this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2025
17 points (90.5% liked)
Linux Gaming
19666 readers
301 users here now
Discussions and news about gaming on the GNU/Linux family of operating systems (including the Steam Deck). Potentially a $HOME
away from home for disgruntled /r/linux_gaming denizens of the redditarian demesne.
This page can be subscribed to via RSS.
Original /r/linux_gaming pengwing by uoou.
No memes/shitposts/low-effort posts, please.
Resources
WWW:
Discord:
IRC:
Matrix:
Telegram:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
usually mint is focused on because it's a simple enough ui for those new to linux. it doesn't mean other distros are forgotten. it's usually just for those not familiar with linux or coming from a different OS.
Mint also doesn't install snap when you want to install an apt package, nor put Amazon ads in your search box. GNOME is also just a horrid experience for someone who's transitioning from Windows.
But that's kind of my point. I don't understand/know where the simplicity comes in. My experience from Fedora and Ubuntu is: Install is straightforward and almost identical between both distros Login Done
To me, mint is a bloated Ubuntu (no offense for those who appreciate it)
Fedora doesn't enable non free repositories by default, and that's a big deal for new users. Telling someone they need to run commands in the terminal to get their nvidia drivers, or even get youtube working is a problem.
Fedora have "Enable 3rd party repositories" button in post-installation user setup which enables NVIDIA, Steam, Google Chrome and Flathub repositories. Then all of these can be installed from KDE Discover or GNOME Software, no need for terminal
They do for some time now, at least on both workstation and silverblue you get prompted on the first boot and a reminder after a while on gnome-software
I've installed fedora thrice last year, and each time, I've had to enable rpm fusion in the terminal and download ffmpeg to get youtube to work. This is something that can't be fixed afaik, because it's a copyright issue.
iirc one of the biggest differences between Ubuntu and Linux Mint is the store that each distro uses.
This link describes it better than I ever could: https://linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/snap.html
TLDR: There were backdoors and weird behind-the-curtains stuff going on with Ubuntu's store, so it was axed by the Mint team.