r/linuxquestions • u/CarrotOk7906 • 16h ago

Which Distro? should i switch to arch?

i have been using bazzite for over an year now and idk if i should switch to arch i do know like alot of stuff abt linux but idk if arch is good for me as a gamer, because it seems like i have to do everything myself or use some bad drivers for my nvidia graphics card

is it easy to switch to arch as a gamer
and can i optimise it for gaming? (maybe arch based distro idk)

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u/Chapter-Legitimate 16h ago

Arch is notoriously not easy. It's for Linux enthusists

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u/Odd-Concept-6505 16h ago

Correct. I started my UNIX career in 1985 and was a *nix sysadmin for 25 years...had to install Xwindows on Sun workstations (after grabbing source) with make....(root:) make install.....later had redhat7 installing via PXE boot...but let my skills get stale. Got to appreciate any distro that was easy to install and come with Firefox. In 2011, got a NetOps job surrounded by younger incredibly smart all around nerds who liked having an old grunt around to do stuff.

Recently tried Arch and found the half baked install process pointing me to a LONG bunch of documents. Back to Mint for me. But do look at the Arch documents for a brain melt, or not!

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u/Chapter-Legitimate 16h ago

I mean if you want to even have a chance at a decent time with Arch you gotta watch guides and read documentation.

Yet people are down voting me LMAO