I’ve used Arch, Pop_OS for gaming in the past, was looking for a distro that just works and doesn’t have any extra fluff or do anything nonstandard. (For example I don’t like that some programs will only update through the pop shop on pop os and not through the terminal.)
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matt@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 3y
palebluedot@discuss.tchncs.de · 11 pts · 3y
Any of them.
Usually, we tend to pick a rolling or semi-rolling releases like Fedora to have newest drivers.
Richardisaguy@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 3y
Nobara
woelkchen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
The good thing about Nobara is, should it ever be discontinued, it's easy to convert it to regular Fedora.
luthis@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 3y
I've been using arch with gnome for ages, it doesn't have anything non standard.. Lutris and steam 'just work'..
CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
OP may want to look at Garuda's gaming edition. It seems to have a lot of good gaming packages I usually end up installing myself and it's based in Arch Linux
ulu_mulu@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
There's not a "best" distro for gaming, it very much depends on what games you play.
If you want to play latest releases, a rolling release is most probably the best option for you, I hear Suse Tumbleweed is very good if you don't like Arch.
If you want less "aggressive" updates but not exactly a stable, you can try Solus, it's a sort of middle-ground between the 2.
If your games are not the latest ones, a Debian-based distro is a very good option, rock-solid, updated enough and without any "extra fluff".
I personally use Linux MX XFCE and I'm very happy about it.
woelkchen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
With Mesa compatible GPUs it's objectively better to get Mesa updates ASAP and not wait for 6 or so months. The constant feature and performance improvements are especially crucial for gaming.
ulu_mulu@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
That's if you use opensource drivers, good for AMD but not so much for NVIDIA.
woelkchen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Yes, that's why I wrote "Mesa compatible GPUs". NVidia and Linux don't mix well.
sgtnasty@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
flatpak updateis all you need to do for terminal.DarthVi@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
I agree, I've always used
sudo apt update,sudo apt upgradeandflatpak updateon Pop OS and never used the pop shop.Remmy@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
I'm running Arch with dual Nvidia cards. It's nice to have a distro that actually updates it's Nvidia driver on a regular basis without having to manually do it and breaking things. Any rolling release should work just fine.
Dirk@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
Right now most likely Steam OS (which is an Arch derivate). But it's quite specific to the SteamDeck.
Ghoelian@feddit.nl · -6 pts · 3y
SteamOS is a Debian derivative, and has existed long before the steam Deck was a thing.
Nvm looks like they switched to Arch for v3.
janNatan@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
Technically correct, but the new version is so much better. It leaves the old one in the dust. I wish they'd make an official release for PC, though. I'd like to try it out.
Monologue@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 3y
literally any distro will work but maybe nobara is what you are looking for
tinfoil_hat@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
Mint works well for me
Prunebutt@feddit.de · 2 pts · 3y
I've heard good things of Chimera OS. Haven't used it myself yet, though.
Explore1357@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
visnudeva@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
april4356@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y
squaresinger@feddit.de · -6 pts · 3y
Windows
/s (Though, technically, with WSL2, Windows is now a Linux distro)