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    Year of Linux on the Desktop (lemmy.world)
    submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He's running Windows 7 right now, so I'll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

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    [–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    This is totally wrong. Having the latest software is overrated for gaming. I think most users would rather have a reliable system.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

    Agreed. If you're sticking to a few games and you're mostly a hobby gamer then yeah, but I can totally see more hardcore types, pro streamers etc looking at getting rolling release systems simply for the experience especially if they've got the money lying around

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    The thing that rolling release distros are good for is sanitising upstream when it comes to version compatibility. Gentoo was infamous for that, sooo many things back then were bug-compatible with each other because all other distros would lock versions down and only care about their one particular combination.

    [–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    But that's not really true. You get temporary stability, and then have to do a massive update which is guaranteed to break shit. Do you have a staging server for your desktop? If not, you're not actually getting any benefit from waiting to update.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    I'd rather do some maintenance every two years than once a month. I just don't have time or willpower to deal with it because I already have a technical job with computers at work.

    Also, last time I did a full upgrade on debian it didn't break anything. Some distros just do a much better job of testing. Rolling releases have always broken something for me after a while.