Dual Boot on the Legion Go! Bazzite Linux and Windows 

Can’t waiiiit!🎉

can you make more videos about things in linux like 3d blender / coding / making a server from this device?

At lower TDP? nah, Steam Deck is king of low-TDP performance. But the Legion Go can crank up to 30W TDP, which means it can achieve higher peak performance (at the expense of battery life). As for performance differences between Bazzite and SteamOS, I personally haven't noticed anything, but I also haven't thoroughly tested.

But shouldnt battery life still increase? I guess Linux doesnt require the same amount of power in the background as Windows does

@@SilverCry93 Part of the problem with battery life on the Legion Go is that other components, like the high-res 144Hz screen, consumes lots of power. Even Linux can go down to much lower TDPs due to having less stuff running in the background, there's only so much the OS can do when you have power-hungry components, etc.

I kept it simple and followed the instructions from the bazzite documentation: universal-blue.org/images/bazzite/FAQ/#can-i-dual-boot-bazzite-with-windows

Oh yeah, that's totally a valid option. But the Dual boot setup for me works perfectly fine, especially since I installed Bazzite with it's own completely independent EFI partition (So Windows can't nuke it). Windows takes up 40GB on my minimal install, which is totally reasonable for what I plan on using it for.

FPS mode also works fine, albeit I haven't done much testing with it beyond flipping it on and seeing if it registers as a mouse.

Bazzite Deck, but Bazzite Deck Gnome can also work fine. Note that there are tweaks required after the initial install for a good experience.

Bazzite is also Linux-based, it will have similar compatibility as SteamOS on the Steam Deck.

I will when I have some time, the only problem is that getting Waydroid working is very finicky. It might take some time to make a good guide for it.

It really depends on the game, sometimes it's better in Windows, other times it's better in Linux. My rule of thumb is that performance is usually within 5 to 10% of each other, excluding extreme cases.

@@aru3 gotcha. Would you say the same rule applies to emulation? And what about compatibility, ie starfield drivers released for Windows. Is there any kind of parity with driver support? Just trying to understand pros vs cons with Windows. So far pros with Bazille seem to be a better OOTB user experience once you set things up and tinker, a proper game suspend feature, possibly better battery life but not much. Cons are unclear as of now

@@ln836 for emulation, I would say Linux is generally better, but same rule of thumb. Not much, of a difference excluding certain emulators like xemu, etc. drivers are all built into the OS, you don't need to install any drivers. As for cons, remember that this is not officially supported on this hardware, so you always have the possibility of encountering bugs and issues. There are still some outstanding bugs and issues that are still unresolved, I plan on going over them

Both Bazzite and ChimeraOS don't officially support Dual Boot, but it's much easier to unofficially dual boot with Bazzite. Dual booting ChimeraOS is very difficult.

@@aru3 so which one would you recommend more for legion go, I don't really have much Linux experience

Definitely go with Bazzite.

Could you elaborate the specific reasons for you to choose Bazzite@@Driftwood420

not better, different. ChimeraOS feels like a very streamlined game console OS that's very good at doing it's job. Bazzite feels more like a full blown power user's desktop OS with a console game mode bolted on the side. Depending on how you use your device, you may prefer one over the other

@@aru3 I appreciate your answer it was helpful!

One of the core differences is Bazzite actually supports dual boot

@@Driftwood420 both operating systems don't support dual boot, the difference is that it's much easier to unofficially dual boot Bazzite.

Actually it does officially support dual boot now. Even says so on their github. I'll quote it "Built in support for Windows dual-boot thanks to Fedora's installation of GRUB being left intact."

@@Driftwood420 hrm, this directly contradicts what is said in their FAQ. FAQ says: "Can I dual-boot Bazzite with Windows? Short answer: It's unsupported, but can work especially if Windows is on a different drive." Maybe it's just outdated documentation...

Yeah seems like the FAQ is outdated. They should really sort that. Most people aren't like me and read through release notes on github 😅