TL;DR: Is there really a performance benefit to a gaming distro over a regular distro? Or is it more of a “this is the least work” to get setup?

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I run EndeavourOS on my desktop and haven’t had any issues with performance. I just like playing with new things and learning from the experience.

I’ve seen loads of people recommending Bazzite as a gaming distro for various reasons. It’s gotten to the point that I installed it on a second SSD to do my own testing but I’d still like to see others perspective.

From my research, there doesn’t seem to be that much performance to be gained (generally speaking). I’ll be testing this on my own hardware but is this generally true?

I think a big draw (especially for new users) would be that these distros would require very minimal work to get up and running into a game.

I think the TL;DR at the top best describes my question. I’ve just been thinking about this and haven’t been sure how to express it in a clear manner for others to understand. Also, this video got me thinking more.

EDIT:

Glad to see that I’m not alone in my thinking. Biggest benefit of a “gaming distro” is the convenience of having everything setup and there is no real performance difference.

  • @Nibodhika
    17•19 days ago

    Someone without any Linux experience thinks it’s all the same.

    Someone with minimal experience will tell you they’re completely different.

    Someone with some experience will tell you only the package manager changes.

    Someone with lots of experience will tell you it’s all the same, only philosophy matters.

    Any distro can be made to be the same as any other, your choice should be on the path of least resistance for you, if you need every last frame something that updates the drivers more often is preferable, otherwise you would need to update your driver’s manually, bit it’s never impossible, it’s just more hassle.

    • @[email protected]
      4•19 days ago

      Yep. I run Garuda and the main pull is that it’s a more user-friendly Arch with a lot of stuff I want to use preinstalled. I don’t really care about how XTREME it is or whether I might potentially get 1 FPS more.

      • @Nibodhika
        10•19 days ago

        More like iam35andthisiscommonlogic but hey, if you think that’s deep, who am I to judge.

        • @[email protected]
          2•18 days ago

          theres a subreddit called iam14andthisisdeep thats full of weird stupid takes that oversimplify stuff