What flavor or distro do you use?

I used to use Fedora back in 2010 and 2011 on a old Dell laptop.

I might be switching to Linux when Support for Windows 10 runs out in 2025. I refuse to put W11 on my PC, but I need to test is Linux with Steams Proton is the right solution before I commit.

  • FlyingCumpet@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Just throwing Bazzite in the ring. Dunno how to say, it’s a variant of Fedora Silverblue (or Kinoite, either way uses immutable file system) and comes in many flavors. Its recipe is designed for gaming.

  • Thick_Bumblebee7387@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m on fedora now, works pretty well and has good support. People would probably use popos but really it doesn’t matter since they are both on gnome, and getting everything setup for gaming is on YouTube tutorial basically

  • Kessl_2@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    There is not a single perfect distro.

    Arch, Gentoo, Solus ,Debian, MX, Ubuntu and SuSE will all work, with some manual adjustments.

  • marthorton@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use Fedora currently but I have used OpenSUSE, Arch and NixOS and it’s been fine. These days Proton / Wine seems a breeze for gaming on Linux

  • killer_knauer@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I would not have gaming as major criteria for choosing a distro. All modern distros should be fine for gaming. Learn how Linux configures things for either X11 or Wayland and you will be fine.

  • Cretsiah2@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    im dual booting

    - debian 12 - for native and indy games

    - windows 11 for ubisoft launcher issues

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    i just cant be bothered fighting the system to get ubisoft to work all the time.

    everytime ubisoft launcher got an update, i’d lose access to the games

    • Nurgus@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Boycot spending money with Ubisoft as much as you can without affecting your own gaming enjoyment. Every penny they lose has an effect.

      Complain in reviews.

      These are the only two things the decision makers care about.

    • sakyce@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Debian users try not to break their computer by installing steam challenge

  • koloved@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I would like to recommend opensuse tumbleweed, rolling, well tested, has btrsf backup out of box which is great especially for new users

  • GaijinPadawan@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Garuda Dragonized KDE. All gaming solutions right from the start - the installation process is very smooth and customizable

  • crosseyedCOBRA@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If you want something that is easy to use and “windows-like” I would recommend Linux Mint. If you are a big tweaker and are roughly tech savy then you must answer the next question… do you want bleeding edge or stability? If you want Bleeding Edge, learn Arch. If you want Stability, learn Debian.