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I've pretty much stopped playing games as well. At first it was a temporary break to do work, but then I came back after a few days and games just didn't seem... fun anymore. 

I'll start this with, I'm not that old yet. I'm 28. I definitely can't sit and play the games that I used to play for long periods of time. 12-16 hour sessions on OSRS? 12 year old me did it. Now, I touch that game two or three times a year, feel the nostalgia and close it out in a couple hours. 
I still play enough FPS games that reaction times and all that aren't really an issue (I'm routinely T500 in Overwatch if I did more than my 15 placement matches and linked my phone to my account). That being said, OW is a lot more than shooting. Map control, thinking about what the other team is going to be doing etc. Valorant, CS:GO, R6S, I can't play. I suck at them and they make me angry which gets expensive.
I've pivoted more towards story games, or more relaxed multiplayer and even driving, flying and farming simulators. RDR2, CP2077, FC5 and 6 etc. I still find racing games a lot of fun. A group of people I work with and I play Farming Sim somewhat regularly, and FS2022 was the game I was most excited about this year. I still find Pokemon fun, but that was what got me into playing games. I got Pokemon Red and a GBC the year they came out for Christmas. 
Priorities and how you get enjoyment out of games shifts, there's nothing wrong with that. 

Recently I've keep having this feeling where gaming was not what I remembered it was... like the whole 'sitting down in front of your PC and just dive into it' wasn't attractive anymore.
 
Everytime I open a single player game, after 5,6 minutes I keep thinking about the daily chores I have to do. Doing dishes, cleaning my room, keeps friends in contact etc. And I'm not even married.
 
Then I quit the game and pick up whatever stuff I needed to do, like cleaning or cooking or something, after doing so I kind of felt relaxed and even had a sense of accomplishment. LOL.
 
Younger me will sigh in disgust. Is this an age thing??? Where turning on vaccum cleaner somehow felt more rewarding then hard grinding ARPG for 5,6 hours? 
 
I went to cyber cafe from time to time, want to pull an all nighter, and it felt like doing work. LOL. I felt heck, I will only do this from now on if someone is paying me to do so. Why do I want to go home?? I just started this new level in Wolcen....
 
Does anyone feel the same way?? 

hey! long time no see! 

your profile picture though. LOL

recently I had been having a lot of fun in Wolcen. I knew the game is buggy and still needs a lot of polishes. But I haven't been playing a game that keeps me coming back to it in years until I tried wolcen.  Will play some more later today. 🙂 
 
Yeah. Took me a while to adjust myself though. 🙂 
 

Recently I've keep having this feeling where gaming was not what I remembered it was... like the whole 'sitting down in front of your PC and just dive into it' wasn't attractive anymore.
 
Everytime I open a single player game, after 5,6 minutes I keep thinking about the daily chores I have to do. Doing dishes, cleaning my room, keeps friends in contact etc. And I'm not even married.
 
Then I quit the game and pick up whatever stuff I needed to do, like cleaning or cooking or something, after doing so I kind of felt relaxed and even had a sense of accomplishment. LOL.
 
Younger me will sigh in disgust. Is this an age thing??? Where turning on vaccum cleaner somehow felt more rewarding then hard grinding ARPG for 5,6 hours? 
 
I went to cyber cafe from time to time, want to pull an all nighter, and it felt like doing work. LOL. I felt heck, I will only do this from now on if someone is paying me to do so. Why do I want to go home?? I just started this new level in Wolcen....
 
Does anyone feel the same way?? 

If someone really has to ask what Distro they should use to run a server, then no, I would probably Recommend Ubuntu for it's simplicity for the average user.
For anyone else who is familiar with a Linux Server Environment and is comfortable with configuring everything, rather than relying heavily on Distro defaults, Yes I would recommend it.
 
Actually we run older Hardware. As for the reasoning.
I develop against and utilize upstream software. I don't like a Distribution deciding what dependencies I should or shouldn't use. I don't like a Distribution deciding what default configuration should be in place. While Arch is the first to get new Vulnerabilities, it's also usually first to get patched. It also means we are the first to get bug fixes and features. There is no potentially disastrous major Version Changes, we update alongside the core software. We do however have timed updates, as in we only update once every 2 week unless a bug that affects us has been resolved or a Known Security Vulnerability has been patched. While 2 weeks might seem like a long time, compared to most distro's we are still updating more packages far more often. The Arch Wiki Obviously everyone's use case is different, but for our needs Arch is the only one that fulfills ours.
 
The idea that Arch is unfit for Server and Workstation Use is largely blown out of proportion, according to some stats we maintain a 99.8% uptime on our servers.

It's clunky and slow, but it's usable. I used it on Linux Mint Mate, ZorinOS, and Lubuntu, and it was serviceable. Also, it's supposed to have the most stable app versions, so that's usually where I look first. Stability is an absolutely key consideration for me, since I use my Linux systems for work. 
 
