I have a Steam Deck and would like to make a spin of the mandriva distro that is like bazzite but with some of the features of Chimera OS. I think that this undertaking would be an awesome way to mandriva.
This is probably a good place to start:
I just want to set out my requirements for this spin that way I do not get lost in the weeds and others can suggest features and advise on things.
OMGaming Spin:
- SteamOS Familiar Interface
- Wide Handheld/Hardware Support
- Scripts for ease of use setup for other stores
- Steam-like Gamemode Option
- Controller Remapping system (Apart from steam-input)
- Launchers like Heroic and Lutris.
- Based on Plasma, Gnome or Cosmic.
- Good Browser (Can Brave be shipped with Spin?)
- Basic Office Utils
- OBS Studio
- MangoHUD
- Proton and Wine GUI Managers
Any other suggestions and tips are welcome.
Can you be more specific about the 'steamos familiar interface? My understanding is that it just launches steam in big picture mode, and has plasma.
If the hardware drivers have been merged into the kernel then OM should work.
What stores do you mean?
Plasma has built-in controller support, and maybe custom keybindings.
Lutris is already on OM and someone has already submitted a request for heroic.
OM uses plasma by default.
De-googled chromium by default, and Brave is easy to add from the welcome screen.
LibreOffice is included.
OBS Studio is east to add from the welcome screen.
I am unsure about MangoHUD.
I am unsure about proton/wine gui managers. Do you have an example that you already use?
Sadly not, as it’s third party app and requires own repository.
We have an (experimental) Extended Edition with proton and wine included
https://abf.openmandriva.org/platforms/cooker/products/184
if you wish to have a look at it.
Hi There. I’m considering Switching to openMandriva from Bazzite. Bazzite is a Fedora-blue based OS built for gaming which can be installed on the Steam-Deck.
I’m interested in this idea of a Mandriva Based gaming OS.
If it would help if someone would want to pick up the project.
I would include Lutris, Steam, Wine, Protontricks, ProtonUp-QT (Proton-GE Installer) and Mangohud by default.
I may be missing some other software/features that are needed for a project like this.
There are some Optimizations that Bazzite and NobaraOS does that might be worth looking into as well.
Hope this helps
- Jaro
Welcome @Jaro7k , I did not know this spin.
SteamOS Familiar interface would be like Steam Gamemode (Gamescope Session) or playton’s version.
Proton/Winetricks and ProtonUp-QT
I will do some testing to get familiar with the os-image-builder and see what I can put together to start out. This is my first time doing a spin or linux distro.
this is request from another distro
you can have a look with cachyos
If you look at the OP it is not so much a request. This person is volunteering to spearhead the gaming spin. I think that is pretty awesome.
Are you on the Matrix? I’m willing to collaborate. I’m a gamer, not a Linux tech expert. I have insights on what we might need for Linux gaming since I’m have some knowledge on the subject.
I just got on the Matrix and we are working out a plan…
Excellent. That is how things are supposed to work.
Is there a separate chat room for this?
This would be amazing
This could be really good for those that want a hassle-free OS to set up quickly for gaming
New room: #openmandriva-gaming
at matrix