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Debian testing for gaming?
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this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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I used to run debian testing, but as the branch name implies you will experience the occasional break. If you're doing straight gaming, Arch seems like the distro to be on. I game and work (dev stuff) on my machines so I run pop_os (with xanmod kernel).
honestly arch has treated me well, its just that I'm having a certified arch moment trying to get a VPN working and thought about how much easier it is on other distros that dont throw you to the terminal dogs
How is that any easier on Debian to get a VPN going? Usually it's exactly the same, just the package name is different (if even that)
Pop is great for gaming, and part of the reason I picked it was so I'd have access to more software packages. No regrets.
Mostly he's going to have problems on native packages, but if he uses flatpak, it's not so many problems to deal with