Hi all, I am ready to break free from consoles and want to run Bazzite on a PC connected to my living room TV. I have questions though about how to deal with multiple people having different profiles and different save files for games, while sharing the same Steam library.

I read that Bazzite Desktop allows for different linux user profiles, but does not boot straight to game mode, whereas Bazzite Deck does not allow multiple linux user profiles, but does boot straight to game mode.

I guess the question is, is it possible to set up things in a console like way where the game library is shared, but each user can have their own separate save files?

Thanks in advance for the help!

  • tyrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    You can set steam to boot into big picture mode. I just went through this. Single bazzite user with no password login and auto start steam with multiple profiles for different users in the home. Steam you’ll need to set up family library to share games. Most will work in this mode but some won’t because they are jerks. If you need Windows you can get bazzite to put a link within steam so you don’t even need to set up grub to switch between the different OS’s. I can’t remember what it’s called but if you browse the installed programs you’ll see one that says something along the lines of bazzite tweaks or extras or something. Loads of good things in there

    Edit: it’s called bazzite portal setup. Super handy

    • neo2478@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      5 days ago

      Thanks for the info. Seems easy to set up.

      Though i read somewhere that even with multiple profiles in Steam, they end up using the same save files. Do you not have that issue?

      • tyrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        5 days ago

        Not yet but everyone has been playing different games so far. I’d imagine each steam acvount would have their own save unless it was a non steam game

        • neo2478@sh.itjust.worksOP
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          4 days ago

          Would it be too much for me to ask you to test it out by opening a game you haven’t played but someone else has in another profile, to see if their save file shows up or not?

          • tyrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            4 days ago

            Yeah no problem. I just tried opening arc raiders under my wife’s steam account (which she’s never played) and it opened as if no one has ever played the game. It brought me to the "create embark id’ page.

            Edit: now that I’m thinking about it, I also played ‘the last campfire’ which other family members had played and it started me off fresh

            Edit 2: I really think the only time saves will be an issue is if it’s a non steam game. Like if you set up emudeck, I’m not sure how those saves work. Or any other non steam game you import to your library.

            • neo2478@sh.itjust.worksOP
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              4 days ago

              Amazing, that is a lot for testing it out!!

              I’ll research alternatives for emulation. Though most of the time they support multiple save slots, so I guess that can work as an alternative.

              • tyrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                4 days ago

                No problem! I spent a lot of time over the holidays trying to figure out all our myself. If you have other questions feel free to reach out and I’ll help if I can.