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Switching to Debian on my gaming pc
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this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2023
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Debian Sid should be fine. I wouldn't go with Stable − too old.
Personally, I'd go with the Flathub version of Steam and not pollute my main system with 32bit libraries Steam required for backwards compatibility. With the 32bit dependencies as Flatpak Runtimes, the main system stays clean.
Kinda unfair to call Debian stable old when it just got a new release a few months ago. Sure, in a year or two it'll start to feel old, but if one were to use flatpaks as you suggested, then Debian stable is perfectly fine, as at that point you aren't even using the system libs anyway.