Linux wont let me download games. I have 1TB of free space. linux says otherwise.
How do i fix this problem?
PAre you downloading to the same drive Bazzite is on or a different drive?
If it's a different drive, is it configured as described in https://docs.bazzite.gg/Advanced/Auto-Mounting_Secondary_Drives/? Remember NTFS won't work
If it's a different drive, is it configured as described in https://docs.bazzite.gg/Advanced/Auto-Mounting_Secondary_Drives/? Remember NTFS won't work
Ddrive has been mounted. I can store files and delete them.
Dyes its a different drive than what bazzite is on.
DI just reaf the article. This is ridculus. All I wanted to do is play games on it. I have had to fix multiple problems to get this far. And now your telling me i need to fix more problems. I will just go back to winodws. No sense in wasting time on an operating system that takes forever to get it to work correctly
PIf you were using the drive on Windows before, it's probably formatted as NTFS
PIt would have to be reformatted to work with Bazzite for games, or you could install games directly to the Bazzite drive
FYou have to remember this isn't windows. Treating it the same will get you nowhere. Windows hasn't exactly become top dog by playing fair. In fact it's a wonder we even managed to get NTFS working at all because they would rather strangle us.
FThe best attitude you can take is that windows has actively fought to make anything in linux possible and it will likely work different out of neccessity.
FI mean their history starts by throwing errors to make it look like a competitors OS broke the PC. So it is best to come into this slowly and one step at a time. Reading the docs first before doing anything is best. Instability and things not working often comes from assumptions. First things first is NTFS, the file system made and patented by windows, is barely going to work right. You'll need to use a linux file system like ext4 or btrfs. Sharing between the two operating systems is very unlikely to work right.
FAs a whole linux got it working, but only in the capacity that it will work. Long term stability and sanity is not guranteed. It's more in the vein of "You can fetch and write files to it, but be forewarned of dragons"
FIf windows didn't make it hard for us they wouldn't have survived the windows 7 discontinuation.
FSo first things first, be sure the drive that you'll be using for games is a linux file system. The two most popular are BTRFS and EXT4 (Ext4 is the ntfs of the linux world. BTRFS is the new kid, per se)
Though I'll include some other windows habits to avoid first:
Though I'll include some other windows habits to avoid first:
- Never go on the internet for program installers, etc. Use Bazaar, brew, or in worst case of no other option rpm-ostree. Grabbing programs off the internet is a bit of an alien concept here and is not recommended. The opposite of windows. We had software stores first and for good reason.
- Windows file systems will read/write, but that's the extent you can expect of them to function. It's recommended not to use them for anything else like playing games off them. Things may break in ways we cannot help with because they were intended to be windows only and Microsoft wants to keep it that way.
- Drivers are all provided for you. Do not grab those from the internet either. ESPECIALLY NOT NVIDIA.
- Nvidia is a bit of a weird beast. They have an interest in working in linux, but they barely support us so to be sure to ask other users of any issues and search the forums. Chances are someone has indeed encountered the problem before. They work well because of linux users, not nvidia.
- And above all else, be sure to pretend you're brand new to computers. Windows has stuck around by playing dirty and making sure things don't work outside windows. Expect to have to do things a bit differently. This is a combination of all of the above.
DI formatted and mounted the drive. Everything is there. I sould have to reconfigure it just for games
Di shouldn't have to
DIt was pain just to get ubisoft to work. You people should mention that when new people like me get on. We sgould have to go through the entire mess of configureing the system for every little detail
PIt's mentioned in the docs under the Gaming Guide section: https://docs.bazzite.gg/Gaming/Hardware_compatibility_for_gaming/#unsupported-filesystems-for-secondary-drives
PAs mentioned before, the only party that can change how NTFS works is Microsoft. The people working on Bazzite are volunteer nerds
FAnd Microsoft has a vested interest in making life hell outside microsoft. Makes them money, after all.
RI found using bottles for installing and running ubisoft connect very effective and stable, check YouTube videos on setting up bottles,
KOur docs are explicit about not supporting NTFS
KYou just have to read them
