New to linux after finally being done with windows, got recommended bazzite, steam games won't run.

To be honest, I could use a tour of the OS/Distro in general. I'm generally tech savvy but a lot of the stuff Bazzite does just leaves me stumped. Trying to run any game in steam just causes it to close after 5 seconds. Not even a window, it just goes from "launching" to "stop" to just the green play button like that. Steam launches every game with proton experimental, but I've also tried hotfix and proton 9 as well.

I also don't understand how to install wine or any application on this platform, but it keeps bringing up the WineHQ page every time I try and launch Monster Hunter Frontier. To quote:

From the top level director of the Wine source (which contains this file),
run:

` ``
./configure
make
` ``

Then either install Wine:

` ``
make install
` ``

Or run Wine direclt from the build directory:

` ``
./wine notepad
` ``

From the top level director of the Wine source (which contains this file),
run:

` ``
./configure
make
` ``

Then either install Wine:

` ``
make install
` ``

Or run Wine direclt from the build directory:

` ``
./wine notepad
` ``

From the top level director of the Wine source (which contains this file),
run:

` ``
./configure
make
` ``

Then either install Wine:

` ``
make install
` ``

Or run Wine direclt from the build directory:

` ``
./wine notepad
` ``

From the top level director of the Wine source (which contains this file),
run:

` ``
./configure
make
` ``

Then either install Wine:

` ``
make install
` ``

Or run Wine direclt from the build directory:

` ``
./wine notepad
` ``

And I'm unsure as to what any of that means. I went into the terminal and put in the directory for /configure and it gave me an error message saying "configure: error: Cannot build a 32-bit program, you need to install 32-bit development libraries." and even if it did work, did I need to just type "make" underneath it? Many things fail to work with no error pop-ups which make it frustratingly difficult to know what exactly is going wrong unless you try and run something through the terminal. I switched to Linux because I didn't like how windows would mess around with me. I expected Linux to be new and difficult because it's more open source and less of a casual OS but this is just absurd. I don't know what I'm doing, I'm genuinely surprised I managed to get the OS to boot in the first place but now I'm here I've installed discord and failed to open 5 steam games and a 2007 MMO and I still don't know if I have wine installed.

Genuinely ripping my hair out over here. I thought this was a more user-friendly distro...

WidgetOP•6/3/25, 11:21 PM

I'll put my PC specs here:

CPU: Intel core i7-9700
GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1660 SUPER
Motherboard: MSI MS-7B98
16GB RAM

And I downloaded bazzite-nvidia-open-amd64.iso off the website

Mr Chandy•6/3/25, 11:57 PM

Where are your steam games stored? If none of your steam games are launching I have a suspicion you might be trying to run them from a drive that is using NTFS filesystem.

When installing software please read the documentation, it lists the priority of installing linux software and gives basic explanations of how to use them.
https://docs.bazzite.gg/Installing_and_Managing_Software/

Also wine itself is not "installed" on Bazzite. Windows games and applications should be launched with a runner, i.e. Steam, Lutris, Heroic Game Launcher. These applications provide Proton and or Wine that you can use to run windows software.

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:01 AM

My steam games are stored on a hard drive that has been unchanged from when it was on windows

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:02 AM

That would likely be the issue. NTFS is not supported. Try reinstalling a small game you want to test on your OS drive. It should launch no prob after that.

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:03 AM

Looking at the drive in properties, the filesystem is called "fuseblk"

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:04 AM

however I'm not sure if that's what Bazzite is just seeing it as and it's actually NTFS or if it is actually fuseblk

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:05 AM

ok yeah it's ntfs

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:08 AM

Nothing we can do about NTFS, it just doesn't work, and I'm not knowledgeable enough to explain why. But thats the way it is.

BTRFS or EXT4 are the recommended filesystems that people can give support for. Otherwise I'm pretty sure you won't get any support.

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:10 AM

I'm guessing switching NTFS to BTRFS or EXT4 requires your hard drive to be wiped?

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:13 AM

It might be possible to add a new partition that is in a supported filesystem, and then move the data between the partitions depending on free space and such. Though, I don't know if that would be recommended. But afaik it could work.

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:14 AM

I mean, steam games can be redownloaded, I won't be losing important data

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:14 AM

University work, on the other hand...

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:14 AM

Yeah my OS drive usually goes clean and I do everything on this 2TB HDD so pretty much everything important is on that HDD

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:15 AM

Yeah if its Uni work I would def make like two backups lmao

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:15 AM

I mean I have 3 drives

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:15 AM

I'd have to reinstall a few application for their linux versions like REAPER

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:17 AM

Keep in mind the Hierarchy of recommended installation methods.

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:17 AM

I think reaper has a flatpak

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:17 AM

I'll remember that now

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:17 AM

I checked yeah reaper has a flatpak

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:18 AM

so should be no prob

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:18 AM

never used that app though so :Glorpshrug:

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:18 AM

I was kinda just thinking "alright well KTE is kinda like windows there should just be installation executables right?"

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:18 AM

didn't realise there was... well...

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:18 AM

an app store, pretty much

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:19 AM

haha, yeah Linux doesn't use executables in the same way Windows does

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:19 AM

Yeah... I noticed...

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:20 AM

Either way, I work with a lot of niche things. ESPECIALLY games. So I will most likely try and get wine working anyway

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:21 AM

I tried to run a game through steam and it brought up- oh what the-

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:21 AM

I try and show something not working and it works

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:21 AM

typical.

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:21 AM

Either way, god save me for fightcade

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:22 AM

I've not messed around too much with Wine itself. Proton and Wine within the launchers works no problem for my needs, but keep in mind that Bazzite you don't really "install" new software to bazzite in the same way as other Distros. So don't follow all the guides for Ubuntu or Arch.

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:22 AM

Alright

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:22 AM

Well, it's late so I think file system stuff will be a job for tomorrow

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:24 AM

I'm going to have to sift through 1.8 Terabytes of a 6 year old computer's HDD for important things

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:28 AM

If you have other q's don't be shy to ask either here or elsewhere. Most people will be happy to help as best they can, so long as you are forthcoming, and not rude or presumptive.

Particularly around installing ~~soft~~ software, Bazzite can be a tad daunting and different for new-comers that don't have their needs met by Flatpak.

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:28 AM

soft?

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:33 AM

Oh also, try to read what you can from the docs.

https://docs.bazzite.gg/

Most don't care, but it is technically a rule that you should read documentation before starting support requests. Specially for new users, most do not care, as most new people can't correctly interpret the documentation without a base amount of knowledge.

WWidget soft?

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 12:33 AM

Software. Sorry lol

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 12:33 AM

It's fine lmao

MMr Chandy Software. Sorry lol

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 1:08 AM

how do I use WineZGUI to open a non-game windows application?

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 1:08 AM

pressing "Launch..." does nothing

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 1:12 AM

ah, it needs to be in the os drive

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 1:12 AM

I'll have to use Lutris then

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 1:18 AM

:GlorpSalut:

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 1:19 AM

I learned something

Mr Chandy•6/4/25, 1:19 AM

I think I tried using WineZGUI once and did the same thing and gave up and used Lutris

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 1:20 AM

New problem...

WidgetOP•6/4/25, 1:20 AM

Clip studio paint is crashing on launch.

New to linux after finally being done with windows, got recommended bazzite, steam games won't run.

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