My teenage son wants to try a new distro for gaming. Our family has been using pop os for years, but he wants to try something new. The main three I see are

  • nobara (fedora based)
  • garuda (arch based)
  • drauger (ubuntu based)

The machine he’s using is a 2018 Intel nuc. It has a strong processor (core i7) but no discrete graphics. I can’t tell which (if any) of the distros above would be better or worse for his case.

Reading around, it seems like Garuda might be slightly more fiddly. And, Drauger I only saw mentioned in a couple of articles, but not on this forum. Are these impressions correct? Do you have any other advice for us?!

  • Chewy
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    1 year ago

    They rebuild their images once a day iirc, which should be fast enough even for security related issues. And because of automated updates, systems will probably receive updates more timely than on regular distros (by default, it’s always configurable).

    • woelkchen@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      And Brazzite as being a flavor of Universal Blue is already part of a bigger project. As much as I respect the Glorious Eggroll fella, Nobara is basically a one man project.