I just recently learned this when I tried to take a Teams call (ugh) with my Bluetooth earbuds, only to find that the microphone worked, but I couldn’t hear anything.
Turned out, by default, it had set the input as headset mode, but the output as stereo headphone mode, so I couldn’t hear anything.
Because that makes sense.
You can also use it for everything else. It can be as easy to use as a PlayStation if that’s what you want it for.
Yeah when I see people say that gaming on Linux “isn’t there yet” I have to wonder how long it’s been since they’ve tried. And people who install Windows on their Steam Deck? Don’t get it.
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Imagine paying money for a streaming service in 2025, and not being able to get higher than 1080p. Insane.
Well for one, I’m not sure I consider it an “issue”… But yeah, it’s absolutely 100% on me lol…
It’s not always due to procrastination… Sometimes it’s not convenient to immediately do it. If it’s a long thing I’ll just take a short break and go for a walk or something…
Yup… I recently booted into an EndeavorOS live USB, just so I could use the partitioning tools that come pre-installed, before rebooting and reinstalling Bazzite, because I was really hating the methods the Bazzite installer has for it.
Unless they’re referring to different logs, “journalctl” is the command you want to use. Maybe red the man page on it first though as you may want to use “-b” or “-x” or some other option.
I’m sure it depends on what you need it for, but I’ve never used my work laptop for anything that would have ever needed a terminal.
Edit: I looked at this comment again after reading the reply, and not sure why I said it as my work laptop uses Windows… Maybe I meant that, if my work were to transition to Linux, then I still wouldn’t need it? I dunno.
What year is it? Terminal is pretty much optional these days, especially if we’re talking enterprise with dedicated IT staff.
Depends on the settings your IT has set up… Mine will let you put it off, but after a couple times you’re left with no choice but to let it run.
Ah ok, guess I forgot about that
Also note that, just because Steam itself says a game is unsupported, does not necessarily mean that’s true. Always check ProtonDB. There have been several occasions where “unsupported” games have worked just fine for me (sometimes with minimal tinkering, sometimes none).
Proton is awesome.
Boots right into Steam.
I guess it can… I have been running Bazzite on my main laptop (including gaming) for like 6 months now, and it does not boot right into Steam, it boots to my KDE desktop.
I love it by the way, it’s been a great experience.
TimeShift. Life saver, and great tool for learning without having to worry about breaking shit permanently.
https://www.protondb.com/app/1062090?device=pc
Try any of the launch commands there? Pretty simple, usually just have to copy/paste.
I have Timberborn, btw, and it runs fine out of the box for me on Bazzite. Though I do have AMD. Though I don’t think Intel CPU should matter… Nvidia GPU, maybe. But Intel shouldn’t cause any issues with gaming.
Maybe try ge-proton. This is a slightly modified version by some dude named “GloriousEggroll” who basically releases modified versions of the newest Proton that are sometimes better with respect to compatibility. It’s what I use as my default (though I do have to update it manually. Experimental will update automatically). Discover store has “ProtonUp qt” or something like that, that makes it easy to download and when you do it automatically adds it as an option in the compatibility menu.
If you bought it on Steam, you get it in every “version” (for each OS) that the game was released on. If there’s a Linux runtime, then you’d have both the Windows version, and the Linux version.
Most games don’t have a Linux runtime, and that’s fine. All you need to do is go to “compatibility” in the game settings in Steam, and check the box. Then click the drop-down and select a Proton version (best bet for you is prob “experimental”), and most of the time that’s all you need to do. Protondb.com will tell you if there’s any tweaking needed, or if a specific version of Proton is called for.
This is exactly how the Steam Deck works. Try a gaming-centric distro like Bazzite if you want an even more seamless experience (based on immutable Fedora Silverblue with a bunch of tools and presets focused on gaming. Great for everyday, non-gaming use as well).
Proton is actually incredible. I’ve found that I’ve often gotten better results with running the Windows version of a game with Proton than the actual Linux runtime.
That’s still insane though… I will sometimes hit caps lock once or twice on a password screen to make sure it’s not on.