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What are some significant differences to expect when switching to an alternative, and can that affect gaming compatibility and performance?

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[–] chrash0@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

it’s one of those cases where if you have to ask, you should probably just use systemd. anything else is outdated or a passion project based on some idealism, which i’m all for, but if you’re worried about gaming performance as a primary concern i’d put it out of your mind. for example, i’m an obsessive tinkerer that uses NixOS and Arch before that and i use nushell and Neovim and Hyprland, but i use systemd cuz i don’t see a reason not to. it’s well supported and stable.

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago

it’s one of those cases where if you have to ask, you should probably just use systemd.

I just said the same, lol. This is my default responds to questions like these.