I’ve ordered myself some parts to build a PC for Linux gaming. In the meantime, i’m deciding on which linux distro to use.

For the desktop environment I typically use KDE.

I have used Ubuntu in the past but i’m ruling it out because of snaps and other such annoyances. This also applies to Ubuntu based distros that use the same repos (KDE Neon etc).

I see the wikis recommend Nobara, but I’m reluctant to use a Fedora based distro because I’m so used to Debian/apt (both as a desktop and server distros). I’m not ruling it out completely though.

Any reason why I shouldn’t just go with Debian + KDE and install Steam? Will I be missing out on lots of performance improvements or is this easily addressed by using an additional repo for a tweaked kernel and proton version or whatever?

  • @sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
    0•9 months ago

    I used to run Debian Testing and it’s fine, most of the time. I recommend using the named next release so you don’t get a ton of new packages when the testing freeze lifts (and thus a lot of potential breakage), and to only go to testing if you actually need something from it.

    I’m on a rolling release now (Tumbleweed), but I’m familiar enough with Debian to whole-heartedly recommend it.