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gaming distro recommendation (lemmy.world)

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

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My teenage son wants to try a new distro for gaming. Our family has been using pop os for years, but he wants to try something new. The main three I see are

nobara (fedora based)
garuda (arch based)
drauger (ubuntu based)

The machine he's using is a 2018 Intel nuc. It has a strong processor (core i7) but no discrete graphics. I can't tell which (if any) of the distros above would be better or worse for his case.

Reading around, it seems like Garuda might be slightly more fiddly. And, Drauger I only saw mentioned in a couple of articles, but not on this forum. Are these impressions correct? Do you have any other advice for us?!

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[–] zipsglacier@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, yeah my impression of Wayland was similar. Curious why not flatpak steam; that's what he was using before, and it seemed fine.

[–] brunofin@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Honestly it actually may be just fine, I had some trouble from before when I was trying distros and re-learning the current state of Linux (after a 3 years break) and looking back, they may have been related to Wayland or something else entirely instead of flatpak itself.

I may be wrong too but I think game detection on Discord won't work for flatpak Steam (and flatpak Discord). I may be wrong though.