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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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[–] Atarian@vlemmy.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm on Slackware - it's a bit of a pain because Steam is 32 bit so you have to install the compat libs.

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

Slackware! How's that these days?

[–] Atarian@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

It's exactly the way it was, but with higher version numbers for all the software!

Which is how I like it if I'm going to be honest. All the other distros are too clever. They overwrite your config files or put them in dumb places. With Slackware, I know where everything is and it just works.

The binary package manager is simple but effective, even if it doesn't have dependency management. That can be a bit of a pain, but it's a small one.

The latest release is brilliant.