Linux Distros (Gaming) From 2018 to 2025 - OMG the Change!
Linux Distros (Gaming) From 2018 to 2025 - OMG the Change!
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Linux Distros (Gaming) From 2018 to 2025 - OMG the Change!
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I’ve been test driving Cachy for about a month and it’s so smooth and cozy I am — much to my own surprise — not missing Fedora. I still avoid AUR as much as possible, though. This may be the first time in nearly a decade where I’ve felt completely comfortable with a distro other than Fedora.
I would absolutely not recommend it to a new Linux user, though. It’s still more hands-on than Fedora or Bazzite, but I appreciate that. I also appreciate the automation tools that will set up entire use-cases for you.
Cozy is definitely the right word. Like a warm blanket and a rum-spiked hot cocoa on a cold day.
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I wonder if this also reflects a general shift away from Ubuntu of if the phenomenon is mostly limited to the gamer demographic.
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I wonder if this also reflects a general shift away from Ubuntu of if the phenomenon is mostly limited to the gamer demographic.
Today's Linux gamers are tomorrow's Linux admins.
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Just straight Arch is unstable and difficult to configure.
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It is actually surprisingly stable nowadays, the core system has become very meticulously maintained which means 9/10 times if you encounter an issue it won't brick the system and you only lose access to some package or program until it is fixed
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I've yet to have it brick so yeah, it seems solid.
Now let me go update my system and have it crash and prove me wrong
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Arch hasn't been unstable in years. Windows 7 was more unstable then what arch is now.
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Is this just based on protondb user reporting/comment data? because I doubt the sample size tells you anything other than these are the builds most used by users willing to contribute to protondb.
Ubuntu is falling behind in official Steam hardware & Software Survey as well. Of course the sample size is much larger, so the specific percentages don't match but the trend is identical.
Yes. However, it's still very notable that distros like Ubuntu have gone from 40+% to under 10%.
Ubuntu is the distro that people hate on the most, which is ironic given how easy it is to use.
Pop_OS hit 12.3% in Feb 2021 and completely fell off the chart in May of this year before coming back for September. I'm one of those users.
Oh, and i'm pretty sure I know where flatpak is from. The instructions to input your system data in ProtonDB relies on steam's system information. My OS shows as flatpak by default because I installed a flatpak version of steam from the pop shop. If someone doesn't manipulate it themselves, it shows as "OS: Freedesktop SDK 25.08 (Flatpak runtime)" - The most recent data shows flatpak as 4.5%. So who knows where those users really are coming from. Cachyos ships with steam, so it won't ever show up as flatpak for that OS unless someone does something really funky.