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?

  • Hawk@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    29 days ago

    Just use arch. It’s a lot simpler than Ubuntu Fedora etc.

    Occasional hiccups but nothing major.

    I’ve run gentoo and void and tbh they were fine too, but more burden knowledge wise.

    Debian and Fedora were always a chore to maintain. Major updates on Fedora constantly caused down time. Debian has no software and no ports like system which makes it difficult to get software.

    Arch has most things packaged, decent docs a simple packaging system etc. The community is a bit mediocre but the os is pretty simple. Also what the steam deck uses FWIW.

    • ticho@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      29 days ago

      Debian has no software and no ports like system which makes it difficult to get software.

      Oh boy. So much ignorance concentrated in so few words. 😬

      • Hawk@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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        22 days ago

        Well, all I can do is provide my insight based on my experience.

        I’ve been teaching in industry and at public universities for a few years and this is what I’ve Found to be big sticking points For people new to computing.