I’m sick of Windows, and especially what it’s become, and the way its trending looks like it will only get worse. I’ll be building a brand new PC this summer and want to choose a Linux Distro instead. In preparation, I’d like to try out a virtual machine with a Linux distribution. I am solidly familiar with Ubuntu, but I think it’s time to try something that may cater to my specific needs more.

I use my machine for work and gaming (mostly Steam). I am a fullstack software developer and use a second MacBook as well for my daily work needs.

I’ve had Manjaro, and OpenSUSE recommended to me by a friend who likes both of them but he doesn’t game much and doesn’t need various software development tools.

Are Manjaro or OpenSUSE good choices? I know there’s a tonne of distros out there, and I’m trying to narrow things down a bit. Hopefully this community has some helpful advice.

Thanks in advance!

  • eveninghere@beehaw.org
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    6 months ago

    Something like “proton your_game_here”.

    Beware that on the Linux land you’re on your own. People say “things just work except [something]”. I don’t say that because it feels like moving the goal post every time something gets fixed just to face the next problem for a niche person like me.

    The reality is, you never know. My favorite title apparently worked in 10fps. Nobody could figure out why. Then some update on something suddenly fixed it and that’s when people finally confirmed it was a software bug all along.

    Even people saying Linux can play any game admits “if you can’t spend good efforts, you’re not for Linux.”