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Debian for Linux gaming? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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I've ordered myself some parts to build a PC for Linux gaming. In the meantime, i'm deciding on which linux distro to use.

For the desktop environment I typically use KDE.

I have used Ubuntu in the past but i'm ruling it out because of snaps and other such annoyances. This also applies to Ubuntu based distros that use the same repos (KDE Neon etc).

I see the wikis recommend Nobara, but I'm reluctant to use a Fedora based distro because I'm so used to Debian/apt (both as a desktop and server distros). I'm not ruling it out completely though.

Any reason why I shouldn't just go with Debian + KDE and install Steam? Will I be missing out on lots of performance improvements or is this easily addressed by using an additional repo for a tweaked kernel and proton version or whatever?

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 24 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Oh man, you're in for a treat there.

PopOS is what you're looking for friend. Debian is a bit too bare and general use-case. Ubuntu is wrong for the exact reasons you laid out.

Pop is built for the end users, with native integrations for flatpak/deb/whathaveyou. It's built on top of Ubuntu with all the ubuntu annoyances removed.

They even have a distro with pre-baked nvidia drivers should you need it.

I tried it and swapped all of mine over

[–] CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

+1 for Pop!_OS

Using it (as my first real use of Linux) a few months now, and I have yet to find a game that doesn't work.

Turned away from mint/Ubuntu because they definitely pre installed more. There are almost no included installs that I don't use on Pop, very clean.

It's also a frequently updated "stable" release- it gets kernel/driver/more updates every 2 weeks or so. They should really add the update# to the iso, because "22.04" alone makes it sound old.

I have 3 running Pop, soon to be 4. ( Try to switch kids over)

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