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Switching to Debian on my gaming pc (lemmy.one)

submitted 9 months ago by demoman@lemmy.one to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hello everyone - I have been wanting to ditch windows on my gaming pc for a while now, and since I have recently finished a large project, I now have the free time to switch. I am relatively comfortable with Debian having used it for a while on my web server as well as school laptop, but I am concerned about using it on my gaming computer since I have heard stock Debian is not the greatest for gaming. All of my other daily driver programs I know will work, so I am mainly concerned with the gaming aspect.

In the case that you don't recommend Debian for my gaming computer, do you have an OS that you would recommend?

I appreciate any insight!

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[–] doctorn@r.nf 1 points 9 months ago

Last time I tried this myself I could play a lot, but never the ones I wanted and ended up switching back anyway. Ever since I've just always been running a linux and a windows PC, each to its best use.

I must stress however this experience of mine was over a decade ago and I have heard there's been a lot of improvement on the subject, with steamdeck becoming a thing and alike, so I have no up-to-date experience in what runs and what doesn't anymore. What I cán tell you however is that whichever Windows-only game did play (using Wine back then, dunno how it's done these days) always played at least 2-5x better than on the actual Windows it was made for. 😅

So good luck and I would love some information as to your eventual result!