I’ve used Arch, Pop_OS for gaming in the past, was looking for a distro that just works and doesn’t have any extra fluff or do anything nonstandard. (For example I don’t like that some programs will only update through the pop shop on pop os and not through the terminal.)

  • Matt@lemmy.world
    27·
    1 year ago

    Literally any of them.

    All you do is install your drivers if using Nvidia, then just install your games, whether native packages, flatpak, Steam, Lutris, or whatever.

    I just run Debian 12 and everything through Lutris or native. Used to run Steam through Flatpak which also worked perfectly, but don’t play any games on Steam anymore.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      The good thing about Nobara is, should it ever be discontinued, it’s easy to convert it to regular Fedora.

  • Ulu-Mulu-no-die@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    There’s not a “best” distro for gaming, it very much depends on what games you play.

    If you want to play latest releases, a rolling release is most probably the best option for you, I hear Suse Tumbleweed is very good if you don’t like Arch.

    If you want less “aggressive” updates but not exactly a stable, you can try Solus, it’s a sort of middle-ground between the 2.

    If your games are not the latest ones, a Debian-based distro is a very good option, rock-solid, updated enough and without any “extra fluff”.

    I personally use Linux MX XFCE and I’m very happy about it.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      With Mesa compatible GPUs it’s objectively better to get Mesa updates ASAP and not wait for 6 or so months. The constant feature and performance improvements are especially crucial for gaming.

        • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          That’s if you use opensource drivers, good for AMD but not so much for NVIDIA.

          Yes, that’s why I wrote “Mesa compatible GPUs”. NVidia and Linux don’t mix well.

  • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’ve been using arch with gnome for ages, it doesn’t have anything non standard… Lutris and steam ‘just work’…

    • CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.ml
      3·
      1 year ago

      OP may want to look at Garuda’s gaming edition. It seems to have a lot of good gaming packages I usually end up installing myself and it’s based in Arch Linux

    • DarthVi@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 year ago

      I agree, I’ve always used sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade and flatpak update on Pop OS and never used the pop shop.

    • Ghoelian@feddit.nl
      28·
      1 year ago

      SteamOS is a Debian derivative, and has existed long before the steam Deck was a thing.

      Nvm looks like they switched to Arch for v3.

      • janNatan@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        Technically correct, but the new version is so much better. It leaves the old one in the dust. I wish they’d make an official release for PC, though. I’d like to try it out.

  • Remmy@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m running Arch with dual Nvidia cards. It’s nice to have a distro that actually updates it’s Nvidia driver on a regular basis without having to manually do it and breaking things. Any rolling release should work just fine.