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What distro do you game on? (lemmy.ca)
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I just picked up a cheap older gaming PC with a GTX 1050 and and Intel I7 CPU. Trying to decide what distro to load on it for gaming. Curious that others experience is gaming on various distros.

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[โ€“] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was running a GTX 1660ti and an i7 until yesterday using CachyOS. Worked great! Though for older cards, I might recommend a LTS distro to ensure you retain support (Mint is my go-to recommendation).

[โ€“] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 1 points 18 hours ago

A rolling release is probably better long term. Arch for example currently has Nvidia drivers as far back as for Fermi (GeForce 400/500) cards.