What distro do you recommend for gaming? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by alehc@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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I really enjoy archlinux so I was thinking on downloading garuda gaming but I'm unsure if that's the way to go. What distro do you guys use? Have you encontered many problems with it?

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[-] Coolcoder360@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

I've used arch for 7-8 years. I'm currently using Garuda for gaming, on year 2 or 3.

My recommendation is that if arch is working for you just fine, then don't bother switching. I only switched because I had a breakage and it seemed time to switch (only 2 significant breakages in those 7or 8 years)

If you hadn't started with arch I would in fact recommend Garuda first because the initial setup is much more hands free, start it and install stuff and it just works. Also Garuda comes preconfigured with an AUR setup and installers for that and for the glorious egg roll proton.

That is all crap you can simply set up yourself on arch, so there's no need for you to switch, if you're fine with the arch and slightly more manual configuration then you're all set with arch and have no real reason to change that.

[-] loopgru@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Seconding this. Garuda has been great, all of the advantages of aur and bleeding edge with some fool proofing and ease of use features. It's like pop_os for folks who don't want to jump on the Ubuntu train.

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