Hi all,

I’m very much a Linux newbie. I originally read that Nobara was great for gaming (and it is) but I’ve read even better things about Bazzite and want to give it a whirl.

My question is, am I able to download it to a usb and just do a clean install without issues or do I have to do anything beforehand. I originally installed Nobara using btrfs if that makes any difference.

Like I said I’m really new at this, hopefully it’s ok to post this here but if not please let me know where would be more appropriate.

  • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
    3·
    6 months ago

    They have an ISO on their website, after you enter what version you want.

    If you want to keep any data, that is not possible to my knowledge. Back it up to another device and do a clean install.

    • BlackArtist@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      6 months ago

      I’m not concerned with keeping any data as the things I need are on separate a HD & SSD’s. I just wondered if I might not be able to do a clean install of Bazzite over Nobara, I am really new to all this but learning from you guys & as I go.

      • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
        2·
        6 months ago

        You can always delete all data and install fresh, all installers support that.

        When fiddling with the /etc/fstab if you want to automatically mount stuff, make extra sure to add the nofail flag next to the line, otherwise if the drive is missing your OS wont boot.

      • Para_lyzed@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 months ago

        Oh, that should be no worry. You can always do a clean install of one distro over another. Just make sure in the setup that when you select your data partitions on your other drives that you don’t remake the partitions (at that would delete them). You’ll also have to deal with differences in config files in your home directory since there is variance between Nobara and Bazzite. You can just grab the ISO and install normally, deleting the Nobara partitions.