Im a total child in terms oft Linux distros. Since im sick of Microsoft i decided to switch my gaming completely to Linux (Xbox to Tower with bazzite, switch to steamdeck). Im quite happy that i installed the distro by my self and found the place where i was able to change the keyboard layout. Because i want to play in my livingroom form the couch i got a bluetooth keyboard. The mouse i already have connected perfectly the keyboard didnt. I tried finding a solution online but soon realised that i have to learn to read the Linux lingo.

Can please someone teach me or point me in the right direction were i can learn the basics. Treat me like i know nothing about distros (because i dont) and PC (because i barely do).

This is also to try the Linux community. Show me what you got.

  • klangcola@reddthat.com
    19·
    22 hours ago

    For keyboard, if you’re still having trouble, you can try connecting from the terminal with the command bluetoothctl . Terminal commands often tell you more details than GUIs about why things failed.

    Regarding distributions, you are on Bazzite, which is an immutable distribution, meaning the root file system is read-only. That makes it a bit different from “normal” distribution. The upshot is that most things should just work and the system is harder to break. The downside is that you sometimes have to jump through more hoops and do things differently from “normal” distributions when you want to do some deeper level tinkering.

    If you search for “How to do X in Bazzite” you might get fewer results because Bazzite is relatively new and niche (though growing quickly).
    If you search for “How to do X on Linux” you might find that the steps don’t work because you’re root filesystem is read-only.
    So sometimes you need to search for “How to do X on Silverblue” , because Bazzite is (sort of) based on Fedora Silverblue, which is the immutable version of Fedora distribution.

    If you want to install some software that you can’t find in the app store (Flathub) or as AppImage, your next step is to look up the command rpm-ostree. It layers new software on top of your read-only root system. Changes from rpm-ostre take effect on the next reboot

    • foo@feddit.uk
      6·
      19 hours ago

      Good info here. The only thing I disagree with is turning to rpm-ostree if flatpak doesn’t have something. There is an officially preferred order and the ostree overlays are last resort. It will work short term but might cause headaches during future updates.

      https://docs.bazzite.gg/Installing_and_Managing_Software/

      I love Bazzite. It’s a great distro and I want it to do well, so this is something I hope the noob guides start making a bit more noise about, because otherwise some of the recent Windows refugees might have problems down the line.