User Experience switching from Bazzite

[dschibster]

Hi people,

I’m not entirely new to Linux, but far away from being a power user. More of a moderately experienced one, using Garuda as my daily driver on my Desktop and currently using Bazzite on my Legion Go. I am contemplating switching from Bazzite to CachyOS, in part due to the possibility of getting some more flexibility about what packages to install thanks to OctoPi. I have also heard of performance improvements in GameMode and better 1% lows and frame pacing, so that’s something

However, because I often hook the Legion Go up to use as a Desktop Replacement, I am wondering about a few things that I have not found anything for in the forums and google so far.

• Do Thunderbolt and DisplayLink docks work OOTB or will I need to perform some manual setup steps?
• Are the screen Framerate intervals adjustable as they currently are on Bazzite? (30, 60, 72 and 144)
• When replacing my install of Bazzite that’s currently residing on the internal SSD alongside Windows, will I still be able to install rEFInd? Currently I can only switch boot partitions from the UEFI menu.

Thanks for the work you’ve been putting in so far, everything I’ve seen is raving reviews.

[naim]

@dschibster

• Do Thunderbolt and DisplayLink docks work OOTB or will I need to perform some manual setup steps?

Yes, they should work OOTB

@dschibster

• When replacing my install of Bazzite that’s currently residing on the internal SSD alongside Windows, will I still be able to install rEFInd? Currently I can only switch boot partitions from the UEFI menu.

For the handheld edition, we only provide systemd-boot as the available boot manager. This is by design to ensure easier maintainability. This may change in the future but with there currently being only 2 maintainers for the handheld edition, it’s not happening any time soon.