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Watched a video about Debian and now I am not sure is the best for me. (lemmy.world)

submitted 16 hours ago by biofaust@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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I have just watched this video and in it 2 things are said that made my Linux newbie heart sink:

Debian 13 is not going to get the latest versions of Nvidia drivers and there are better distros for us.
Debian in general is not meant to run on the latest hardware.

I am on a regularly upgraded desktop tower gaming PC and currently I have an Nvidia card and an Intel CPU (which, I know, even just because of the mobo chipset is not a great choice).

In this conditions and wanting to invest even more in gaming and new hardware in the future, what should I run on, instead of LMDE 6?

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[–] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I run Debian because I don't like sudden changes. I have a 10-year-old computer that can still run games that are a few years old on low or sometimes medium settings because I have an RX 580. Debian is great for that.

If you just built your PC and want the latest stuff all the time, you can supplement Debian with Flatpaks or 3rd-party repos, but you don't have to; you can just try a different distro.

You might want to try something like OpenSUSE or Bazzite or CachyOS: they're rolling release distros, so you get new stuff all the time. Personally, I'm fine with waiting until LMDE 7.

[–] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

CachyOS has been working issue free for me so far. Update the system once every few days and no bumps at all.