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Linux gamers, what distro are you currently on? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by nlm@beehaw.org to c/operating_systems@beehaw.org

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I'm currently on Win11 but I'm getting that familiar Linux itch and want to dual boot a while again. I tend to gravitate towards Ubuntu simply because it's so big and well supported by most things.

I've run Arch in the past but I've gotten too old and lazy for that if I'd be completely honest. I have played with manjaro and endeavour though.. and opensuse tumbleweed, rolling is kind of nice.

Not sure what I'd try out first this time so I figured I'd get some inspiration from you guys!

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[–] Kaldo@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really should have known better than to expect a consensus in a topic like this 😁 Ask 10 linuxheads which disto is the best and you'll get 12 different answers

[–] nlm@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well that's what's fun though isn't it? :D

I ended up installing Kubuntu 20.04 for now.. I was going to install Pop but they require a 1GB EFI partition and I didn't have the patience to move my Windows partition around to resize it so.. Kubuntu it is.

Knowing myself I'll probably distro hop in a few days again.

Trying out different distros are almost as much fun as actually using them (probably more fun at times!)

[–] CylustheVirus@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think your next task is to start modding Skyrim so you can have the ultimate experience of spending more time setting something up only to spend a fraction of that time actually using it. XD

[–] TemporalSoup@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I spent a few days trying to get modded skyrim working on linux, but just couldn't get the nexus mod manager working :(

I gave up, so I'll probably end up trying again in a few months when someone I know IRL brings it up again

[–] nlm@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That or setting up a retro gaming sysgem.. gathering and scraping roms, setting up a nice frontend with cover art and everything just to never touch it again when it's done. :)

[–] CylustheVirus@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How dare you call me out like this.

[–] nlm@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

Been there, done that eh? :D

[–] Kaldo@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I were doing it on some spare PC maybe I'd find it fun too but I rely too much on my main workstation to just constantly reinstall stuff on it, and dual booting looks like a risk/hassle too. I am prepared for the inevitable day I take the plunge into linux for good, hopefully the number of distros doesn't triple by then ^^

[–] nlm@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't worry!

They'll quadruple..:)

[–] Kaldo@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It definitely feels like they have in the past decade. When I last used Linux everyone would just dump Ubuntu on you, give you a nice pat on the head and wish you good luck. PopOS got big at one point but I think there were some issues when LTT tried it that gave it a bad rep. I haven't even heard of 90% of distros in this thread.