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Which distro?

I’m going to be building a new computer soon for myself. (Going AMD for the first time, since intel microcode issue.)

I would say I’m an expert or advanced user, as been using pcs for 25 years and set up arch and slackware in the past. I have tried many distros and would like some feedback.

I mainly use my pc for gaming. I want something customizable, KDE ish, and without bloatware. A good wiki is a plus.

I think that i may end up with arch… is it better for gaming since it’s bleeding edge and isn’t steamos built off it?

Side question is distro chooser accurate?

data1701d ,
@data1701d@startrek.website avatar

Personally, I find Debian pretty good these days. I used to default to Testing, but I’ve gravitated towards stable.

Honestly, in the age of Flatpak and Steam, almost any distro works.

Crazyslinkz OP ,

Ok thanks. Good to hear.

prancing389 , (edited )

Funny, flatpak works on MX, but it kills performance. I launch any flatpak program and it’s literally up to five minutes to launch. After re-imaging and using AppImages instead, it’s blazing fast. There must be something about the way MX implements flatpaks that screws the pooch.

prancing389 , (edited )

I’ve bounced around alot, have numerous distributions on my Proxmox Hypervisor, but my favorite daily driver, for a really old computer, is ( MX Linux ) I’ve twice tried other distros to see if I could improve upon the stability and performance, as well as the very convenient availability of a feature rich KDE Desktop environment, and I came back to MX twice now. When I get a new fast computer, I’ll switch to Qubes OS, for it’s built-in hypervisor and security/privacy and isolation features, but until then, I’ll stick with MX.

IMHO, there are excellent reasons why MX ranks highest. I think it’s original roots in AntiX with the elimination of systemd has afforded it a substantial advantage over stock-standard Debian, my last daily driver which always had performance issues. With MX, on same hardware, system lock ups are far less frequent when the system is overtaxed.

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ouch ,

I use Debian stable because I’m tired of constantly twiddling with breaking stuff, I just want a distro that keeps working without issues and tinkering.

If you still want to learn Linux stuff and debug packages, then go for a bleeding edge distro.

Dran_Arcana , (edited )

I run ubuntu’s server base headless install with a self-curated minimal set of gui packages on top of that (X11, awesome, pulse, thunar) but there’s no reason you couldn’t install kde with wayland. Building the system yourself gets you really far in the anti-bloatware dept, and the breadth of wiki/google/gpt based around Debian/Ubuntu means you can figure just about any issues out. I do this on a ~$200 eBay random old Dell + a 3050 6gb (slot power only).

For lighter gaming I’ll use the Ubuntu PC directly, but for anything heavier I have a win11 PC in the basement that has no other task than to pipe steam over sunshine/moonlight

It is the best of both worlds.

zcd ,

I game on arch (btw) But honestly I don’t think the distro itself really matters for gaming? Just choose the one you want and give er

Crazyslinkz OP ,

Valid point.

I kind of wanted to see if there’s something I wasn’t aware of.

TimeSquirrel , (edited )
@TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org avatar

It kinda does matter if you want updated drivers and packages and stuff. I use Debian because I love its bare bones, generic approach and I'm used to it, but I'd never recommend it for anyone playing the latest games unless they like cruising five years in the past.

Crazyslinkz OP ,

That’s what I thought about debian is that it’s very stable, but this causes drivers and possibly other stuff to not be updated as quickly.

BigDotNet ,

Unpopular opinion but for gaming I believe windows it’s better than Linux, I use Linux but I’m not a gamer.

Crazyslinkz OP ,

Yeah, there’s some issues with it, but I’m really tired of windows and don’t really want to install 11 or pay for it.

Thanks for your response.

PushButton ,

As a Linux only user, I totally agree with your message.

People who downvote you aren’t of good faith, are delusional or just dumb.

Linux is better in every single category except ease of use for non-technical users and gaming.

Let’s stop with this bandwagon of MS bad, Linux good; Linux is good enough for us to not lie and speak the truth…

Kyatto , (edited )
@Kyatto@leminal.space avatar

EndeavourOS, Simply Arch with an installer, has KDE as an option for DE.

I use it, I love it. Arch is great. E-OS just cuts out the first few hours/days of set up.

Crazyslinkz OP ,

Lol that’s on my current rig. It’s not bad, but I feel if that I’ll end up back on arch instead of having the endeavouros overlay.

VubDapple , (edited )

Endeavour is really good

Telorand ,

Look into:

  • Bazzite (Fedora Atomic)
  • Nobara (Fedora)
  • ChimeraOS (Arch, AMD-only)
  • Garuda (Arch)

All are preconfigured for gaming. Bazzite and Nobara use the fsync kernel, not sure what Chimera uses, and Garuda uses the zen kernel.

Otherwise, Arch is still the most popular choice for gaming if you look at the statistics.

Crazyslinkz OP ,

Thanks, I’ll look into them.

sol6_vi ,
@sol6_vi@lemmy.world avatar

Check out Garuda Linux. Comes with a preset catalog of gamer related nonsense on KDE - or - they offer a minimal KDE version as well if you’d rather set things up your way.

I started with the preset one and then switched my machines over to the barebones one once I had a handle on Linux. It’s been a smooth ride. Things only break when I break them touching things unnecessarily out of curiosity because I don’t know what I’m doing.

Garuda is arch btw

Crazyslinkz OP ,

Why not just install arch then?

Veraxis ,
@Veraxis@lemmy.world avatar

Arch w/ KDE gamer here. I have generally had a good experience with it. I think everything you said is generally accurate. In terms of customization, lack of bloat, and a good wiki, Arch is generally considered to be all of those things. A rolling distro like Arch I believe will also be getting the latest proton updates, which may help with sooner game compatibility/optimization updates on more recent releases.

I say go for it.

Crazyslinkz OP ,

Thanks for your feedback.

nobleshift ,
@nobleshift@lemmy.world avatar

Have you perused Distro Watch?

Lots of good info & news, and info on just about every distro there is, stuff you’ve never heard of. Years and years ago this was my introduction to FreeNAS that made a huge difference in my life. You should check it out if you haven’t already.

Crazyslinkz OP ,

I have forgotten about that site. Thanks.

SaveMotherEarthEDF ,

I always come back to OpenSuse Tumbleweed. Once I have everything setup, it’s stable as a rock and kde works really well on it.

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