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Bazzite is fantastic for gaming. You can still tinker by creating new “layers” with rpm-ostree, but it’s a very different way of thinking about your system. It functions more like a container than a traditional system.
hmm, I still think I want to use my laptop for media and gaming and general stuff ... I'm leaving next week so I may try a safer OS in the mean time. I think when I get back I definitely want to delve deeper into Bazzite. I think I wanna see if Bazzite would be a good match for my friend. He was thinking about an XBOX Asus ROG Ally X and I was saying that it's quite pricey if you're not going to use the handheld component. He said he just wanted a console-like experience so he can just turn it on and play and that he has a Mac for his other stuff. I'm reading the Bazzite github repo and it says: "Directly boots to Game mode matching SteamOS's behavior." for the Home Theatre PCs which is what seems to match for him.
I think you'd be fine with Bazzite. I have it on my laptop and do more general dev and media things than gaming. I don't boot to game mode (you can make this selection on iso download). It's a typical KDE experience that encourages flatpack for apps instead of the traditional package manager.