I have just watched this video and in it 2 things are said that made my Linux newbie heart sink:

  • Debian 13 is not going to get the latest versions of Nvidia drivers and there are better distros for us.
  • Debian in general is not meant to run on the latest hardware.

I am on a regularly upgraded desktop tower gaming PC and currently I have an Nvidia card and an Intel CPU (which, I know, even just because of the mobo chipset is not a great choice).

In this conditions and wanting to invest even more in gaming and new hardware in the future, what should I run on, instead of LMDE 6?

  • underscores@lemmy.zipEnglish
    95·
    2 days ago

    Debian is what you put on your grandma’s Facebook machine

    To put it in a less elitist way: you can put it on a family PC for light entertainment or for things like homework for kids

    To be perfectly clear: most people use their PC as a glorified Facebook machine.

    (it also doesn’t have to be Facebook but the concept is the same)

    • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      2 days ago

      Debian is what you put on a system you want to work forever with minimal maintenance. Whether that be your Grandma’s computer or my headless server.

    • Magnum, P.I.@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      I’m gaming perfectly fine on my Debian machine. Only one single time in years I had a problem with some custom tailored script from someone that linked as minimum a dependency that was newer than the version served in apt

      • bigmclargehuge@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        21 hours ago

        This. My main rig runs arch and I do my heavy gaming there, but for travel I have a laptop running Debian, it has no problem running Steam and games via Proton. I’ve also done some light coding, even a bit of 3D modeling. It’s not basic, it’s bulletproof.