Does bazzite only works on SSDs?
I wanted to try installing on a HDD but I want to know if it will work before trying
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SSDs are pretty much the only thing you'd want to be installing on. HDDs will end up being unbearably slow, especially for this kind of project
HDD will hurt the entire time
don't even bother
k k, tysm
Bazzite uses btrfs and that's prone to fragmentation because any write to a file writes it to a different part of the disk. That additional seeking can make it very slow on old fashioned HDDs. A compromise would be to have your main install on a small SSD and have an extra HDD mounted for game libraries or media (either ext4 or btrfs with a bit of SSD cache in front). The bazzite main system is less than 50GB so any old SSD would fit the purpose.
You can use your HHD for your files. SSD is the way to go for installing an os