VITecNet@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 13 days agoWhat can I do in other Linux distros that I can't do in Linux Mint Xfce?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down13
arrow-up168arrow-down1message-squareWhat can I do in other Linux distros that I can't do in Linux Mint Xfce?VITecNet@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 13 days agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareSolidGrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·13 days agoI mean… Steam? Maybe? I dunno, I don’t game but the Steam kids seem to prefer Arch. I’m sure they have their reasons. Practically? Probably nothing terribly significant.
minus-squarephanto@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·13 days agoSteam and Lutris work well! I can game on XFCE Mint just fine. I actually have an easier time of it than on a number of distros, thanks to the combination of flatpaks and the Ubuntu base. But, I am not “the kids”.
minus-squareFonzie!@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·13 days agoI think “they prefer” Arch because a lot of them just bought a Steam Deck and that comes with Arch and it just works.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 days agoSteamOS is arch, so some of the derivatives are too. Steam shouldn’t really care though.
minus-squareVITecNet@programming.devOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 days agoI’m a complete noob in the games department. Btw, I see that you don’t use Arch.
minus-squareSolidGrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 days agoMan, I got stuff to do. Lol.
I mean…
Steam? Maybe? I dunno, I don’t game but the Steam kids seem to prefer Arch. I’m sure they have their reasons.
Practically? Probably nothing terribly significant.
Steam and Lutris work well! I can game on XFCE Mint just fine. I actually have an easier time of it than on a number of distros, thanks to the combination of flatpaks and the Ubuntu base. But, I am not “the kids”.
I think “they prefer” Arch because a lot of them just bought a Steam Deck and that comes with Arch and it just works.
SteamOS is arch, so some of the derivatives are too.
Steam shouldn’t really care though.
I’m a complete noob in the games department. Btw, I see that you don’t use Arch.
Man, I got stuff to do. Lol.