I’ve ordered myself some parts to build a PC for Linux gaming. In the meantime, i’m deciding on which linux distro to use.

For the desktop environment I typically use KDE.

I have used Ubuntu in the past but i’m ruling it out because of snaps and other such annoyances. This also applies to Ubuntu based distros that use the same repos (KDE Neon etc).

I see the wikis recommend Nobara, but I’m reluctant to use a Fedora based distro because I’m so used to Debian/apt (both as a desktop and server distros). I’m not ruling it out completely though.

Any reason why I shouldn’t just go with Debian + KDE and install Steam? Will I be missing out on lots of performance improvements or is this easily addressed by using an additional repo for a tweaked kernel and proton version or whatever?

  • AlpacaChariot@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    I’m also mostly interested in slightly older games like Rome Remastered, I probably won’t be playing many brand new titles.

    Might try and get Age of Mythology working as well as I have so much nostalgia for it!

    What kind of games are you into?

    • WalrusByte@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      I love Age of Mythology! It might take a bit of tweaking to get working, but I don’t see any reason why it couldn’t on a Debian system. I’m on Gentoo, and I just had to swap around the proton version and force the correct resolution and now it works flawlessly.

        • WalrusByte@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          6 months ago

          I spoke a bit too soon. Played the game and it ended up crashing. It works pretty well most of the time but I wouldn’t say it’s flawless anymore.

          But yeah, go ahead and ask some questions! Your experience might be different depending on your hardware, though.