Updated the article with testing info.

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Quoting: Tharvas@Liam
could we please have the "Latest Additions & Updates" on top of the whole list or just get a column of "Updated" in the main list to sort as well?
talking about https://www.gamingonlinux.com/anticheat/

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Comments cleaned. I am once again reminding people that for feedback and corrections, use the corrections button. Comments are for commenting on the subject of the article.

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Just a reminder to all to follow the rules. New users coming along to talk crap at me or other users will not be tolerated, and will be removed. Already had to ban one user who couldn't behave. GamingOnLinux is moderated.

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Quoting: MattscreativeThis article is just not true at all what so ever.

Thanks for the laugh. But this type of over-the-top comment is exactly why such an article exists. Suggesting a small distro, with a small team, that builds on top of a rolling distro...just, no. This is not what should ever be suggested to normal users.

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Quoting: fagnerlnTo be the best distro for gaming, it should have support to the major "gaming tools" available, I installed Kubuntu 24.04 on my laptop and had issues trying to compile gamescope, I gave up.

But it's a decent choice for everyday usage, I'm not fan of KDE but the implementation on Kubuntu is solid, Snaps works fine (I almost forgot that Firefox was as Snap, as it worked seemly), and you can install the "non-snap" Steam easily.

Again, normal users are not going to manually look to install and run gamescope. People that reply to these types of articles keep thinking like their power-user stuff applies to everyone. Most people wouldn't have even heard of gamescope.

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Quoting: PyrateMan, this is a ridiculously good deal. I should look into if I can get away with a free trial and cop all these goodies on the way out.

Honestly yeah, Prime Gaming is a fantastic deal since all the games you redeem to keep. Even if you do it for a single month, it's ridiculously good value.

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Quoting: sudoerSnaps and flatpaks on the same system? What kind of suggestion is this, to make the ultimate bloat system and to confuse the normal user? Just stick with what the distro offers you by default, in this case snaps.

It's transparent to the end user once the system is installed. You add extra apps all the same way via Discover. This "bloat" is not something normies care about, only pedantic people who like to watch a few extra MBs get used up. The reality is: only a few people really care.

Quoting: gabberI dont't get the recommendation. Sure Kubuntu is nice and stable but for gamers it's lagging behind fast. Gamers which more often then not spend good money on their HW.

Quoting: legluondunetTo my point of view Debian, Ubuntu and all Debian-like distributions could not be adviced for gaming.
For gaming on Linux in good conditions, you need recent libraries and apps.

To you both - again, same as above, to normal users it simply doesn't matter. Unless you have brand new day-1 hardware (which is often problematic even on rolling distros) it will all work about the same.

Keep in mind I game every day, and run GamingOnLinux from Kubuntu. It's absolutely fine for the average user this type of article is aimed it.

I of course fully expected lots of differing opinions, it's why comments are open! But too many of you think like a tech-head and not like a normie :)

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Quoting: StellaSo, do I need to buy a new GPU for Vulkan 1.4 support?

Not unless it’s really really old.

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Quoting: PyrateStill can't believe there's no proper privacy friendly alternative to Discord. Matrix/Element is the closest I found but even that one is not there yet.

Every time I tried Matrix, I found it to be pretty horribly designed. Their mod tools were rubbish, and their multi-room system was ridiculously bad that just strung multiple standalone rooms under a special heading and that was seemingly all it really did. Discord at least generally works well at its job.

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