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What is your favorite Linux Distro for Gaming vs Windows?

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What is your favorite Linux distro for Gaming? Compare it to Windows? Mine so far is Debian 7.4 x64 running Gnome 3.8. I still run Windows 8.1 for the games not available for Linux. Hopefully EA will start releasing for Linux and that SteamOS (built using Debian 7.4 x64) will succeed.

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Open Suse, Fedora and Debian are pretty good for Linux Gaming... :)

Just don't use Ubuntu.

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Open Suse, Fedora and Debian are pretty good for Linux Gaming... :)

Just don't use Ubuntu.

Ubuntu is great for someone who is coming from Windows and is new to Linux.

I should be studying.

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Ubuntu is great for someone who is coming from Windows and is new to Linux.

He was talking about Distros good for gaming... And people coming from Windows can have a much better time using Zorin OS/ PC LINUX OS/ Peppermint OS/ Puppy Linux than Ubuntu any day of the week.

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He was talking about Distros good for gaming... And people coming from Windows can have a much better time using Zorin OS/ PC LINUX OS/ Peppermint OS/ Puppy Linux than Ubuntu any day of the week.

Good point.

I should be studying.

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Linux Mint 17 -- based off Ubuntu as well. :)

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I usually point new users to Linux Mint since it is rather user friendly even if the main versions are based off of Ubuntu. Their Linux Mint Debian Edition is pretty good though.

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Mint, Debian, Manjaro, and if it ever gets fixed up SteamOS... Ubuntu was good but it's like windows now specially with the whole "Cross platform same OS" gimmick now it's a laughing stock and sadly it seems Apple(Mac OS X 10.Ten Yosemite and iOS) about to follow suit and so is Google(android+chrome os)   just just just
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I've had a great experience gaming in Sabayon. Try it out, but really any mainstream distro should do fine.

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Slackware. :P

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Mint for new users all the way. Fuck unity, fuck Ubuntu. 

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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ArchLinux using either KDE or OpenBox as a DM. Aside from the aggravation of X.Org, it works magically.

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Elementary OS (Ubuntu 12.04)

Linux "nerd".  If I helped you please like my post and maybe add me as a friend :)  ^_^!

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I use Ubuntu 14.04.

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Linux Mint or elementary OS. LXLE if you wanna use LXDE. Arch Linux is very good, too.

My PC: Intel Core i3-3220 | Alpenföhn Civetta | XFX HD 7770 1GB | ASRock B75-Pro3-M | Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB | beQuiet PurePower L8 430W | Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB | Kingston V200+ 60GB | NZXT Vulcan | Soundblaster Play Replaced by Notebook + eGPU

My Notebook:   Apple MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch, Late 2013; Core i5 4258U @2.4-2.9 Ghz, 8GB RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD, Iris Graphics 5100 + GTX 960 eGPU

My Phone: OnePlus One with CM12      Camera: Nikon D3200 + 50mm f/1.8G + Kit lenses

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