• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I like Garuda but you should probably try something more stable. Plasma 6 is nice though.

      Do your research and focus on your priorities. That said I think neon is probably what I’d recommend to my wife

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          9 months ago

          @MeDuViNoX @captainlezbian Hello, other weird person heard you from across the bar and decided to interject.

          For gaming it’s really 2-3 operating systems that are probably going to have the best results.

          Ubuntu, for all Canonical’s faults, has the widest array of online resources for finding problems.

          Pop_OS! is similar to Ubuntu but maintained by System76 and I’ve seen sometimes said to be better.

          SteamOS 3.0 (the OS on the Steam Deck) has two desktop derivatives in HoloISO & Chimera OS.

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            9 months ago

            Nice, I’ve got a Steam deck already, but I haven’t messed with it in desktop mode too much. I think I might start with the last 2 OS you mentioned and see how it goes. Thank you!

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          9 months ago

          Garuda is built for gaming and it’s as beginner friendly as an arch based rolling release can be which is medium? It definitely isn’t super stable but I like it.

          I’m not super knowledgeable about neon but I believe it can handle gaming fairly well. It looked to be much closer to the modern windows than any of the other distros I’ve seen.

          I will recommend KDE as a desktop environment because you can easily change it.

          I also hear good things about Pop OS which is a very beginner friendly distro that’s good for gaming but I don’t like GNOME and it doesn’t like my Dvorak