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Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 59000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.

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I want to make Debian work, please help (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by absurdity_of_it_all@lemmy.ml to c/debian@lemmy.ml

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I've been using Fedora for the past few months and Pop OS for some months before that.

Debian was my first choice after Pop because of ideological reasons - non corporate structure mainly. But I couldn't get games to work properly (my PC is only 7-8 months old). So I've been trying Fedora, but the more I learn about Red Hat and it's involvement, it's harder to stick to the distro.

What would be a good way to setup Debian (and KDE, because apparently GNOME is also Red Hat's, although I do like the environment) so that it works well for my use case? The two year old DE and app versions does bother me but I guess I can learn to live with it. Do I try testing? Do I use backports?

PC specs: Ryzen 5 5600 Processor, RX 7600 GPU

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[–] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

This is too bad to hear. I installed Debian stable and have no issues gaming despite also using NVIDIA hardware at present.

What issues did you have with your games?

[–] Geodad@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago

Have you looked into Pika OS? It’s a Debian based distribution that focuses on gaming.

[–] keithduthie@mastodon.nz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@absurdity_of_it_all Have you tried installing the kernel and mesa packages from backports?

[–] absurdity_of_it_all@lemmy.ml 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

I will try that, thank you. Are those just two packages I need to get from backports or are there dependencies and stuff that will come up?

[–] keithduthie@mastodon.nz 1 points 18 hours ago

@absurdity_of_it_all You'll want to add the backports repo, and install the relevant packages from there. https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

[–] sihaha@norden.social 1 points 19 hours ago

@absurdity_of_it_all

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[–] dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago

@absurdity_of_it_all

I basically install testing on anything that isn't a server.

You don't mention what's actually bothering you.

[–] c10l@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Your hardware is not very different from mine. Maybe there’s something in here that helps you?

https://blog.c10l.cc/09122023-debian-gaming

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Am i missing something what's your question. You can install debian with kde right from the installer.

[–] absurdity_of_it_all@lemmy.ml 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I want to know what kind of setup would avoid issues with games. I know I can run Debian with KDE from the installer. I had issues with games on plain stable so I wanted to know what can be done

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Ah well I run debian sid but it can be a pain to update if you don't know what to watch for. I have almost no issues with games. The debian wiki is great to get everything setup like dxvk and wine. Also if you want to stay on stable distrobox is a good option to use sid or other apps inside debian

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

Arch Linux?

[–] wolfinpdx@infosec.exchange 1 points 1 day ago

@absurdity_of_it_all

Maybe try Linux Mint LMDE?

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

My suggestion, try variouse live distro's from an USB. Alternatively install debian from it's ISO and select ALL desktop environments. Then on login you can select which on to use for the current session. Once you made your choice you can do use tasksel to remove the others (although I'd do a re-install with just the one I want)