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Gentoo or LFS?
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As a long-time Gentoo user, I can tell you that it's perfectlly capable of producing both a useful gaming rig and a useful server, provided you have some idea of what you want to end up with.
Proprietary nvidia drivers should be straightforward enough:
emerge nvidia-driversand blacklist the nouveau module (or compile a custom kernel that doesn't contain it). You'll probably want to read what the Gentoo wiki has to say about Steam.Good luck.
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