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Nobara, a Fedora Derivative, explained by Glorious Eggroll himself

BY Ekianjo July 12, 2022 6 Comments

We had noticed a little while ago that Fedora is on the rise when it comes to distros used for Linux Gaming. It was then brought to our attention that Nobara is also a thing, as a derivative of Fedora.… Continue Reading →

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A Bunch of Linux Gamers are Trying Fedora Out in 2022

BY Ekianjo June 6, 2022 6 Comments

Another month, another chance to look at the distro stats on ProtonDB. I don’t typically cover them that often, but this time there’s definitely a new trend to focus on: Fedora usage is seriously on the way up. June 2022… Continue Reading →

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The Fall of Ubuntu as a Gaming Distro in Video

BY Ekianjo May 2, 2022 Leave a Comment

As you may remember, a few weeks ago we had an article describing how most people using ProtonDB have moved away from using Ubuntu in the past few years (based on ProtonDB reports), mostly in favor of Arch-based distros (Arch… Continue Reading →

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Ubuntu Continues Falling Like a Rock as a Gaming Distro

BY Ekianjo April 15, 2022 5 Comments

Using ProtonDB data to check gaming distro trends is a fun exercise and and here’s a quick update following the most recent data available there. And what do we find out? Well, Ubuntu‘s share is STILL going down. The usual… Continue Reading →

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I Love Arch, But GNU Guix Is My New Distro

BY podiki November 18, 2021 26 Comments

I wrote recently about building my new gaming desktop where, if you weren’t blinded by all the lights, I also noted that I’ve moved from Arch to GNU Guix as my distro of choice. Why? And what is Guix? (And… Continue Reading →

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How I Built My New Linux Gaming Desktop in 2021 with AMD (CPU+GPU) and GNU Guix

BY podiki September 23, 2021 15 Comments

After my unexpected luck in getting a new GPU (the AMD 6700XT), it was finally time to build a new computer. While my previous desktop was still ticking, at 6 and a half years old (an Intel i5-4690K, Nvidia GTX… Continue Reading →

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Which Linux Distro For Gaming? Q2 2021 Survey Results

BY Ekianjo August 11, 2021 5 Comments

Here is yet another post about the survey we have conducted back in Q2 2021 (April to be precise) with close to 2000 Linux Gamers. This time we will focus on the Linux distro of choice of respondents in the… Continue Reading →

Distros, Software

GamerOS Has Been Renamed to ChimeraOS

BY markd July 2, 2021 Leave a Comment

After major backlash from the community, the developers behind GamerOS — the enhanced SteamOS alternative — have decided to give the project a new name. It’s now called ChimeraOS. As someone who’s never heard the name “Chimera,” I had to… Continue Reading →

Distros, Software, Steam, SteamOS

Solus Has Resolved Issues with Recent Proton Builds

BY Ekianjo April 13, 2021 Leave a Comment
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A little while ago I pointed that Solus users (at least several, myself included) were experiencing issues to run modern versions of Proton following Proton 5.13 (and the introduction of the new vessel technology with Soldier). In other words, no… Continue Reading →

Distros, Proton, Software

Proton and Solus: An Unstable Mix in 2021?

BY Ekianjo March 19, 2021 Leave a Comment
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Solus is a relatively new distro that took off a few years ago, not based on any other major distro branch out there – actually built from scratch. It used to be a very popular option for gaming as it… Continue Reading →

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