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[Crosspost] Someone had enough of big US tech and their actions, so created this guide to make switching as easy as possible (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39852741

I shared a version of this guide earlier this year, but felt a website was needed to unpack the different options fully. So after an unreasonable number of hours, I put together the necessary data and website.

I hope this is digestible enough for the average person to help those looking to take that first step, or for people who are equally passionate and want to get their friends or family involved.

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Every time I post these guides, there is always feedback on things that can improve, or I got wrong. Please do share, as it is the best way for these to evolve!

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[โ€“] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

Because some Linux users are so tribal.

I don't even get the idea behind a "gaming" distro. Most major distros can run games just as well. The only difference that I can tell is just that they have Steam and maybe Nvidia's proprietary drivers pre-installed. Something you can do yourself in under a minute after install.

You will have to learn the very simple task of using your package manager to install programs sooner or later anyway and If you can install an OS on your own you can absolutely do the 5 second online search to find the command to install the NVidia proprietary drivers.

To answer your question, yes. Or Mint, or Pop!, or Fedora, or OpenSUSE, or Zorin, or Ubuntu, or Cachy, or many more I'm probably forgetting. They all work. They have their pros and cons that might apply to your specific situation but more likely than not there are multiple good answers for you.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 11 months ago

    I can't speak for the others, but for CachyOS at least, there is actually a valid justification for its existence. The kernel is built with a different CPU scheduler, and they have packages repos built using modern -march options instead of targeting the lowest common denominator for compatibility.

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