Post AwUuu0wdnS8K4xTHYu by n3wjack@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AwUZClEAG9lTqKCZDk by n3wjack@mastodon.social
2025-07-25T12:36:21Z
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Here's a question excellent for the Fediverse. What Linux distro would you recommend if you're looking to switch from Windows, with support for gaming (Stream/Nvidia) and music production (DAW's, VST's)?I'm looking for something stable, well documented (not too niche), easy to use (it just works out of the box), and easily upgradable. I don't want to reinstall my OS every year because there's a new version.#linux #linuxgaming
(DIR) Post #AwUZCmaBDmyA2tVfAu by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2025-07-25T12:40:24.040Z
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@n3wjack@mastodon.social I would recommend Debian GNU/Linux.Very stable, not niche at all, great documentation, works out of the box (I recommend KDE), never needs a reinstall.And (even though I do not approve of this) Debian supports Steam and Nvidia...
(DIR) Post #AwUaHAYO8hBvVGKLpI by n3wjack@mastodon.social
2025-07-25T12:44:08Z
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@SuperDicq I read Debian is also behind with packages, which might not be ideal for gaming/music production?I like Debian myself for anything else though (running VMs etc).
(DIR) Post #AwUaHBwWyQ65oQd960 by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2025-07-25T12:52:23.074Z
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@n3wjack@mastodon.social Do you want to have something stable or do you want something with the newest versions of every package? You can not have both.If you're doing a fresh installation of Debian today I recommend installing Debian Testing (Trixie), as this will release as Stable on August 9th, which is very soon, saving you having to upgrade anything.In my personal opinion I think having stable packages (even though they might be a bit behind the latest available upstream version) is probably preferable for gaming and music production.which might not be ideal for gaming/music production?That depends on what kind of person you are. Do you like your music software and games to continue to work as they always do? Or do you want to have the latest features at the risk an update might break something?
(DIR) Post #AwUg8jokG8k7zULCIS by patnat@social.tchncs.de
2025-07-25T13:03:19Z
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@SuperDicq @n3wjack Debian 13 will be able to start the latest games released in 2025.However, after that, not having a modern kernel with recent Nvidia drivers means not having the latest version of DLSS for example and that will cause games to crash or not even start like I experienced it with Steelrising two years ago when I was a Debian user.I have switched to Fedora and never had a problem of instability in any way.
(DIR) Post #AwUg8kqCSDV7AI1sCe by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2025-07-25T13:58:03.544Z
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@patnat@social.tchncs.de @n3wjack@mastodon.social Yes, but again, as I said. This depends on if you actually want to play the latest proprietary games that require the latest proprietary Nvidia bullshit.In that case you can not replace Windows with GNU/Linux either, because many games require kernel level anticheat and low level DRM implementations that will never work on GNU/Linux regardless.But if you play (hopefully free software) video games that already exist that don't rely on this kind of stuff there will be no problems.
(DIR) Post #AwUjB2vqSkVFiOSDlA by patnat@social.tchncs.de
2025-07-25T14:25:42Z
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@SuperDicq @n3wjack "support for gaming" combined with "Steam/Nvidia" does not sound like SuperTux or TuxKart, 0AD or other free software games.So it has to work with proprietary games and if you want to use your Nvidia card with all features for that purpose, the foss nouveau driver is also out unfortunately.You can absolutely replace Windows with Linux if you are into Singleplayer games, as the Anticheat topic relates exclusively to Multiplayer/Online titles and some of them are compatible (most of them are broken or denied by the publishers though). So it depends which games you want to play. If you are into Fortnite, PUBG, Battlefield for example, they won't work.Singleplayer games are no problem with proton these days.For an overview:https://areweanticheatyet.com
(DIR) Post #AwUjB4n3YOf3TiMEL2 by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2025-07-25T14:32:06.556Z
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@patnat@social.tchncs.de @n3wjack@mastodon.social Steam does not exclude free software games. There are any many free software games available on Steam. This includes the Amnesia series, most of the Command & Conquer (as of recently), Space Station 14 (my favorite) and probably many more.But I would not recommend acquiring any of these through Steam however tho. It's better if you acquire them somewhere else.
(DIR) Post #AwUuu0wdnS8K4xTHYu by n3wjack@mastodon.social
2025-07-25T15:45:34Z
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@SuperDicq @patnat I mentioned Nvidia, because I remember running Linux before (long ago) because of issues with non-free drivers for Nvidia.It looks like those problems haven't gone away, sadly.I don't play much online shooters really, but it would be nice to be able to play the games I do have, at a decent frame rate. I guess I'll have to try to find out. Thanks for the input.
(DIR) Post #AwUuu2NGTx1YVow3hQ by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2025-07-25T16:43:31.443Z
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@n3wjack@mastodon.social @patnat@social.tchncs.de It looks like those problems haven't gone away, sadly.They won't go away unless Nvidia decides they finally want to play along and release the full source code under a free license.