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submitted 2 days ago by bestelbus22@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I'm thinking about switching to SteamOS since it's built for gaming. Most of my games run fine on Linux Mint, but not all of them. I also heard Valve say "it's just a PC", does that mean it's suitable for software development too?

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[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 days ago

You're not changing much when you're changing distros

This needs to be a pinned comment on every distro-hopping post.

[-] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

But then all the distro hopping idiots who never get anything done on their computers would be grumpy!

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Strong disagree. I tried so hard to make Fedora and Mint work but it just wouldn't play nice with my RTX 3080. Could it have worked with enough tinkering? Probably, but it took even less time to simply get CachyOS to work for most things out of the box.

[-] tyrant@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

For real. It's basically do you like typing apt, dnf, or pacman more? Do you want stuff ready to go with potentially things you'll never use, or do you want to do it all yourself? Do you want daily updates or just occasionally updates.

this post was submitted on 29 Jan 2026
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