I have just watched this video and in it 2 things are said that made my Linux newbie heart sink:

  • Debian 13 is not going to get the latest versions of Nvidia drivers and there are better distros for us.
  • Debian in general is not meant to run on the latest hardware.

I am on a regularly upgraded desktop tower gaming PC and currently I have an Nvidia card and an Intel CPU (which, I know, even just because of the mobo chipset is not a great choice).

In this conditions and wanting to invest even more in gaming and new hardware in the future, what should I run on, instead of LMDE 6?

  • LeafletEnglish
    8•7 days ago

    For fastest hardware support, you will want a rolling distribution like Arch (requires a do-it-yourself attitude) or OpenSUSE Tumbleweed (complete out of box, but some quirks, like missing codecs requires manual work). Fedora also has decent new hardware support, not rolling so not as good, but same problem as OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. You can also consider derivitives like CachyOS (Arch, but has a nice installer).

    Ubuntu and Linux Mint have OK new hardware support. Twice a year they release new “hardware enablement upgrades” to bring new support.

    And worst is Debian. They don’t do hardware ennoblement upgrades at all. It’s something you have to do yourself by using backports. They bring new hardware enablement by default with new releases every 2 years.

    • Onno (VK6FLAB)English
      2•7 days ago

      You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Debian stable is not the same as Debian testing or Debian unstable.

      You want to run bleeding edge hardware, you’ll need to run bleeding edge software, which you’ll find in Debian unstable.

      • imecth
        4•6 days ago

        Debian unstable and Debian testing aren’t meant for daily use, I’m not sure why you’re even bringing them up.