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I always find some things that doesn't work with my PC on windows 11. Sometimes things as simple as moving files in explorer makes it hangs where I had to restart explorer.exe. This is embarrassing really that windows can't get this right. There are so many times where I was frustrated and wished that I can just use my macbook pro as my only workstation. I just wish that steam on linux has full support for most games that are it supports in windows then i'll make the switch

my pc is not even that old, its ryzen 9 5900x with rtx 3080 and 32gb ram. however it is sluggish compared to my m1 pro macbook pro

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> I just wish that steam on linux has full support for most games that are it supports in windows then i'll make the switch

That day is today (assuming you don't play games with kernel anti-cheat).

I'm anxiously waiting for a slightly better Nvidia support. It'll either be Bazzite or CachyOS, it seems.

Id rather have something mainstream, like Fedora i dislike but know its daemons better, but tough luck, it seem.

Still, it's so fragmented. If I want a server, I have two families to chose from and two exactly solid choices. I'd I want a desktop for work - 2-4 solid choices.

But desktop for gaming? Well, it's where "well, it depends" starts.

The fragmentation ain't great, but it's mostly just a hump at the start. Once you pick something, it's usually fine, and if it isn't, you learn that fairly quickly and switch to something else that is fine. After having tried one thing, you will have learned what needs you have and can rule out alternatives a lot more easily. Still, it would be nice to have one obvious solid choice, and then alternatives if you have specific needs.

I'd imagine most people are waiting for SteamOS to become that one obvious solid choice, but Valve probably don't want to do that without Nvidia support not being the way it is today (and they probably don't want to do support either way, so they might never do it either way).

Well, yes but no.

I don't want Arch-based system because it will be PITA with upgrades. I like rpm-based systems (and use Fedora at work despite my reservations), and to be honest I'd prefer Ubuntu.

But instead I need to hack it like it's 90s. Up to and including custom kernel modules.

Like..... come on people :)

Steam on Linux is great. I'm playing Deadlock and Arc Raiders on my 3070 Ti without issue, highly recommend it if you're not playing FaceIts or Valorant.

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