cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19744473

I’m going to be building a new computer soon for myself. (Going AMD for the first time, since intel microcode issue.)

I would say I’m an expert or advanced user, as been using pcs for 25 years and set up arch and slackware in the past. I have tried many distros and would like some feedback.

I mainly use my pc for gaming. I want something customizable, KDE ish, and without bloatware. A good wiki is a plus.

I think that i may end up with arch… is it better for gaming since it’s bleeding edge and isn’t steamos built off it?

Side question is distro chooser accurate?

  • pastermil
    5·
    2 months ago

    Gentoo lets you trim the fat even more by adjusting your packages at build-time. It has great KDE support. It comes with LTS kernel, but lets you opt for newer ones.

    • Crazyslinkz@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      2 months ago

      Hmmm… thanks for the response, I like how it’s more built for your system since you compile it locally.

      • pastermil
        3·
        2 months ago

        The USE flags (feature compilation option) can be a bit tricky to manage, but they’ve tidied up the defaults quite a bit.

        The one thing that might still be hard to get right is having all the media codec you need. I wish they’d include it in the default so I didn’t have to fine tune it myself, but well, that’s just part of the fun, and I already got my battle-tested set, so I got nothing to complain.

        • Crazyslinkz@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          2 months ago

          Ok I tried a gentoo setup this week. 8 hours in was able to build a kernel and get a cli on my box. But I’m failing at my attempts to get xfce or KDE or even startx to work. 😅 debating if I should keep it at this weekend or go back to my arch or simple eos.

          I like emerge and I like the philosophy but gotta get a bit more knowledge on this use flag thing.

          • pastermil
            1·
            2 months ago

            Try getting the sddm (for KDE) instead and run it thru the display-manager service.