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?!”

  • pontiffkitchen0@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    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