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Linux gamers, what distro are you currently on? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by nlm@beehaw.org to c/operating_systems@beehaw.org

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I'm currently on Win11 but I'm getting that familiar Linux itch and want to dual boot a while again. I tend to gravitate towards Ubuntu simply because it's so big and well supported by most things.

I've run Arch in the past but I've gotten too old and lazy for that if I'd be completely honest. I have played with manjaro and endeavour though.. and opensuse tumbleweed, rolling is kind of nice.

Not sure what I'd try out first this time so I figured I'd get some inspiration from you guys!

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[–] Peeko@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Save yourself a lot of trouble and get a secondary SSD to put Linux on instead of doing a traditional dual boot. Normal dual boots with windows suck ass and lead to problems.

As for a distro, I keep going back to endeavourOS. It's just so minimal out of the box, and I still can't find anything to match the convinience of the AUR + Pacman for package management.

[–] nlm@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's on a laptop. I do have an external usb that I have linux installed on but it feels like a hassle to connect/disconnect every time I need to switch OS. Maybe it could've been worth staying on it though?

[–] Peeko@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually usually run linux on a USB SSD myself haha, but I am on a desktop so I can just leave it there. For you that's definitely a hassle.

[–] nlm@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I mean it works I suppose, at least when I'm at my desk at home which is where I mostly use it, but still. It's not quite optimal. :)