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"The next generation of Linux gaming - Bazzite makes gaming and everyday use smoother and simpler across desktop PCs, handhelds, tablets, and home theater PCs."

Are we reading the same website?


That could apply to everything from some sort of software service, to a game installer, to a streaming service, to an App Store for cross-platform games. You have to take into account the chaos that is the Internet and the promotional material shit storm of marketing speak. A sentence extremely close to this could easily be found on the top of the Razer Synapse promotional page. Why not lead with a simple description that uniquely describes what THIS is? I work in both development and psychology, and it’s frustrating when tech people make fun of others for not understanding their jargon, but those same people get extremely annoyed when they don’t understand anything outside their area because other fields use unnecessarily indirect and convoluted language. Why don’t we just help each other out and try not to create unnecessary cognitive load, just to understand what something is? It is actually possible without dumping down, it’s just a little framing that is needed.
The first text on the page says:

> The operating system for the next generation of gamers

If you're trying to argue that this snippet should answer the question of "what is Bazzite"... have you looked at marketing-speke websites lately? Think of how many different categories of service / product / platform / technology call themselves "the operating system for the next generation of XYZ".

+1 to jtrn's complaint here; when Bazzite's homepage doesn't own up and immediately say "Bazzite is a Linux distribution", it's being unnecessarily unclear, and it loses my trust.

This was a very recent change. Just yesterday the same line read "The next generation of Linux gaming". So it's good someone is taking feedback!
> The first text on the page says:

> > The operating system for the next generation of gamers

This doesn't say anything.

Now it does. It didn't when the original comment was made.
I believe you are. Or we are. The quoted line tells me nothing. Is it a new game engine? Or something like winetricks to tune wine, maybe more streamlined? Or is it a some kind of app store? App launcher?

It is the site made like a presentation, in my experience they are all suck and like a real presentation are impossible to comprehend without accompanying speech.

It does say very clearly on top of the page that it is an "operating system", what is so unclear about it?

If you want to know more, just scroll down and read more detailed explanation

Not sure in what way some people expect to be fed the information. If you did not understand what it is from the first couple of sentences then maybe it is not for you.

They JUST changed it (probably reading the HN feedback). Now the title on tip reads "The operating system for the next generation of gamers" while just yesterday it was simply "The next generation of Linux gaming".

The change is for the better, but I would still like to have words like "Linux" and "distro/distribution/pack" be used.

I agree with the author. Is that an OS image you put on a machine to make it a game box? Or is it a piece of software you put on your existing Linux? Or a framework for game developers? Not clear.
How about "the operating system for the next generation of gamers" replacing the first line?
Yes, would be a major upgrade

Then let us understand will it be a separate PC (or mini computer) solely for gaming, or is it still some familiar OS that can be used for other purposes too? Arch? Debian?

Awesome, I'll probably workshop it a touch but I appreciate the input.
Now the title on tip reads "The operating system for the next generation of gamers" while just yesterday it was simply "The next generation of Linux gaming".

The change is for the better, but I would still like to have words like "Linux" and "distro/distribution/pack" be seen somewhere soon after the visitor loads the page.

Here's a thought experiment. What hypothetical piece of technology am I describing?

> Next generation of construction - gezzite makes construction smoother and simpler across various commercial and residential projects.

The problem with your thought experiment is intentional obfuscation - where is the Linux equivalent?

"Next generation of construction bricks" is already obvious

Well, "next generation of Linux gaming" is not specific. "Next generation of Linux operating system" would be specific.
My thoughts exactly, linux gaming really doesn't tell me much, beyond that I might be able to use it if I was using Linux. Could be some controller or a Proton-something for all I can tell reading the phrase.
How about this:

> Next generation of construction cranes - gezzite makes construction smoother and simpler across various commercial and residential projects.

Too much noun, needs to be vaguer.

How about "next generation of Nordic construction".

Still too specific.

How about "next generation of sheltering" or "next generation of the essential element in the hierarchy of needs"?

Did they change the website in the last hour? It now says "The operating system for the next generation of gamers".
But it's much worse now, they've lost the name of the OS!!!
Yes they did. Now the title on tip reads "The operating system for the next generation of gamers" while just yesterday it was simply "The next generation of Linux gaming".

The change is for the better, but I would still like to have words like "Linux" and "distro/distribution/pack" be visible somewhere on the first visible page.

Ah so it’s a usb C key that adds a Linux friendly GPU for which the drivers are in the kernel?

Or it’s some gaming smoothening software.

Hmm runs on tablets, so it’s an App then… that also runs on htpcs… hmmm…

So it’s some sort of an application you install on your PC to make game runs smoother?

And/or something like Moonlight/Remote Play?

That could describe a special "gaming-optimized" router.
That’s says nothing about what it actually is.

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