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Debian, if you need a rock-stable system; Fedora for cutting edge.

• traderj0e 7mo ago
  Yeah those are fine choices, but someone is going to say why they're actually horrible, just like Ubuntu which is also fine
• drnick1 7mo ago
  These are good choices, also consider Arch if you want the most agency over what goes into your system. That being said, you can also build a very minimal system with Debian from the command line with the arch-install-scripts. It's just that Debian stable will freeze relatively old packages for the sake of avoiding breaking updates, such as changes in configuration files that require manual intervention. On a gaming rig however, you will typically want to avoid Debian as you want the latest drivers, latest Proton/Wine, etc. as the performance uplift can be substantial and compatibility keeps improving.
  • fsflover 7mo ago
    For the most agency over my system I prefer Qubes OS. I use Debian and Fedora inside VMs. Their mnimized versions are available from the Qubes repositories.