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Arch Linux for gaming? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been using fedora but I would like to try something new and I think about arch linux but I don’t know if it’s good for gaming. What do you think?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (16 children)

It's good. The steam deck's version of steamOS is arch based, so that should tell you a lot about its capabilities.

I'd recommend choosing an Arch-based distro like Endeavour or Garuda so you don't have to go through the rigmarole of installing vanilla Arch.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Arch installs aren't too bad, it's the post-install setup that'll get you though since a fresh install is guaranteed to detonate if you don't disarm it.

It doesn't even have to be complex anymore thanks to archinstall.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Disarm? I don't remember having to do anything like that...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Pretty much everything in the General Recommendations section.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Arch-install had me create a user iirc. Most of the rest of that page was done by installing the KDE meta package for me.

A lot of the things on that page are FYIs, not things you need to do. I still don't know what you mean by detonate or disarm .

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Satire, the stereotypical "Arch just breaks after some time" trope. I'm saying that trope is correct if you don't fix it.

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