It can be (pretty much) any distro you want – just make a minimal install, install the stuff you want, pull config files from your github and throw em in $HOME, that’s it.

Git hype for Crysis running on the rpi 5!

Nah, they are doing you a favor.

“What, you don’t like retro yet proper gaming on a 1W device?”

– Me, if I were that lone guy holding a controller

To use (and enjoy) Linux properly, you’ve got to “unlearn” several things including the bad habit of expect everything to “just werk”. If you are expecting to “double click your cares away” on Linux, then it’s (very) likely you’ll be disappointed.

With that aside, your best bet is to go for Linux Mint and not Arch Linux.

It’s a mix of baby duck syndrome and conformism.

Aw ye! Can’t wait to game with FSR 3 on my Raspberry pi 4!

it runs my games better than Linux and I’m really lost.

You already answered your own question/experience – do some “duckduckgoing” (even if it means falling back to the basics once again, “How to run a windows game on linux”) and then come back here. Because yes, GNU/Linux is 100% viable for gaming and can even run games better than on Winblows – if you know how to setup things properly.

A word of advice however, Linux tend to be a bit “sensitive” regarding some system elements/packages – you’ve got to provide all possible info to everything – theres no “ready out of the box” in these lands.

More like, “doesn’t matter – not being tracked > all.” :^)

Even so, Linux is easier to use than Windows (yes, I went there.) because of a single and only fact:

Configuration files.

Does the average Windows user can configure EVERYTHING through a SINGLE configuration/text file, that explicitly says “what does what”? Video, sound, window size, hotkeys…?

No? So there you have it.

Resorting to (pure) denials won’t change facts neither prove me wrong – all GNU/Linux distros are equally good and can be tweaked/improved equally – there are nothing that makes em stand out.

Nobara has a number of kernal patches and general fixes not found on Fedora

…which can be implemented on every other distro as well. Again, it’s GNU/Linux and not Windows – “all you can see/exist in a distro you can do/implement in every other distro.”

Distro with preinstalled packages =/= distro with exclusive features. The same packages available on “gaming distros” are available on any other “non-gaming” distro as well.

Opinions =/= facts. And the fact that every GNU/Linux distro is equally good for gaming and everything else stands true.

Why? Because all GNU/Linux distros are GNU/Linux at heart – and can be (equally) customized and improved.

Or, in other words – “Because it’s not Windows lmao”.

There is no such thing as a “gaming distro” – all GNU/Linux distros are equally good for gaming and any other task.

If you have lower expectations, even a potato able to run (just) a web browser can be a "gaming PC"thanks to cloud gaming. Still, theres no such thing as a “best” distro for (something) – all distros are equally good and able to do any sort of task.

No, but we are talking about a STREAMING service. Which means, an ISP would have to be beyond terrible if it couldn’t provide decent streaming performance under an 10 Gibps connection. Which thankfully, is not the case even for Africans, Nigarians or any other “sub third-world country.”

Huh? Third world countries are 100% capable to deal with streaming servers with flawless performance – where are you getting those ideas from?

…are you sure about that? 10 Gibps is about to be standardized all around the globe.

Reject AMD/NVidia

Embrace RISC-V.

(No, really. I’m unironically considering using an risc-v sbc as my next “main desktop pc” for the next few years, and relying (only) on cloud gaming for my dopamine needs.)

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