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Best distro for me? (beehaw.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by goatbeard@beehaw.org to c/linux@programming.dev
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I've played with Linux before and finally had enough with Windows. I'm a seasoned programmer but mainly concerned with gaming for this computer, except that I want to be able to run Unreal Engine 5 and potentially other big tools like that. TIA 💓

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[-] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Bazzite and CachyOS are most often recommended gaming distros. ~~Both are immutable~~ Bazzite is immutable. Bazzite is based on Fedora and CachyOS is based on Arch.

Unreal Engine for Linux is a thing so that shouldn’t be a problem.

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/linux-development-quickstart-for-unreal-engine

[-] tekdeb@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

I think both Bazzite and CachyOS are solid recommendations, but only Bazzite is immutable out of those two.

[-] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for pointing that. For some reason, I thought CachyOS is immutable.

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