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I'm surprised people are so keen on these gaming-focused distros.
I just want a great, general-purpose computing system that can do gaming as well. 😁
Most people I know primarily use their desktop computers for games. Bazzite also works great for general purpose computing, although it isn't advertised as such.
It's like gaming laptops. The concept of something being "gaming" focused is nonsense bullshit pr spin.
If it's good at gaming it's basically just good at everything. But people gobble up gaming like leds on a serect lab chair.
TIL chairs have LEDs now