manderMar 9
Due to the raining amount of #linux opinions regarding newbies. I shall subject my dear competent friend to a test where he is to install Linux and a game from steam with minimal help from me. What #distro do you people think will do best? Please start a war in the replies.

No, I won't subject him to Nix.

Goal is to create a blog post with the shortcomings to HOPEFULLY help a few linux newbies on their way to success.

Retoots appreciated
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some more details for those curious:
1. Minimal help will be that I will be in a call with him to answer questions, but I won't have access to the device he is installing the OS on. He will have to take photos of issues and send screenshots as well as hunt for some info himself
2. I am prolly going to present him with distro choices from this thread, but I am trying to be at least a somewhat good friend and guide him to not start out with arch linux, gentoo or NixOS
3. I am not sure where the blog post will be posted, but I will let fedi know once I am done
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@[email protected] this may be slightly mean but i'd personally like to see how fedora fares in this, as even if it isn't specifically gaming focused (compared to something like bazzite), it still aims to be a competent all-round operating system for desktop use (where gaming is one of said usecases!)
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@thermia It is on the list!
Mar 9 at 12:19pmWeb