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I'm ditching Ubuntu. Thinking of switching to Debian.

Has anyone used this, or something similar to set up their Debian gaming setup?

This got me thinking. Do I need to install anything special to Debian 13 to be able to play games? Or can I play them with a normal Debian out of the box?

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[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh my god why would anyone base an OS on debian sid 🤢 not even testing?

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly, even testing has its issues. For one, security updates are not applied to Debian Testing in a timely manner. They first appear in Stable, and then in Testing.

Maybe people need to accept that sid and testing are made for developers, not end users.

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 points 1 week ago

Yes, know. That's another good reason not to use it as base for your own distro.