I actually kinda like the idea of booting by default into a standard PC desktop setup, and being abl

I actually kinda like the idea of booting by default into a standard PC desktop setup, and being able to switch over to steam game mode with gamescope for a more console-like experience whenever I want

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:24 AM

Ive really wanted to be able to do that for a while but gamescope setups seem to prefer the reverse

AAshlynn I actually kinda like the idea of booting by default into a standard PC desktop ...

tryhardsoccermomswag•7/27/24, 6:24 AM

there's a

ujust

ujust

command for this, but it also can break steam gaming mode if you have desktop mode boot by default

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:24 AM

I tried it but I didn't know how to get into gamemode, because logging out just booted me right back into gnome

Aantheas Kyle needs to set the new var

Gorujo-kun•7/27/24, 6:24 AM

if it's not rude to ask now where do I put the variable again? Like is there a configuration file to keep in mind even for next time

Gorujo-kun•7/27/24, 6:24 AM

oh crap

Gorujo-kun•7/27/24, 6:24 AM

I've done it

Gorujo-kun•7/27/24, 6:25 AM

Ok no need to respond twice

Ttryhardsoccermomswag there's a `ujust` command for this, but it also can break steam gaming mode if y...

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:25 AM

Hell, I'd even settle for a separate boot option for "desktop-by-default" and "gamescope-by-default"

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:26 AM

But, it is what it is. At least I can rebase into gaming mode images whenever I want

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:26 AM

I love that about this distro

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:26 AM

Speaking of!! I wanted to ask, what's the preferred way to make btrfs snapshots on bazzite?

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:27 AM

And also wanted to ask what the limits of those snapshots are; like, say I totally fuck up everything about my install - WM and DE are fucked, errors everywhere, home folder is destroyed or some shit - would a btrfs snapshots be able to roll everything back to a previously working state?

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:28 AM

I asked a day or so ago and got no response :o

Gorujo-kun•7/27/24, 6:31 AM

if I'm not mistaken they should be at around 3 partitions?

Pez•7/27/24, 6:32 AM

separation of concerns

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:32 AM

All I've got for bazzite is just the default handling of partitions on its drive, so

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:33 AM

A 990GB btrfs partition mounted at filesystem root

Pez•7/27/24, 6:33 AM

your home folder probably isn't so critical, back that up however you please - you don't need to worry about backing the actual OS up with a btrfs snapshot to recover from an update because of ostree pinning

AAshlynn Speaking of!! I wanted to ask, what's the preferred way to make btrfs snapshots ...

antheas•7/27/24, 6:34 AM

you dont

antheas•7/27/24, 6:34 AM

you use ostree to manage your deployments

antheas•7/27/24, 6:34 AM

and you can have as many as you want

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:34 AM

Say I try installing something myself that could lead to issues, what would be a good way to make a "backup" to roll back to with ostree, just in case I need to?

antheas•7/27/24, 6:35 AM

can you give an example of something you'd install

antheas•7/27/24, 6:35 AM

/usr is locked

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:35 AM

I know a reinstallation is recommended for it, but say plasma-desktop using layering

AAshlynn Say I try installing something myself that could lead to issues, what would be a...

Pez•7/27/24, 6:35 AM

you can just pin your current deployment

AAshlynn I know a reinstallation is recommended for it, but say plasma-desktop using laye...

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:37 AM

Say I try it out and attempt to debug it myself - or idk, say instead of layering I rebase into bazzite-plasma:stable - and try to fix the issues that arise myself. If I find that I can't fix them, I'd want to "roll back" to before I attempted the whole thing

snofox•7/27/24, 6:37 AM

If anyone else asks about 1Password and Firefox native messaging, I'd just link them to this and say it's coming soon

... I'm going to give up and just keep using the flatpak Firefox for now

GitHub

webextensions: add a portal for managing WebExtensions native messa...

This is an implementation of a slightly modified version of the interface proposed in #655 for starting WebExtensions native messaging servers on behalf of a confined web browser.
The main change ...

justarandomplayer0826•7/27/24, 6:38 AM

i have changed my computer resolution and it's now blackscreen in desktop mode, any idea how to change resolution

AAshlynn Say I try it out and attempt to debug it myself - or idk, say instead of layerin...

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:38 AM

Id.. pin my current deployment, backup my home folder to another drive or something.. right? And if it totally fails or whatever, I'd rebase back to my pinned deployment and restore my home folder backup?

Pez•7/27/24, 6:38 AM

don't even sweat your home folder

Pez•7/27/24, 6:39 AM

back it up if there's super important shit

Pez•7/27/24, 6:39 AM

Pez•7/27/24, 6:39 AM

i think you need a baseline understanding of how this works

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:39 AM

Well, switching from gnome to plasma can end up having issues within the home folder due to configs, iirc

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:40 AM

I've done this before on arch and nobara (and clear Linux but that's a diff story), but this time around Id like to be able to say "nah fuck this, this ain't working" and roll back

Pez•7/27/24, 6:40 AM

the whole OS is booted from an image. if you change anything that would alter its immutable state, you need to rebuild this image. that leaves you with an old image and a new one. by default the OS is going to hold onto both in case your new image can't boot etc.

AAshlynn I've done this before on arch and nobara (and clear Linux but that's a diff stor...

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:40 AM

So that's kinda why I'm asking about btrfs snapshots and whatnot

justarandomplayer0826•7/27/24, 6:40 AM

i changed the resolution from the desktop mode setting app

PPez the whole OS is booted from an image. if you change anything that would alter it...

Pez•7/27/24, 6:41 AM

your home folder is basically just a wart on top of this step

Pez•7/27/24, 6:41 AM

whether or not it exists is :shrug:

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:42 AM

Fair enough, I get that; a lot of DE config files live there though, which is why I'd back it up, personally. That way I can roll back to how it was on gnome if I fuck it up

Pez•7/27/24, 6:42 AM

yeah you can also try making a new user if your old one fails to login etc.

Pez•7/27/24, 6:43 AM

but your home folder is only gonna be touched after the OS already booted

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:45 AM

nod

Pez•7/27/24, 6:45 AM

if you're going from gnome>plasma that should probably not be too borked

Pez•7/27/24, 6:47 AM

i think worst case scenario there is rebase to plasma > potentially can't login > make new user

Aantheas Use the systemd service

AshlynnOP•7/27/24, 6:58 AM

hmm.. sched_ext repo says scx.servicescx.service is the one to enable for sched_ext, but that doesn't seem to exist on (my) bazzite.. can't seem to find anything helpful about lavd besides the fact that the only tab autocompletion in terminal i have for scx is scx_lavdscx_lavd

antheas•7/27/24, 6:58 AM

cachyos devs: this service is shipped always you can rely on it

I actually kinda like the idea of booting by default into a standard PC desktop setup, and being abl

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