck to an love the steam game mode because it's simple to use just for gaming and other activities you can change to desktop mode and tweak some stuff
I installed Nobara but as like Regata I am havingf issues getting wi-fi to work if you guys have suggestions Id love to hear them :D
Very cool stuff - I'm impressed with how sleek the game launcher is.
Just the OS I need at work. Thanks for the review brother.
Ok ok ok this distro got me really excited! I'm def trying, maybe this'll be my next daily drive owo
oh very nice. definitely going to give this a test on my laptop over the weekend.
Wow! 14K! Damn, m8, you're hitting it big. In a year or so, I'm gonna be bragging about "a big-time youtube is a pal of mine"!
Yes sir you were there since the beginning, I appreciate the support so much.
Thank you for this video. I now have another option to try for linux gaming.
I use Regata I have done so for almost 1 year now :) I find that it works best out of the box for gaming and daily use.
Regata is still a thing? Damn.
When I was beginning linux i considered it a lot, but ultimately went to ubuntu based ones.
eBuzz distro hopping for us 😁
Thanks
Thinking about switching to this for my new gaming laptop. Goes to my list!
My problem with Regata OS is that the hotspot doesn't work on my Asus k55v
how?
Regata is From Brasil Thank you Very Much Again...we are Polishing Linux Focused on Final User.
Really great app store 👍 all things in one place
Yast ist THE reason to use OpenSuse based Systems, only reason why I don't use is that I need certain AUR packages and using the AUR is just a lot more comfortable than compiling yourself
Regatta OS is rock solid for a system that others don't want to use arch base but something similar to it. For what it is capable and works but the issue if something brick its a pain to diagnose and its install is moderate vs Ubuntu and other issues. Smaller crew vs other gaming flavored distros but its design is off tumbleweed so it uses the server branch of suse. Used it for 1/2 a year before i had to switch to something more simple and more automated due to lack of time.
what are you using ?
@@color.8467 sorry for the lack of reply been busy with coding work and main job. I've switched to arch for a bit just trying to see what works with me being on a mobile tethered access due to being mobile on my work I do across the country. I would prefer to just have regata just more stable vs arch but to each is own.
Looks nice and a wonderful idea, the test is when you really start to install games. Nothing ever goes that easy, even SteamOS on the deck still has issues as well. Definitely getting a hell of a lot better though.
as someone who just recently installed opensuse after my last os install (garuda dragonized) became unstable and started leaking memory like crazy, and found it's more stable than garuda, I might genuinely look into this for my next install, it's got the power of garuda, but the stability and reliability of opensuse.
Garuda should be avoided, they mess up the whole Arch system, Manjaro does the same!
@@DCM777. ah, yeah, I like the aesthetics of garuda, but found it eventually became unstable after a while, hence why I migrated to opensuse, and I was able get the same kind of aesthetics using docker and some widgets I did with garuda, so I likely won't return to it, and might even migrate to regata os later. I also could never get manjaro to work, so I did not bother with trying it again, I had bad experiances with manjaro just breaking on me and just hanging on boot up after a few updates.
@@novaflame_ember Yeah it's a mess. I am on Vanilla Arch for about 10 years now, very good and stable experience. Have fun.
What's the difference between this and Nobara Distro?
Well, i tested it after this nice Video. But it don't work as expected. Most of the games in my Steam libary are not installable and one game i can install (Bioshock Infinite) won't start. It stay on desktop and steam is telling me "1 minute play time". All drivers like nvidia are installed. Well, sadly i have to reinstall windows.. 😔
I have fully replaced windows with Regata OS for gaming and daily driver at March 2022. It is better than windows in gaming while you get all linux and open source advantages over windows. Windows is history. (Message to Roblox: Recently you have blocked Roblox on Linux. My kids ditched Roblox, not Regata OS for gaming.)
I've gotten quite familiar with Arch and Debian Based Distros, What would you describe OpenSuSe as? Compared to Arch, Ubuntu, Similar Distros?
It would be closer to Arch because it runs the most up to date packages and kernel.
OpenSuse tumbleweed is closer to arch because both are rolling releases whereas OpenSuse leap is closer to Ubuntu - they are both fixed releases. Regata os is based on OpenSuse leap with extra repos. OpenSuse is an independent distribution like fedora, and uses its own graphical tools called yast - yet another software tool.
