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I'm ditching Ubuntu. Thinking of switching to Debian.

Has anyone used this, or something similar to set up their Debian gaming setup?

This got me thinking. Do I need to install anything special to Debian 13 to be able to play games? Or can I play them with a normal Debian out of the box?

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[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cool.

But what about using an optimized kernel? I see there's the Xanmod or whatever that provides better settings.

Debian could really use a gaming pack.

[–] cybernihongo@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago

I just use the kernel that it ships with. Plays me stuff like Skyrim Anniversary Edition at the FPS I'd expect from my laptop on Windows. Things are nice.