My journey to successfully game under Linux (and overcome Microsoft's Stranglehold)

[WelshBloke]

Du you run it through Lutris?

It's a script to run a Linux native build I thought?
I just made the script executionable and its available as a Linux program.

 

[biostud]

Everything works as I would like on Debian, then why am I intrigued to try EndeavorOS? 😛

(All this hype about Arch, and this seems to be as close to Vanilla Arch, while still having a normal installer and DE, without the hassle)

Home - EndeavourOS

Start your Endeavour with a lightweight Arch-based, terminal centric system ready to personalise and a stellar community at your side...

endeavouros.com

 

[Zepp]

Everything works as I would like on Debian, then why am I intrigued to try EndeavorOS? 😛

(All this hype about Arch, and this seems to be as close to Vanilla Arch, while still having a normal installer and DE, without the hassle)

I think a lot of the arch hype is mostly from the mature rolling release model that offers the bleeding edge of what linux has to offer.

Since you like debian, are a gamer and are intrigued by the Arch hype, might I introduce you to PikaOS: a debian based rolling release distro with a gamer focus

PikaOS Linux

🐦 PikaOS - Your new Linux distro for gaming and beyond! 🚀

wiki.pika-os.com

they even have Nvidia specific iso's

 

[biostud]

I think a lot of the arch hype is mostly from the mature rolling release model that offers the bleeding edge of what linux has to offer.

Since you like debian, are a gamer and are intrigued by the Arch hype, might I introduce you to PikaOS: a debian based rolling release distro with a gamer focus

PikaOS Linux

🐦 PikaOS - Your new Linux distro for gaming and beyond! 🚀

wiki.pika-os.com

they even have Nvidia specific iso's

But the thing is I don't know why I ended up with Debian, since most of the instability I encountered in previous distros either where user induced or still happens since it's a kde vs RDNA2 bug.

I don't think I could tell the difference between two distros if they both ran KDE. (at least not right away) So it's more to get a better understanding of why it matters to have a completely different approach, or maybe it doesn't really?

 

[WelshBloke]

But the thing is I don't know why I ended up with Debian, since most of the instability I encountered in previous distros either where user induced or still happens since it's a kde vs RDNA2 bug.

I don't think I could tell the difference between two distros if they both ran KDE. (at least not right away) So it's more to get a better understanding of why it matters to have a completely different approach, or maybe it doesn't really?

My main things with a Linux distro is can i use a .deb and how is the GUI app store?

Plus obviously it needs to run Gnome because I have functioning eyes! 😉

 

[Zepp]

But the thing is I don't know why I ended up with Debian, since most of the instability I encountered in previous distros either where user induced or still happens since it's a kde vs RDNA2 bug.

I don't think I could tell the difference between two distros if they both ran KDE. (at least not right away) So it's more to get a better understanding of why it matters to have a completely different approach, or maybe it doesn't really?

I thought it was partly that several other members here were using it and suggesting you try it.
Debian/ubuntu based distros have the largest combined communities for help and support and apps are more likely to include .deb binaries than most other distros.

I thought AI would end up negating the need for online help but I've had it send me in circles chasing me tail to fix something that a quick google search forum post fixed in 2 minutes.

but you're right, all in all it's not much more than different package manager commands and how nicely the dev's setup the distro

 

[biostud]

I thought it was partly that several other members here were using it and suggesting you try it.
Debian/ubuntu based distros have the largest combined communities for help and support and apps are more likely to include .deb binaries than most other distros.

I thought AI would end up negating the need for online help but I've had it send me in circles chasing me tail to fix something that a quick google search forum post fixed in 2 minutes.

but you're right, all in all it's not much more than different package manager commands and how nicely the dev's setup the distro

Ah, yeah some of the software I've installed all have Deb packages, but I'm not sure if they support Arch natively or if they would need snap/flat pack.

 

[Triloby]

If (for whatever reason) you need to dual boot Windows and Linux, it would be easier to have 2 disk drives and dedicate each one for its own OS (drive 1 for Linux; drive 2 for Windows). Instead of using GRUB or systemd-boot, I use rEFInd as my boot loader and it works quite well for dual-booting.

At least that's what I did initially; although I find myself using Windows less and less over time on my main system and using my Arch installation as a daily driver (yeah I know, sue me lol).

If you don't mind dealing with some of these drawbacks on Linux:

• Certain productivity apps not working (Adobe, Microshite Office, and some others)
• Some anti-cheat games that will not run on Linux no matter what you do
• Dealing with possible hardware issues on your end (like Nvidia [but getting better] and Broadcom/Mediatek Wifi drivers)

then I'd argue that it's much nicer to use Linux than Windows. It sure as hell isn't perfect, but then again, neither is Windows for that matter.