r/LinuxOnAlly

Hi mates, I first tried to use SteamOS but i ended up bootlooping which was really annoying (pretty much all I tried with 3.8.(0,1,2) versions was bootlooping). Anyway I installed bazzite but I have some issues after sleep, sometimes It will not charge and I will have to fully shut down the device. and sometimes after sleep there is bad sound quality which fixes it self if I put it to sleep and open again, and sometimes it will take forever to load shaders.

I am looking for a distro hop if I can make it work, Please tell me on your experience what is the best bet? No dual booting with windows I have 0 interest in that

People should stop installing Bazzite because Bazzite is used when your hardware isn't supported by SteamOS but you still want an immutable distro, not like CatchyOS; that isn't an immutable distro. Even the newer Xbox Ally, that needs to use the Beta version of SteamOS, has support, due to Valve directly working to improve the experience in the Xbox Ally. People should stop promoting using Bazzite in the Ally because it doesn't need it, it is supported by SteamOS, if you're having problems installing it, you are doing something wrong. CatchyOS can be, if you don't want an immutable OS. But installing Bazzite is dumb, because SteamOS supports any type of Ally.

I got the system and while I have in the past really enjoyed windows wanted a different experience as I really enjoyed my steamdeck. At first I tried catchyos but I don’t know it just had so many thing that needed Konsole commands to fix and for me it was just not as plug and play as I would like. I am sure it works amazing for people that know what they are doing but I went ahead and tried Bazzite from there. Honestly it worked fine for gaming but the hardware just wouldn’t work. Bluetooth? Nothing would connect and SD reader was kaput. Not to mention a plethora of other things that just wouldn’t connect. Installed SteamOS today and man I feel so relieved! All my Bluetooth devices connected. Sd card slot is working, led lights, instant sleep and awake.
Finally feel like I have the system I want and it’s easy enough for a dumb dumb like me to navigate.

Posting this in case some wayward soul googling "forgot sudo password bazzite" may come across it.

Installed Bazzite on my ROG Xbox Ally a while ago and couldn't remember my sudo password. Couldn't even remember setting one. Tried all my usuals, none of them worked. Looked up tutorials on how to reset it, couldn't figure out the grub menu bash thing. Was about to give up hope and just perform a fresh install.

Then I remembered that one of the first things Bazzite asked me to do was sign into steam (I used the version of it that was configured to work like SteamOS) so I tried my steam password and it worked.

Maybe it tells you that and I just forgot or wasn't paying enough attention, but my steam password is not something I normally use, so there's a possibility that it gets unintentionally set as a sudo.

Just installed bazzite with the img tailored for the Ally and Steam Works great, Im used to big picture.

But How do I actually get around desktop mode?

On desktop mode whenever I click a text box the virtual keyboard does not show up. I then set up Steam desktop shortcut to open its own keyboard, but it opens a bit misssized and is clunky to use. Any way to get around that?

Also what are other recommended installs? I read bazzite is pretty self suficient, but I want to install emudeck and heard about decky plugin as well

Right now I use bazzite but plan to maybe try out steamos or chachyos.

Can someone tell me how to use fsr4 on Linux?

I use rog ally z1e

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Hi All, I am again asking some assistance from anyone who can guide me on my issue. I have installed Bazzite on my Rog Xbox Ally, and I was trying to format the SD card (Samsung Evo Plus 512GB). But keep getting this error when I try to format it to ext4. I have tried using the terminal to wipe the partitions and format the card but was unsuccessful on it.

I did try to format it on the Steam Deck using KDE partition manager, but it was stuck on 20% progress for 30 minutes and the same issue when the SD card is inserted on the SteamDeck Seen on Desktop Mode but not showing up on Gaming Mode. Anyone has any other way of checking making this work? I am planning on an SSD upgrade in the future, but the SD card will do for now.

I also have tried putting a working SD card from the steam deck to the Ally and it's still not showing in gaming mode.

Hello :)

So I have been using bazzite for few months now but wanted to try something new as I have some time on my hands and as chachyOS user on my PC I wondered how it would act on my ally....and basically use arch based OS on all my gear.

So I have few questions

0. Which one is recommended?

1. Is there noob proof guide for installing steamOS or chachy OS on rog ally?

2. How is performance, bugs, features etc compared to bazzite and each other ?

3. I need to be able to dock it to my TV as seamesly as possible

4.are gyro, TDP and lights working?

Thanks in advance

I'm only playing D4 and soo far windows 11 with armourcrate and all the possible settings are not satisfying , and im thinking to try out steam os is it actually that good like they say ?