I'm going to migrate to Ubuntu studio soon. What non ubuntu distro can I use with a similar setup and video game support? (lemmy.world)

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I want something that's stupid easy to install, requires no setup, and has recording and gaming functionality from the beginning. I constantly see people shitting on ubuntu for semi-valid reasons, and I'm open to stable alterantives.

I'm installing it on this laptop :

https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/msi-gl62m-7rex-core-i7-7700hq-8gb-1tb-256gb-ssd-15.6-inch-geforce-gtx-105-9s7-16j962-1293/version.asp

NB : This is for mission critical etc laptop. This will be my only daily driver computer, stability is the topmost priority.

BONUS POINTS : If it's debian based so I can run solarus : https://solarus-games.org/

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[-] janNatan@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ubuntu studio is already stupid easy to install and has recording and gaming support out of the box?
You're right that a lot of people around here don't like Ubuntu. But it IS stable. And I'm not sure as a Linux noob you're even going to notice the things that they don't like. You could always try out multiple distros before choosing which one you'll stick with. I'm not aware of any other distros like Ubuntu Studio. I use it on one of my laptops because it has great midi keyboard software pre installed for free. It's just about the only way to get similar software for free without compiling it from source code yourself.
If you have no other computer, please make a backup Linux install USB and put it in a safe place. You will have absolutely no way to save your system if it fails. Even Windows fails sometimes. Maybe look into Linux system rescue specific distros.
Ubuntu is already Debian based (in case you didn't know).

Edit: by gaming support out of the box I mean: just install one of the following apps through the Discover app: Steam, Lutris (supports multiple game launchers including Steam and EA), and/or Heroic Games (for GOG and Epic). There's even a few more launchers like Bottles, but I never had much luck with it. There's several options for Minecraft launchers. And, there's even many open source games you can install directly through Discover. I recommend Super Tux Kart. It's solid.

This advice is true for pretty much any distro, although the name of the app manager changes.

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