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[–] gabelstapler@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

These distros reject everything that is not free as in free speech. This means no binary drivers, no binary firmware, no binary software. While this is very idealistic, not in a bad way, it might be impractical for most people. Start with an "easy" Linux, you can always go the hardcore way afterwards.

[–] CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Especially people who play any kind of semi-modern game. The open source nvidia drivers are just not there when it comes to performance.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Tbf, even the closed source NVIDIA drivers for Linux are kinda shit.

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago

The idiocy goes beyond rejecting non-free software. For example, Debian ticks all the boxes needed to be added to that list but it's not due to the fact that they dare to have a repository with non-free software that isn't even included in the OS.