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What's the best Linux alternative to Windows for gaming (beehaw.org)

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I use Windows for my desktop PC but I'm also a fan of Linux for work and programming.

I'm not really liking the direction windows is taking so it would be nice to explore some other alternatives. I mostly use my desktop for gaming, so I'm interested in how people are gaming on Linux

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

SteamOS (the version on the steam deck, not the older Ubuntu based one) is an immutable distro based on Arch. Being immutable means it's very stable and hard to break, but they still have all the bleeding edge arch packages available when making new system images for updates.

It's a good system, although I wish they were faster about releasing stable updates. As it is you have to be on the beta or main update channels to get updates close to desktop Arch.