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Trying to go for a “Linux gaming distro” is the wrong thing to do in the first place, IMO. Even if they’re gamers, they’re switching the computers they use for everything. What they needed was a general-purpose distro and then to install Steam or whatever on top of that. The notion of a “gaming distro” should be considered harmful for everything other than maybe running it on one of those Steam Deck knock-offs.

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@mech@feddit.org · Mar 08

Hard disagree. Gaming is the task that needs the most complicated setup with lots of pitfalls – kernel version, GPU drivers, X11 vs. Wayland, even your DE can affect how many issues you’ll have. IMO if you want to play any games at all, use a distro set up specifically for gaming, to let someone else do all that work for you. For all other tasks you’ll do with your PC, a “gaming” distro will be just as good as any other.

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