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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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how is linux for gamers? (endlesstalk.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Edvard@endlesstalk.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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i know that some games arent compitable and been to the site that shows which game is and which is not, and i also know most mods dont work on linux version which is a boomer (skyrim and rimworld mostly)?

so for gamers, why did you change to linux being a mostly a gamer?

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[–] dil@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

Bazzite looks good for beginners, I like cachyos as a beginner but im a tinkerer, using gnome reminds me of cydia, I like cachyos because unlimited options, never feel like I can't install something, it's prob on the aur or whatever.

if cachyos pacman for cachyosrepo paru for aur At first I was confused on packages being missing

grab flatpak support and use flathub for some things

appimages are nice with gear lever (updates/menu)

can easily grab snapd support if you want to cover more areas

debtap to make debs usable on arch

I had always been turned away from linux because of the many formats deb, snap, etc. and being confused about support. But now I know I can get support for most things just installing whats needed from their website. (seems easiest with arch, least instructions)

BTW, while that made me comfortable when I swapped, knowing I can have whatever. I only needed to add flatpak support, and grab gearlever, everything else is unnecessary and available on the aur or as an appimage typically.