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Arch-Based Distros Dominate the Linux Gaming Scene (linuxiac.com)
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[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks! That's what I wanted to hear. When researching distros they always talk about them being optimized for gaming or what have you and I was worried some of that wasn't as simple as installing the drivers and fixing steam.

I look forward to converting this weekend or next!

[–] pathief@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Optimized gaming distros often have stuff pre-installed, such as nvidia drivers, steam, heroic launcher... But you can pretty much install whatever you want and replicate that behavior.

Bazzite in particular provides a fantastic gaming experience but, in my personal opinion, a bad desktop experience. It's great for devices used almost exclusively to gaming, not so great if you have to work every day.