Turn Your Handheld Gaming PC Into A Steam Deck With Bazzite Linux! Installation Guide
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- Опубликовано: 15 июн 2024
- 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.
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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@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)
What a time to be alive, Installing Linux to Play Windows Games with a better performance on handheld
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 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'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?
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.
I have two Rog Ally's. I have ChimeraOS on both. I did try out Bazzite. Both are better than Windows. I prefer ChimereOS, also have it on my livingroomPC.
@@monki_sudo why chimera is better?
@livemadseason Better than Bazzite or Windows?
Windows is Windows, I don't use it.
Chimera and Bazzite is pretty much the same. Bazzite has PlayStation button layout. I prefer ABXY layout. I know I can change it but would rather play games than configure stuff. I install Decky loader and simpletdp.
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.
Glad to see some Bazzite shoutout
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
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
So, is this basically the unofficial official version of SteamOS? It looks damn near like SteamOS
@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.
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.
i’ve been waiting for a video like this, such an underrated idea it makes these handhelds so nice
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.
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
Been using Bazzite since the alpha days. It’s come a long way! Best experience out there imo!!
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.
Using Linux, you had my curiosity, but installing on these handhelds, you have my attention.
PRIME thank you for making a short and sweet guide for it much love!
Definitely interested in an ally bazzite video, thanks for your hard work
I'll have to give this a try, although more interested for use on my mini PC.
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.
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.
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?
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!
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
Dual booting with bazzite on the Ally, it’s awesome, will definitely be using my Ally more now.
man.. that screen is so good with the extra hz. It makes my LCD steam deck look so outdated now
Definitely gonna be doing this to my legion to
that's really cool
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.
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!
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 want a performance comparison, i think that would be awesome
I would love to a full rog ally video on Bazzite.
Yesssss finally!
hope this linux distro improves even better just like the steam deck UI
This just changed the game!!
The Ally is looking a lot more appealing now...
I use bazzite os on my loki max with decky plug ins and it's a great experience for a small light handheld and I keep my legion go running Windows with playnite with the ps5 theme as the launcher at boot .
Amazing to have decent sleep and wake. I noticed that the UI feels slower than the SD when a game is running but otherwise feels really comparable.
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?
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?
How’s the eGPU support?
I'm using this exactly keyboard right now.
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
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. 😄
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.
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
Any major differences in the ROG Ally setup? And any tricks to get the on screen keyboard to work?
amazing thanks
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.
will we be able to install anygame from steam and play it? if yes I am going to install it right away
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.
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.
Please test with the Zotac Zone, once it's available to the general public. Thanks in advance!
Will this support egpu like gpd g1 and onexgpu?
I wonder if they have included internal display compatibility for the Intel Ayaneo Air Plus. I'd love to run this on there.
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 am torn between PC gamepass and linux gaming. I would love to use linux as daily driver for all devices but Microsoft is fighting hard.
I was wondering what would be best to install for my father's legion go, so that video is quite welcome ! Though I do wonder why there are so few people using ventoy for system installs
I always carry ventoy with 20 linux flavours in my pocket, you never know when you find a PC in need 😅
Will the OnexGPU work with this? Or is it a Windows-only deal?
Will this make the Ayaneo 2 salvageable?
Hey ETA PRIME. Do you think this could run well on the lattepanda mu with the rtx 3050
I will definitely have to try this on my odin 2 pro
I GOTTA KNOW where you got that MOUSE from though!!
Once we've got all this together.
will u do a side byside comparison of windows and baz
I’d love an Ally optimisation guide!? Please!? Thanks for everything!
Curious if for example switch emulation runs better under windows or linux?
Most emulators with the notable exception of the Xbox 360 emulator run better on Linux.
Except for Xenia, Linux has all emulators that Windoze has.
Rog Ally yes please. 😊
One question....is gyro working?
Yes
Is the detachable controller still works (not fps mode) on legion go with steam os?
My god there is so much negativity in the comments section SMH.
A lot of 12y old from r/pcmasterrace
@@QOBRA I would have to agree with that. Windows on a handheld has no business being there in its current state imo. sure it has all the compatabilities of a full fledged PC. BUT, you have limited ssd space, memory, and most of all battery power. so running those lovely games the system has to also run the power hungry windows. so you are left with maybe an hour or 2 of play time before plugging in. Linux yes has limited compatabilites for games. it also has proton and deckyloader plugins to help you get the games working.. ii have yet ran into any issues with my game library from steam or even GOG. sorry for the long post lol
@@gzero26 lets hope when Valve release SteamOS for public use so that other handheld companies start using or fork SteamOS for their devices, because these windows handhelds are not selling well and failed to compete with Steam Deck
Its an experiment that has been reproduced a ton on RUclips. Ultimately, its a lot of work to lose game performance and game compatibility. You dont even gain any battery life. All you get is a better resume feature and no Windows UI layer. Seriously, thats it.
Finally. I hate using Windows on the ROG Ally.
I've been running this on my main PC for a while now but since they updated the Bazzite 40, something in that update completely broke a gamescope for the 7900XT and I have to stay on 39 until it's fixed
ETA, if you read comments, can you do a video on Lenovo Go (no analog sticks, as a tablet/laptop, tabtop, laplet) vs Minisforum V3? They almost look the same, except I think the Legion can fit in your pocket. From what I've searched, neither of these have OLED screens or more importantly, SIM cards so these have to be hotspotted, so I'm a bit hesitant to get the more expensive Minisforum.
How does this improve battery life if at all?
Is there any VR support with EGPU on Ally?
Would love to know how much battery life gained on this os
How does it work with other launchers?
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.
Now can you still use the conteollers wirelessly and also FPS mode ?
Did you watch the video? He literally does it in the video
If I do this for my legion go could I still use my external GPU
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.
How is the peformance with external gpu?
have you tried bazzite with egpu?
I was more interested into the other delisted(?) video. There is really no sweetspot between a low powered arm android/linux handheld and full blown x86 steam deck competitors. I need something in between, gimme all the buttons, big touch screen and linux on arm, but also a command line at least to put other stuff in it. I just want a new horizontal form factor to put a raspberry 4 or 5 in and fo whatever I want to it.
Pis are shit for gaming tho
idc, it's what I want.
@@leonoliveira8652 just get a phone with mobian or woa support and pair it with a kishi or gamesir controller. Way more powerful.
@@leonoliveira8652 just get a used phone that supports mobian or woa and add a kishi. Cheaper and more powerful.
What is the battery life like on Bazzite compared to windows
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
Is this compatible with nvidia GPU's though? I am wondering if its worth installing to my couch gaming rig.
Yes, but not Steam Gaming Mode.
What happened to the video that got delisted?
how about the benchmark?
Does this work with external gpu?
Can I install it on onexplayer xl
One major downside is that on the Legion Go, decky loader only works when a WiFi connection is detected
Installed this on my living room PC with an all AMD setup.
There are a few catches:
1. Xbox dongle + xbox series controller would randomly stop working after wake up or reboot.
2. Games will drop to like 5fps after you go to sleep with the game running and wake up, just like on ChimeraOS.
3. I used to be able to play Alan Wake 2 using Heroic Launcher in game mode. But recently I couldn't. It works in desktop mode though. GTAV from epic launcher never worked in either modes.
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.
Hi, i have mini pc on ryzen 5500u, what system i better try - this or ChimeraOS?