I’ve ordered myself some parts to build a PC for Linux gaming. In the meantime, i’m deciding on which linux distro to use.

For the desktop environment I typically use KDE.

I have used Ubuntu in the past but i’m ruling it out because of snaps and other such annoyances. This also applies to Ubuntu based distros that use the same repos (KDE Neon etc).

I see the wikis recommend Nobara, but I’m reluctant to use a Fedora based distro because I’m so used to Debian/apt (both as a desktop and server distros). I’m not ruling it out completely though.

Any reason why I shouldn’t just go with Debian + KDE and install Steam? Will I be missing out on lots of performance improvements or is this easily addressed by using an additional repo for a tweaked kernel and proton version or whatever?

  • @cyberpunk007English
    4•9 months ago

    I’ve been happiest with arch, then later manjaro since I didn’t have to build it but it’s still arch.

    There’s a lot more software for it with access to AUR. Personally I find it works well for me and I’ve been using arch and arch-based since 2015.

    In case it wasn’t clear, I use arch btw.

    • BizzleEnglish
      1•9 months ago

      Manjaro is trash just use Arch

      • @cyberpunk007English
        1•9 months ago

        Hard to take the comment seriously when there’s no reasoning behind it lol. Working fine for me for a few years now.

          • @cyberpunk007English
            2•9 months ago

            Eh nothing too alarming. At the time I installed it arch was still requiring a full build from scratch without a Gui installer. I’d definitely go back when I reinstall next time.