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Hi! I'm getting a new laptop any day now and I plan on going back to Linux after maybe a decade on Windows. What works best for gaming nowadays? Is manjaro good for that? I prefer a distro with a nice name but of course that's not the central thing. I'll also do some book keeping, writing et cetera but I don't think it's much to worry about. I also hope to use my Valve Index on it.

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[–] syaochan@mastodon.online 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

@gh0stcassette you can install HWE kernels like in Ubuntu, from Update Manager

[–] gh0stcassette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

Fair, haven't use Ubuntu or any of it's derivatives in years