OpenSuse across the boad is compared to Arch. Tumblewee is more like a vanilla Arch install and Leap is more like a Manjaro install whereas it has the LTS kernel. I would never compare it to Ubuntu which is Debian based, they are on much older apps and such
Ill be giving this a try in the new year once i get another HD for my laptop. Asus Tuf15
Amazing distro, love the Regata store, unfortunately Regata OS Keeps freezing when using the live USB or installed with a system update. Hopping to solve the issue because I like it so much, I want to use it as my daily driver. UPDATE: I had to set the DDR5 ram from 5200MHz to 4800MHz for Regata to run stable. Arcolinux, Manjaro, Windows runs stable @5200MHz. Kodi will not install. Back to Arcolinux.
I'm a gamer and Definity would give it a try. If it works with my monitor and other stuff then maybe i'll dual boot it.
Suse was the first Linux I ever used , I've not used Linux in a long time , I Actually remember buying suse on CD in a computer store , Ive a 2015 Alienware Alpha that Im going to try this on wish me luck
Going to try this one. Thanks for sharing.
Looks interesting and I think I'd give this one a go on my laptop with an Intel CPU and NVidia GPU. It's pretty fussy with what distro's it plays well with. I'm very interested to see how it goes with GPU settings. Cheers
nice ! the store looks like Deepin store 👍
I just got a steamdeck, but I also have 2 gaming laptops,,,,maybe one should dual boot this.
I'm trying it out now but. . . for the life of me how do you make the bottom panel auto hide?
Santa gifted me today :) I was also scratching my bald hair on how to auto hide panel . Open MaxQ - Settings-Lock Widgets , put the switch bar to off. Then on panel right click - enter edit mode - More Options. Hope I was clear enough. Good luck !
RegataOS uses Steam. Steam can be installed on any Linux distro. It's not special. My kids use steam on my desktop with Arch. What do we need another distro for? The more distros we have, the less likely there will be active contributions, support and community. Already some great choices available.
This looks promising for me except for one problem. I have a steelseries keyboard and mouse that work on Linux as regular hardware. But it's the software that I need to turn them into gaming hardware...you know, with all the lighting and button assignments that make them usable in the game? How can I make this Linux incompatible software usable?
I will look into that, I know you can use OpenRGB for the lighting and if you are using Arch, they have steelseries drivers in the AUR.
@@eBuzzCentral Not using Arch but have been hearing about it. I'll have to look into it.
3:40 to 3:46. ** NOTE...DON'T install this into an a laptop with an intel cpu that has an Igpu ..IF You don't know how to implement the proper work arounds. Kernel 5.19 has odd display flickering problems with intel igpu's. ***
I don't seem to be experiencing that issue
@@eBuzzCentral Very cool. Perhaps a dev or someone just as coherent implemented the appropriate precaution edits in the grub configuration of the installation iso of that distro (shrugs).
Okay, even though the website features a Nitro laptop, I couldn't manage to boot into Regata OS without turning off safeboot and hence disabling dual boot
That's odd I didn't have to disable it
So far I'm on Garuda and loving it! But these video made me want to distro hop so much! Compared w/ Garuda and Nobara, what do you think it's the best for gaming.
There are a very few people that use Garuda it seems. Hardly find any review on ProtonDB from someone that uses Garuda. I thought about switching, but sticking to EndeavourOS.
@@theplaymakerno1 both based on Arch, l notice a lot of good things coming from fedora, are you planning on installing a gaming distro?
@@Shokyto I am on Endeavour right now and I can game on it
Garuda should be avoided, they mess up the whole Arch system, Manjaro does the same! Endeavour is one of the few who knows how to handle it right!
@@DCM777. what do you mean with "handle it right"?
Tried this distro, mainly to run Davinci Resolve Studio. Nvidia drivers installed but Davinci does not recognize my GPU and cant run. Very strange due to the Davinci Resolve is kind of nativly supported on Regata... Also the system generally feels slower and less responsive comapred to Manjaro that flyes with lightspeed. There is also no support forum as far I can see. So far this distributions feels not so good as it sounded on reviews
Bruh, the download speeds are horrendous. Why don't they host a torrent? It would be much easier for some of us. Download speeds are really slow for me on sourceforge and osdn for some reason. Is it just me? Would love to give it a shot since my primary gaming machine is currently running Windows 10 featuring an nvidia rtx card. However i have another machine with an amd-based gpu that's currently running arch linux with latest kernel and the performance is really nice (altho i only play small games on it on steam).
I don't know what the issue could be, I actually downloaded it pretty quick on a regular wi-fi connection.
@@eBuzzCentral Nevermind. I waited for around 40 minutes for my download to finish. But this isn't the real issue i even had. The problem is, Regata doesn't really play nicely on my machine for some reason.
Plasma desktop is just not stable. I got lots of crashes/black screen and i had to restart plasma shell with terminal for it to come back. This happend on me several times even in live session (specifically after i fired up the OS installer).
I feel like this distro is just not great on my machine and i have to try something else.
