Pretty much the title. Maybe to add a bit of a backstory: Bazzite was awesome at first, all games ran on the first try!!

But then: I still haven’t installed my vpn, let me quickly do that. Oh wait, there’s no flatpak for my vpn, that’s right.

Aight, lemme first install tlp and get these laptop fans under control. But wait, how? There’s no flatpak. If I install it in distrobox, it has no effect, which kinda makes sense.

Whatever, lemme try auto-cpufreq. No flatpak, so distrobox it is. To no surprise, it fails. “System has not been booted with systems as init system.”

Same with Goverlay. So then I just fell back into my chair and screamed: “How the hell do I install stuff on Bazzite to control my laptop?!”

  • Painfinity@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    Thank you so much for the hint, I sporadically read the word “rpm-ostree” but never thought that it was related to my issue. I’ll do some research on it tomorrow and keep you updated!

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      Don’t let yourself get too discouraged. Things are done differently from what you’re used to. Over time, you start to understand more and the vocabulary starts to develop to more quickly search for answers.

      Before I developed my chops I could spend all morning searching for answers to how to do something or other at the command line. Now I can get the answer in one search query for most things. It was a matter of learning how to ask the right questions. You simply do not know what you do not know.

      Cheers.

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        Thanks for the encouraging words! That’s actually very relatable and I hope that moment comes soon. But I’m also learning new stuff about Linux on an almost hourly basis and it’s a lot of fun. Oh, and it’s so rewarding when something finally works!

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      No worries! You’re doing exactly what’s recommended, so I’d say you’re on the right path! Main thing is that rpm-ostree is the built in package manager, so like rpm, dnf, apt, Pac-Man, etc. so if you’ve used any of them before, it’s going to be pretty straight forward. And yeah, just comment or message me and I’ll try to respond when I get a chance. I’m no expert, but I know a bit