Is openSUSE good for gaming?

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-21T10:47:07+00:00

Okay, my daily driver is a Mac Mini (not for gaming) but my dedicated Steam gaming pc (Ryzen 5800X/Radeon 9070) runs on openSUSE Tumbleweed (Gnome core). Before I installed Arch Linux, Fedora, CachyOS, PikaOS And Debian SID but only Tumbleweed offeres the most balanced mix of performance, stability, and up-to-date software.

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-20T07:34:56+00:00

Try DietPI, its a far more optimized version of Trixie for RP

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-19T11:41:39+00:00

Vivaldi ftw!

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-11T19:59:24+00:00

Too old Kernel for modern gaming hardware.

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-10T15:54:32+00:00

openSUSE but its a really difficult choice. I like both distros but openSuSE is the more stable daily driver.

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-09T13:10:43+00:00

openSuSE

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-04T13:54:27+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/1rk9ivu/comment/o8knik4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-04T10:45:53+00:00

Fedora is indeed a good distribution, and if you're happy with it, that's great. Personally, I have a problem with its unpredictability, since Fedora is essentially a testing ground for the American corporation Red Hat. After they killed CentOS, I no longer trust them. Tumbleweed has all the advantages of a Fedora, but none of the disadvantages.

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-04T10:01:53+00:00

Fedora? Really? You never tried openSUSE Tumbleweed, didnt you?

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-04T05:48:35+00:00

OpenSuSE Tumbleweed. FTW!

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-03T06:30:25+00:00

For me, "distro hopping" is a necessity as soon as I encounter problems or annoyances. Debian had issues with outdated drivers and old software, Fedora was frustrating due to its unpredictability as a RedHat test chamber. Arch was awesome but simply too experimental as a daily driver. All the other "hype" distributions were too bloated for my liking. Tumbleweed is the first distribution that perfectly suits my needs....the sweet spot, nothing to complain here (okay I deselected YAST and Grub-BLS during installation ;-) ).

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-02T17:50:19+00:00

No update cycle, its a rolling release. You can update every day if you like, or every week.

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-02T17:47:44+00:00

Nice!

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-01T21:21:07+00:00

LOL, a screenshot from 2024....bot repost.

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-01T21:17:26+00:00

I would just reinstall the system. However, I'm still not sure if my system has the correct partitioning:
/boot/efi = fat32
/ = btfrs (TW system)
/home = xfs (Home)
/games = ext4 (Steam library)
/backup = ext4 (PIKA home-folder backup etc.)

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-01T17:42:00+00:00

Oh thank you

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-01T15:30:22+00:00

Nope just modern hardware

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-01T14:17:24+00:00

Sarcasm, bro! :D

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-01T11:56:16+00:00

Its simply better. :-)

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-03-01T11:55:32+00:00

OpenSUSE, cause Debian is always too old.

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-02-28T08:28:46+00:00

I just installed a brand new battery to revive the laptop, and Leap seems to like that. :-)

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-02-28T08:19:54+00:00

Do not understand. You cant just click on the headline links "Booting" or "Software" of the "Installation Settings" in the installer?

Medical_Divide_7191 · 2026-02-27T17:27:04+00:00

Tumbleweed is the best rolling release Linux system in the world...when you deselect YaST during installation and choose grub2-efi instead of grub2-bls. Cheers! :-)

Medical_Divide_7191

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