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If you like simplicity, Alpine.

• onli 4y ago
  Just not if gaming is the goal. Steam would be only available as a Flatpak, says https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Steam https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Steam. And the Flatpak version is problematic. Void would be a better choice if liking simplicity. Or to keep it simple, maybe Pop!_OS. Or Debian. Or Arch. Pretty much everything not Alpine ;)
  • wrycoder 4y ago
    I’ve used Alpine, Void, and Debian for years. I certainly would never use Alpine for gaming, any more than I’d use OpenBSD. I don’t use it for multimedia, either. My normal setup is i3 on Alpine. I like to think I have a good understanding of how an Alpine system is built up via its install scripts and maintained by its packaging system. There’s not a lot of cruft lying around that I don’t need and didn’t request. That’s what I intended by using the word “simplicity”. Why would you think that Debian and Void are simpler systems than Alpine? They are much larger.
    • onli 4y ago
      They are much easier to use for gaming, as you can install Steam without any hurdles. Note how the grandparent comment of your response mentions that being able to game easily now was what made the switch to Linux possible.
      • wrycoder 3y ago
        I’m currently building a rather powerful W10 box solely to run MS Flight Simulator 2020.