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bazzite is probably the better choice.
you can most likely get all of the same benefits from your existing install, though. just need the right configuration.
You can't get Gamescope, which really makes all the difference in the world, especially in couch/controller gaming.
Why not just install game scope?
https://docs.bazzite.gg/Handheld_and_HTPC_edition/Steam_Gaming_Mode/
Bazzite was offered as an alternative to "your existing install".
Lol I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you meant that gamescope would be difficult to get working under Bazzite's immutable architecture.
You do realize gamescope is just a package you can install, right? Do you think it's a unique feature of SteamOS or what?
LOL It is not.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope
...was there something you wanted to add?
You seem very misinformed so I'm just providing you with resources.
I don't need resources. I'm not misinformed. Do you see a "just install package" button on that page?
On many distros it is.
I installed game scope on my Fedora install.
FSR crashes sometimes, so I disabled that. The only real issue OSS that if you use game scope the steam big picture exit menu gets replaced with the steam deck options only, so I had to create a separate “game” to send a kill signal to gamescope.
really? i thought one of the main benefits of gamescope was that it can be nested inside an existing DE?