I want something that’s stupid easy to install, requires no setup, and has recording and gaming functionality from the beginning. I constantly see people shitting on ubuntu for semi-valid reasons, and I’m open to stable alterantives.
I’m installing it on this laptop :
NB : This is for mission critical etc laptop. This will be my only daily driver computer, stability is the topmost priority.
BONUS POINTS : If it’s debian based so I can run solarus : https://solarus-games.org/
You can game and record on Ubuntu studio and everyone who says you need a different distro is wrong. Install steam and OBS and you’re good to go. If youve got an nvidia card check youve got the latest proprietary driver and thats really it.
If you really do want a different distro you can try nobara fedora based, bazzite fedora based but immutable, pika Debian based, popOS Ubuntu based.
Thank you for this recommendation. I tried the live boot version of pika , and it feels really nice. I went through a few Oses so far, and at the moment I’m trying out raw vanilla debian, and there’s some things I feel good about pika that I’m missing; so if I can’t make raw debian stick, I’m probably going to move to pika and stay there.
I moved to Bazzite and really liked it. You lose a little bit of control (encouraged to do things the bazzite way because it’s based off fedora atomic) but the ease of use more than makes up for it.
I really appreciate this comment. I tried bazzite and wow, it made me realise that I do feel comfortable with debian, and that’s what I should stick to when installing linux. It also made me feel that I have some investment and capability with working on debian.
So, while it wasn’t for me, it was very valuable for me to try it. It is probably good for people who want to have a simple, gaming focused experience, and you should recommend it to people who are looking for a gaming experience .