I never understood this problem. We're in year 2021. Even the cheapest SSD now has a capacity of 120gb. What programs are you installing if they take so much space that package size is a factor? Even if a program takes multiple gigabytes of space, that's barely a drop in the pond. 

I disagree with this statement, we run Arch on Several Servers in a production environment.
 
From your Distro's local Repository. Most dependency hell situations are caused by outside repositories. Debian including most distro's are pretty good at grabbing dependencies for the average user, so you could use whatever packager manager comes with your Desktop Environment, otherwise there is always apt, aptitude, and synaptic on Debian based Distro's.
 
If I am not mistaking the Ubuntu Store is a snap package now. Snaps are known to be slower and more resource heavy than a Native Package. If this is something that bothers you, you should look for a Distro that doesn't prioritize containerized packages, such as Debian, Arch, OpenSuse, Manjaro.

This is correct, the true bleeding edge is Arch. Ubuntu has good support for new hardware, but calling it's software bleeding edge was overselling it for sure.
 
I also want to echo that you probably shouldn't run Arch on any server where you care about up time. In many ways it's the opposite of Debian. You run Debian on systems you want to set up once and use for years, and you run Arch if you want to constantly tinker with the system and make changes to it.

This is because of what Debian is for. Debian is meant for stability. You do not have the latest hardware or software in Debian, instead you have an an extremely long support cycle for the OS. This is actually what makes Debian so great for servers. You can set up a server, and basically just know that it'll work without much fussing for the entire OS support cycle. Same with containers. 
 
If you want the latest and greatest, you can run Debian Sid or something like Ubuntu.

Apt is targeting stability the rest honestly don't matter in contrast of which to pick.
 
I myself use apt for system stuff, badically qnything thst does have a gui I use apt to manage, everything else is snqp, flatpak, appikage depending on how I cqn get the application.

The native package manager (apt) should be preferred, if for some reason you need fixed dependencies or a more recent version you can try snap.

So, snaps are thing by default only on Ubuntu and many of it's derivatives.
Depends. Appimages are what I'd prefer (gets rid of a lot of dependcy nightmares)
 
Stability?
There should be nightly versions. But typically for the latest updates, you'd need to refresh your repositories. And updates' age are generally handled by the distro.

me when using ubuntu 20.04
 

me when using ubuntu 20.04
 

the thing is though it's not a beta product. Linux can be very powerful if you know how to use it, and suits some people's needs MUCH better than Windows. for me, i got into it because i wanted to try it (when i was like 12, i heard about it and was like oh i'm trying it) and immediately fell in love with it. it doesn't do anything behind your back and you are in full control at all times, which i love. it doesn't install candy crush on it's own, doesn't update on it's own when i don't want it to, i have total control. 
 
the thing is though, you have to know how to use it in order to fully take advantage of it. Windows is the same, but people just overlook the fact that if you use Windows all your life things that are idiotic feel normal. 
 
like, if i have to set up a new machine, i pop in a usb with a custom manjaro iso that i made on it, that automatically runs a script after install that applies all my settings and installs all my apps for me. i can't do that on Windows. i'm sure there is a way, but i don't know it. 
 
to me, a fulltime Linux/Mac user, Windows is the OS that feels weird. if i'm using Windows and encounter a problem, i have to google it. on Linux, i probably know the command from memory. 
 
see my point? if you are used to something it becomes your normal. if i have to completely delete the nvidia driver for example because it messed up, on linux i run 1 command i have typed dozens of times now and know from memory. on Windows, i have to look up a guide. 

The main issue with linux is the same issue with windows mobile
If consumers dont use it, then it wont be developed, so then consumers wont use it. You need to get people it before it is adopted

This is more of what I expected from this challenge, a big list of issues due to lacking support from the hardware manufacturers and software developers.

Linux Mint creators lately removed snaps too.

My recommendation would be something arch-based since the AUR will help you with packages and programs which end up in snaps on other distros.
 
 In practice this means Manjaro or Garuda, and perhaps Manjaro KDE being the best choice if you want to game down the line now that Valve officially has said that Manjaro KDE is the closest current distribution to Steam OS 3.0.

meanwhile the issue I am facing when using GNU/Linux OSs...
 

 

snapd != snaps (plural of snap)
 
You can put whichever binary you like in a snap. It’s a squashfs file system with some metadata.
 
Snaps are convenient, but they are quite opaque and can get your system in quite a mess of dependencies, because usually you need a proper package manager as well.
 
However, this is far outside the scope of this thread.

snaps are open source though......
https://github.com/snapcore/snapd
 
It's the snap store that isn't and that's because every time canonical open sources something, there's been no community assistance in the development, or even later community feedback (aka what happenned with Launchpad, Ubuntu One, and even the ubuntu software center).
 
That's exactly what AppImage is, but the rest are like that in concept yes as their universal portable binaries you can use.
 
technically Brave is proprietary by license, but not closed source. It's pretty much as restricted as firefox is since it shares the same license