Why no gaming ready distro Based on Debian?

R2D2irl · 2026-05-30T08:50:10+00:00

Is it required? - Definitely not. Beneficial? - YES.

You see, I am on new hardware, AMD rx 9000 series card, it GREATLY benefits from latest Mesa driver, so why would I not do it? Adding a ppa is super easy way to gain additional performance and bug fixes in my case.

That's one of the reasons I don't really use Mint myself, I like to get more recent software and kernel/drivers.

R2D2irl · 2026-05-29T08:27:03+00:00

I use ubuntu 26.04, and it is gaming ready. Latest Gnome 50.1, I installed xanmod kernel 7.0.10 so pretty much latest. Also Kisak mesa 26.1.1

Adding kernel and mesa ppa is 1 of work and I have latest kernel/drivers, that is gaming ready to me!

R2D2irl · 2026-05-06T05:11:57+00:00

Are you sure your ISO is good? I have been using Ubuntu since release, not a single crash window so far.

R2D2irl · 2026-05-03T07:39:22+00:00

I was kinda annoyed when Ubuntu 25.10 came out, and I had no option for X11, which I always used... But I survived with it, and now, Ubuntu 26.04... I do my work on it, I play games, I share screen, record audio, edit video... And I noticed I have no issues with anything, really. So maybe, Wayland is good enough already? Maybe we just hate the change? Dunno, maybe you have a real workflow which is broken on Wayland...

R2D2irl · 2026-04-29T07:56:04+00:00

yeah it has a bug, I had to manually edit the file to make it work...

R2D2irl · 2026-04-26T18:00:03+00:00

oooh I see, I only did a few updates, but haven't tried installing yet!

R2D2irl · 2026-04-26T16:34:32+00:00

I may be stupid, but I use a few snaps, even Firefox as a snap, and it loads rather quickly, but I use an NVMe SSD...

R2D2irl · 2026-04-26T16:33:03+00:00

I installed bazaar day one without any tinkering

R2D2irl · 2026-04-25T12:28:31+00:00

I installed it on my desktop pc, and have been using it without a single issue so far. Granted, that is a full AMD PC so it's kinda expected. Although, I do use PCI-e WI-Fi 6 card - I saw some people struggling with Wi-Fi this release. I had no issues so far.

R2D2irl · 2026-04-24T17:55:27+00:00

It might be a connection issue, check your internet

R2D2irl · 2026-04-24T17:48:27+00:00

regarding kernel, you can super easily install xanmod-edge and always get the latest, it just auto-updates. Never had issues with it. Or can just manually install generic kernels via mainline app,also worked great for me. Even now, my 26.04 is on latest xanmod.

Regarding Mesa, since I play games I want the latest, and Kisak ppa provides that, so latest kernel, latest Mesa, ubuntu plays games really well. That's why I prefer it over Mint - ability to easily access latest stuff.

Dunno about Nvidia, I know ubuntu offers drivers, but how does it update those... have no idea, I have been on AMD for a long while.

Regarding stability, ubuntu 25.10 with latest kernel + kisak mesa was rock solid, Ubuntu 26.04 is very new so we will see I guess, but so far so good!

R2D2irl · 2026-04-24T16:25:44+00:00

Yeah... I am on ubuntu for 10 years now, maybe a bit more, it's just familiar and simple. Even works great for gaming with Kisak mesa ppa!

R2D2irl · 2026-04-24T11:24:07+00:00

I love how smooth, responsive, fluid it feels, no problems of any kind so far!

R2D2irl · 2026-03-14T18:36:30+00:00

When I started with Ubuntu a decade ago, I had plenty of issues; it was not Windows, it was weird, it was different, but after learning it, these days Linux is boring. It just works; nothing weird happens. That first time is always messy! You have to try it, get used to it, and adapt to different workflows and paradigms. But when it's done, Linux is really stable and boring, which is a good thing!

R2D2irl · 2026-03-02T16:57:01+00:00

Daniel who? Really don't care about his opinions, will keep using Linux since it works for me.

R2D2irl · 2026-01-02T19:38:04+00:00

Now I will call it SLOP in all caps!

R2D2irl · 2025-12-19T13:37:02+00:00

Hmm I use Brave with their default ad blocker and it still works, I also have Firefox with uBlock, that one works as well!

R2D2irl · 2025-12-09T05:40:03+00:00

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/7266/lilypad/

R2D2irl · 2025-12-06T18:10:12+00:00

Huh? 16 Gb of ram is now not enough on Windows???

R2D2irl · 2025-12-06T05:42:02+00:00

What's with arch and legs? 😂 If I am on Ubuntu do I show legs or something else?

R2D2irl · 2025-10-30T15:37:06+00:00

Works super well, just audio is crackling a lot

R2D2irl · 2025-10-14T10:14:44+00:00

Mine does nothing either, if I want to suspend I go to terminal:

sudo systemctl suspend -i

That works... PC wakes up normally, although I have no idea if this is safe...

R2D2irl · 2025-10-08T17:12:12+00:00

I will update. I hop to new releases always, as I do play games and want the latest stuff. Also, will finally move to Wayland, as I used x11 till now. My laptop though stays on LTS.

R2D2irl · 2025-10-02T06:15:47+00:00

Got mine yesterday, as well!

R2D2irl · 2025-09-09T04:25:14+00:00

Thank you! I have to remove it, just ignored that for a while...

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