u/therealduckie

I've been a ride-or-die Debian user for YEARS. Just regular Debian. Not Ubuntu or similar. Never thought I'd ever consider distro-hopping again as it had everything I needed.

My previous PC was a Minisforum UN1265 with an I7-12650H, Intel UHD iGPU and 32GB DDR4.

Recently, my nephew gave me his old gaming PC: Ryzen 5 7600, Geforce RTX 3050, 32GB DDR5 RAM.

I spent months trying to figure out how to get the right NVIDIA drivers working, almost to the point of fouling up my system. So, I started to look for a linux distro that had better support OOTB.

Just like Linus, Elijah and Luke, I looked at Bazzite, CachyOS and...Pop!_OS - The latter of which I had never considered in a million years.

But then I dug deeper. Pop!_OS is Debian-based and has a specific build with NVIDIA drivers.

Tried out the live build and it was smooth as butter. Then I verified all my apps would be fine, since I was going from X11 to Wayland. (All i lost was Cairo-dock, but Cosmic has a dock built-in)

Had Linus and team not motivated me to take another look, I would not be as happy as I am, right now. And again, I am a seasoned Linux user with many years of experience. I absolutely find it odd and crazy that Pop!_OS was my solution...and that it has gone so smoothly.

60+FPS in Cyberpunk on high settings at 1080p was enough to prove it was the right decision.

And I still have all the apps I loved, before.

Oh, and Hytale works for me, now. It never did with the wonky drivers in regular Debian. Minecraft gives me ~900FPS, too.

So yeah, poo-poo their takes all you want-- but they have legitimate criticisms. Including how shitty the Linux regulars treat newbies with such disdain and impatience.

Thanks LTT for helping me find a new distro.

RPi can only do a limited number of emulators since the majority of software is dependent on x86 to run.

So why limit yourself?

Is it because you have one sitting around, or did you make the mistake of buying one for WAY more than the cost of a $40 miniPC? Or even the lesser cost of an old 4-core MicroPC at $30?

Is it brand loyalty? Power consumption? Trends?

Always been curious why folks go with a solution that limits what you can do.