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Adding gaming distros in the main article

What are your thoughts on including a section for Linux gaming distros like mGame, SteamOS, Ubuntu GamePack, Lakka etc? They're a big part of what Linux gaming is and a list would be quite helpful. Here's an example list: https://thishosting.rocks/best-linux-distros-for-gaming/

• I am agree, like the article Light-weight Linux distribution. Editor-1 (talk) 06:35, 13 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• there's a newer article that includes newer distros like Drauger OS - they should all be added to the main wiki page. https://linuxstans.com/best-linux-distro-gaming/ --Dstinsky (talk) 07:46, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  from both link and "linux gaming distro" result from ddg

  • batocera.linux ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  • Bazzite ^{[3] [4] [5] [7]}
  • CachyOS (Handheld Edition) ^[4]
  • ChimeraOS ^{[2] [4] [5]}
  • Drauger OS ^{[2] [3] [4] [8] [7] [9] [10]}
  • Fedora - game spin ^{[1] [2]} (not exist anymore ?) ^{[8] [10] [11]}
  • Fedora Games Lab ^{[4] [5]}
  • Game Drift Linux ^{[1] [2]} (from linuxstans: no longer maintained. You can check their website for more information about what the distro was) ^[11]
  • garuda linux ^{[2] [3] [5] [8] [7] [9] [6]}
  • Holo ISO ^[9]
  • Lakka ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [8] [9] [10] [11] [6]}
  • LinuxConsole ^{[1] [2]} (from linuxstans: The latest release was in 2020, so it’s not really actively developed)
  • live.linuX-gamers.net (hasn’t been updated since 2011) ^[1]
  • Manjaro Gaming Edition (mGAMe) ^{[1] [2]} (from linuxstans: last Updated: 2019-02-25) ^[11]
  • Nobara Project ^[11]
  • Regata OS ^{[4] [7] [9]}
  • RetroPie ^{[1] [6]}
  • ROCKNIX ^[4]
  • SparkyLinux – GameOver Edition ^{[1] [2]} Last Updated on: 20th September 2023, 12:04 pm ^{[8] [11]}
  • SteamFork (archived) ^{[12] [4]}
  • SteamOS^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [8] [7] [9] [11]}
  • SuperGamer ^{[1] [2]}
  • Ubuntu GamePack ^{[1] [2] [5] [7] [10] [11]}

  not distro

  • RetroArch – a frontend for emulators, game engines, and media players. Great for retro games and nano PCs. ^[1]

  not gaming distro

  • Fedora Linux ^{[5] [9]}
  • Kubuntu ^{[3] [13] [6]}
  • Linux Mint ^{[3] [9] [6]}
  • Manjaro Linux ^{[3] [8] [9]}
  • Nobara ^{[3] [4] [8] [5] [7]}
  • Pop!_OS ^{[3] [4] [8] [5] [7] [9] [10] [11] [6]}
  • Solus ^{[1] [11]}
  • Ubuntu ^{[3] [8] [9]}

  i havent check all distro

  trend i notice

  1. some source will add general distro
  2. a lot of distro is not updated anymore

1. "Best Linux Distros for Gaming in 2025". 10 March 2025.
2. "Best Linux Distro for Gaming". 16 October 2022.
3. "Best Distributions for Gaming on Linux". 25 March 2025.
4. "These are the 13 Linux distros optimized for gaming in 2025". 15 Feb 2025.
5. "Best Linux Distro for Gaming 2025 – Top 9 Distros Compared". 6 March 2025.
6. "The Best Linux Distros for Gaming". 13 January 2024.
7. "8 Great Linux Gaming Distros to Try in 2025". 3 July 2025.
8. "Best Linux Distros for Gaming in 2025". 11 January 2025.
9. "10 Best Linux Distros for Gaming in 2024". 18 December 2023.
10. "Best Linux distro for gaming of 2024". 28 September 2023.
11. "11 Best Linux Distributions for Gaming in 2025". 12 May 2025.
12. https://github.com/SteamFork
13. "The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2025". 3 December 2024.

Lokiretro (talk) 03:36, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Self-published and group blog citations?

I've tagged some obvious self-published citations, and saw GamingonLinux.com is cited several times, but looks like a group blog. They call people editors, but it seems used as a synonym for author. I'll be tagging the article. -- Yae4 (talk) 21:45, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Linux adoption" removed as arbitrary list

I've removed the huge laundry list that made up the "Linux adoption" section. It was an arbitrary and WP:INDISCRIMINATE list of random examples. Few sources were provided, and those that were werely almost exclusively WP:SPS without any independent indication of notability for being mentioned. Wikipedia isn't a WP:DIRECTORY. If someone wants to create an article of notable Linux games, then go do that. Otherwise, this bloated an already long article. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 04:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Commercial games for non-x86 instruction sets

Please don't remove it. That is the main difference between Linux gaming and other systems like Windows and Mac.

Windows for computers with Sparc processors doesn't exist, and companies didn't port any commercial games for old versions of Windows NT like PowerPC and Alpha.

Mac OS X for computers with Alpha and Sparc processors doesn't exist. Mac OS X was available for PowerPC in the past. However, some versions of PowerPC games for Linux don't have versions for Mac OS X. Some games for Mac were more outdated than Linux versions because they worked only on Mac OS 9 or didn't have any expansions. 89.151.41.252 (talk) 14:11, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"List of Linux MMORPGs" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect List of Linux MMORPGs has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 March 9 § List of Linux MMORPGs until a consensus is reached. Steel1943 (talk) 08:26, 9 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]