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Would you consider Drauger OS noob friendly for gaming desktop? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm backing up my windows device today and plan on installing a Linux distro. My primary use for this PC is gaming, though I do complete some banking and other tasks I find cumbersome on my phone.

My technical skill level is "knows enough to get into the shit, but not enough to get out." I did use Ubuntu exclusively for a period of about 3-5 years over a decade ago.

One con I've found regarding this OS is that it has "no browser in Live environment," but I have no idea what that means.

If anyone has experience with this OS or good tips/recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

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

I have Garuda and it is relatively straight forward installing things with just the UI (although it has two steams). Sorry I don't have info about Drauger

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I also use Garuda. While I wouldn't normally suggest an Arch-based distro to someone newer, the developers there did a pretty good job at making it more approachable and user friendly for people who aren't used to Arch.

The default BTRFS filesystem setup with automatic Snapper snapshots at each update also gives some extra stability insurance to the rolling release. If an update does temporarily screw something up (as very occasionally happens)--or you manage to do something to the system yourself--you can just boot using a previous system snapshot until the issue is fixed. Another reason I would recommend Garuda where I wouldn't necessarily suggest Arch or most derivatives.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I personally wouldn't recommend something Arch based unless you really want Arch

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I find garuda is different and there is the added bonus of arch having a lot of documentation around features such as hdr gaming, proton, ect

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've seen a lot of posts from people having issues. That's the reason I don't recommend it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Ok. I haven't had any issues but I also don't use my pc that much

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'll check it out, thank you. I'm not dead set on drauger, my Linux experience is too outdated to have strong opinions. 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I do almost everything in UI and I like sticking to ui