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Recommended linux variant for gaming. (lemmy.world)
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I've been using Ubuntu as my daily driver for a good few years now. Unfortunately I don't like the direction they seem to be heading.

I've also just ordered a new computer, so it seems like the best time to change over. While I'm sure it will start a heated debate, what variant would people recommend?

I'm not after a bleeding edge, do it all yourself OS it will be my daily driver, so don't want to have to get elbow deep in configs every 5 minutes. My default would be to go back to Debian. However, I know the steam deck is arch based. With steam developing proton so hard, is it worth the additional learning curve to change to arch, or something else?

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[–] million@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you are using flatpacks it would reduce the dependency on out of date system packages.

[–] Rustmilian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

That's fair.