You don't, but oh boy, the experience is worth it. Bazzite[1] has it quirks but it mostly works fine in desktops.

Imo if you just have a regular desktop PC, use Ubuntu/Fedora, not a dedicated 'gaming' distro. Bazzite's good as a stand in for steam os on non Valve handhelds, but Steam and Proton work just fine on a regular boring Linux distro.

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Gigachad 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Bazzite is a lot less messing around though. Stock standard fedora doesn't have the drivers needed for modern xbox controllers. Doesn't have a controller usable interface, etc.

If your PC is connected to a TV than Bazzite is a much better experience.

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giobox 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mostly agree, with the caveat the Bazzite is also a good option for PCs that spend their life permanently connected to a TV as a gaming box. It makes for a great big screen sofa experience too vs using typical Linux distro desktop UIs or Windows. Roll your own Steam Machine, essentially.

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tapoxi an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Bazzite is just Fedora Kinoite with some tweaks for gaming, like automatically including Nvidia drivers.

I've joined the Kinoite kult since it's much easier to deal with an atomic system.

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nandomrumber 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Debian / Fedora are riddled with features gamers will never need.

	▲	reactordev 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		So is windows. The point being that you can have your cake and eat it too with a stable distribution, proper drivers, proton and Steam.