Currently on Artix, but planning on changing to Gentoo soon.
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I use Void Linux. I like how much more up to date the libraries and apllications tend to be, it's quite similar to Arch in that regard, as it's a true rolling release just like Arch.
It also tends to be very stable as well, with couple minor issues I had ever experienced got fixes within 48-ish hours. One was hugin not launching, and the other a transition issue between pipewire-media-session and wireplumber being the default.
Void uses runit for service management, and is still multithreaded despite taking a more similar approach to just plain shell scripts, and constantly monitors services. What I like about this is more much simpler services are to write compared to SystemD, and then you just put a simlink to them from /etc/sv/ to /etc/runit/runsvdir/default/ to enable or disable.
Void also uses their own XBPS package system, which operates similar to pacman, and is equally fast. Void is basically a rolling release like Arch, with the latest updates, but instead has a more "classic" system management style, which I for one greatly appreciate.
After nearly a decade of distro hopping, Void is where I landed for at least the past several years, and I see no reason to leave. Just sharing incase someone else out there thinks this sounds like the system for them, and if so, Take a Step Into the Void, it might be what you're looking for. That's what I like about there being so many distros, there's choice to match each one's needs.
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Linux mint gaming
Win11 is worse than a phone vis a vis spying. Finally made a switch. could not install popOS, so ended up with mint.
I have my gaming computer hooked to my TV and running Chimera OS. Makes it easy to use with just a controller.
Sounds like a sweet setup for controller based gaming!
I'm on EndeavourOS, but my laptop will be moving to Fedora Sericea (Silverblue, but Sway) to try that out.
I really should have known better than to expect a consensus in a topic like this 😁 Ask 10 linuxheads which disto is the best and you'll get 12 different answers
Well that's what's fun though isn't it? :D
I ended up installing Kubuntu 20.04 for now.. I was going to install Pop but they require a 1GB EFI partition and I didn't have the patience to move my Windows partition around to resize it so.. Kubuntu it is.
Knowing myself I'll probably distro hop in a few days again.
Trying out different distros are almost as much fun as actually using them (probably more fun at times!)
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For me Fedora is my go-to, but I'm looking at moving to Nobara
How come? Isn't Nobara just Fedora but a bit easier to get going? Or have I missed their point?
Figured since you already have a running Fedora installation you ought to have what you need already set up?
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I've been using Fedora for the past few years and have been pretty happy with it. It updates at just the right cadence for me where I get new stuff pretty quickly but I'm not on a rolling release.
All of my workstations are now running Fedora Silverblue. Steam is installed via flatpak, and GPU is a Radeon 6800 XT. I also have a Steam Link for couch co-op. All is well on the gaming front!
Debian Sid and Arch have run equally well with this setup. Your choice of distro matters much less now compared to a few years ago, especially if you favour a flatpak workflow.
Edit: typos!