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submitted 6 months ago by cm0002@lemdro.id to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

Like, why Valve? I was so close to clearing out all the games I was partway through, now I need to add some demos to my backlog (not many, this Next Fest is kinda weak).

Probably could've made it but I haven't picked a distro. I'm planning on turning my desktop into a dedicated gaming computer and not daily driver, because of the malware risk. I wanted something not finicky, something devs would test on as a known quantity, and preferably something Arch-based like SteamOS.

  • Garuda (Arch-based)
  • Bazzite (Known quantity, immutable, Fedora-based, I don't trust it for some reason)
  • Nobara (Proton-adjacent distro, Fedora-based)
  • CachyOS (Super fast, Arch-based, presumably finicky?)
  • Windows 7 (Based, unsupported by steam, insecure)
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[-] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Windows 10 EOL is a problem for future me, having just signed up for free extended support.

And I've got CachyOS in my back pocket. Initial experiments have been somewhat positive.

[-] MuttMutt@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I didn't. Made the switch a year ago. Only reason why I boot windows is to update a couple crypto wallets i need to transfer over.

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