• rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Sometimes, you do need some newer packages (e.g. for gaming), and Debian is … not very good at facilitating that, even if it’s usually possible, in theory, to install newer packages from Sid. Flatpaks or manually installing stuff through git etc. help, but that doesn’t work well for stuff like GPU drivers.

      • Magnum, P.I.@infosec.pubEnglish
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        4 days ago

        I game without problems on Debian Stable for years. Everyone keeps saying that and I didnt have a single problem because of “old packages”

        • Holytimes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          3 days ago

          You likely have old hardware and play old games. Which is fine on Debian.

          Try playing day 1 releases of major titles on brand new hardware weeks after it releases.

          It’s not fun.

          • Magnum, P.I.@infosec.pubEnglish
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            3 days ago

            Yes I rarely play day one releases, but I did with some titles, from the top of my head there was Tony Hawk Pro Skater remastered, Lies of P, Baldurs Gate 3 and Path of Excile 2.

            It worked pretty good, what exact package is it that you are looking for that makes gaming on Debian impossible in regards to something like PopOs or Ubuntu, I mean you do realize that they are Debian systems right? Of course if I get a RTX 5090 on day one, I will run into issues, but I am using AMD Hardware, I don’t really have any problems. But I would argue, that running on day one hardware with a fresh 9000 Dollar RTX 6090, you are not an average user nor are you an average gamer.

        • fennesz12@feddit.dkEnglish
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          4 days ago

          What’s your hardware? I have an NVIDIA GeForce 5090, and I got the impression that debian wouldn’t be the best choice from my searches. I went with pop os instead, and while Wayland and driver support works great (Safe for some vendor specific issues like LCD and sensors not working), cosmic is honestly too much of a hassle to use right now.