So which distro is best for gaming Garuda or Regata? Especially for an older laptop from about 09? And which is better for modding Skyrim, FO4, and Cyberpunk?
Um..they will all be about the same. You're talking around the equal of gtx 260m graphics...
@@motoryzen It's an 840m. Would have put that in the original post but at the time I forgot how to find it.
@@ragingrat7670 ah.. hmm isn't the 840 almost equal to a desktop gtx 760?
@@motoryzen I think it's around one of the gtx 900s. Though I'm not sure.
Tried the live image on an HP Envy x360......no keyboard input, well actually yes but it takes 3 minutes for each key to register
Is this a rolling release like Tumbleweed?
Regata OS is based on openSUSE Leap with updated packages from openSUSE Tumbleweed, including updated kernel version, KDE Plasma and other packages. It's a hybrid(?)
@@josuevicente2795 thank you
I'm a subscriber and regularly enjoy your videos and analysis. I've noticed a hollow sound to your voice recordings, as if you've recorded from your bathroom 😉 and it sounds a bit amateurish. Thought this might go away, but it hasn't... Just trying to help.
Interesting!
Interesting, be good to see a follow-up video comparing with Geckolinux on general use & of course gaming performance. To me, it comes across as Debian= legacy/stable/server, RHEL= Enterprise, Arch= bleeding edge & SUSE skews between those three? Thanks eBuzz Central for the video 👍
I like GNOME not KDE. May be if I change the dekstop env, thing will break.
you can change desktop environments just fine, although do keep in mind that plasma uses less resources, and it plays better with most games.
@@TVPInterpolation yes but KDE has too much customisation. I often break things. I have previously played games on Ubuntu, so GNOME won't be a problem.
am goin test the Regata OS on virtual machine i am hype for it
I guess it’s not for older computers. I tried booting it from a bootable usb drive on both my Alienware Alpha Console and my Alienware x51 R3 and it booted straight into emergency mode for both and stopped . Guess I’ll stay with MATE for now….
Damn, I thought POP!_OS was good but this just took it to the next level. Getting even closer to ditching Windows now. I will be trying this out for sure.
i am using Regata OS right now. linux is so much better than windows.
Will an Asus Phoenix 1660 super OC video card run on Regata OS?
@Unknown Nomad I hope you are right. Going to try it out today.
@Unknown Nomad Got it running. So far it is working good.
Unfortunately, I was not able to make Regata run on my Optimus laptop (Intel+Nvidia) because of gpu drivers issues, and this is a shame because they do advertise as being a distro made also for this. Otherwise what's the point of being a gaming distro, if you can't resolve this fundamental issue?
Moreover, when I asked them on reddit about stopping Nvidia for good they told me turn it off from Bios - like that was the fkin option I needed!
Actually, you need to install nvidia proprietary driver. This can be done via the app store or via Yast's software manager. If you've done this and the issues persist, we can further investigate what may have happened.
The download time is 5 hours...
That is extremely odd, it didn't take me 5 hours and I have average internet.
I am with good internet and live in the United states
Also it just went up to 2 DAYS!
Only 10 minutes for me but I live in Brazil!@@Commentation
Nice Distro
Were you able to get Wi-Fi working on a laptop with Regata OS?
Depending on the wifi chip manufacturer, you may need to install some driver via Yast, such as the broadcom-wl driver for broadcom crips.
@@josuevicente2795 thanks I kind of figured as much as this laptop has the new wi-fi 6 chips from Realtek B852 and I can not for the life of me find anywhere to get the drivers or how to install them :(
Will this dual boot with Windows?
Nice one
Changing to Linux soon...Im tired of fucking RUINdows screwing itself up and my hardware...
Im used to Ubuntu...but I may try this one...even may daily drive it...see if the gaming is just as good as Ruindows...
That's cool to have a gaming friendly Linux distro but I am having a hard time trusting a distro that have a default root password
torrent link ? Linux with no link should NOT be
hello troy, could you recommend debian base (if there is one that existed) that equal to this os? thank you for this video. have a great day sir.
i am going to take a look at it cause i am looking for a linux distro so i can get away from windows
BRASIL!!!
What about HDR on Linux?
Can it run pirated games?
odd question to ask.
yes - but not as easy as genuine ones :)
@@TVPInterpolation i was curious but thats what i thought
@@VictorKaido What Kind of Games?emulators?do you have a Potato or a Decent today s computer?
@@fabricio4794 does it matter? Im talking about pc games
@@VictorKaido yeah just add a game to steam with a .exe
I don't know I tried to download open Susa a while ago it was such a pain I couldn't even get the thing to connect to the internet so I ended up giving up and downloading Linux Mint