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Is anyone using Debian Sid for gaming? (self.linux_gaming)

submitted 1 year ago by lal309 to c/linux_gaming

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Well I’m hopping around… again. I thought I had a good stable setup going but then something happens upstream that goes against what I want/believe in (looking at you RedHat) and I’m back on the hunt again.

I thought about trying out a Debian based distro but then I thought “why don’t I just use Debian itself (Sid, not stable/Bookworm)”.

Most if not all gaming software have a way to be installed on Debian so I don’t think that could be an issue.

Is anyone else using Sid? Am I missing something by not going with a gaming focused distro??

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Sid for gaming and it has always worked perfectly. I am very happy with it.

[–] lal309 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What does your /etc/is-release say for code name? I installed bookworm and then pointed apt to unstable as instructed in the Debian Wiki but when I did the full-upgrade (also as instructed in the wiki) now it says code name= trixie. Not a big deal, it’s just kinda strange. Maybe it’s supposed to as technically Trixie is the “unstable” at the moment. Idk. Just curious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also have VERSION_CODENAME=trixie. Never been an issue so far.

[–] lal309 1 points 1 year ago

Okay I was just curious