That one universal linux is Fedora, or OpenSuse, or Debian, or Pop_OS. Take your pick. They are all excellent daily drivers.
I recommend Bazzite to gamers. If you primarily play games, there is no reason to look at anything else.
If you want more control and like to experiment, try one of the above distros I mentioned. I like Fedora and constantly come back to it, but any Linux with KDE Plasma is going to be fine for most people. I am very excited for the upcoming version of Pop_OS with the Cosmic desktop beta. There is a strong chance that becomes my go-to once that releases, since it has the good parts of Ubuntu and none of the bad ones.
Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu are the only ones I tell people to avoid. Also, avoid Arch until you get really into Linux and crave complete control.
I do primarily play games, but it only takes one program to not work for the whole OS to be a failure for that use case.
And then over time, another program, then another program. It either all works or none of it does.
I almost forgot to mention, because I always forget, if you play games that use anti-cheat, you are almost certainly ruled out, even if the ones you play are supported, because later you might want to play something that isn’t supported - and again, that’s all it takes to not be suitable. https://areweanticheatyet.com/
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That one universal linux is Fedora, or OpenSuse, or Debian, or Pop_OS. Take your pick. They are all excellent daily drivers.
I recommend Bazzite to gamers. If you primarily play games, there is no reason to look at anything else.
If you want more control and like to experiment, try one of the above distros I mentioned. I like Fedora and constantly come back to it, but any Linux with KDE Plasma is going to be fine for most people. I am very excited for the upcoming version of Pop_OS with the Cosmic desktop beta. There is a strong chance that becomes my go-to once that releases, since it has the good parts of Ubuntu and none of the bad ones.
Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu are the only ones I tell people to avoid. Also, avoid Arch until you get really into Linux and crave complete control.
I do primarily play games, but it only takes one program to not work for the whole OS to be a failure for that use case.
And then over time, another program, then another program. It either all works or none of it does.
I almost forgot to mention, because I always forget, if you play games that use anti-cheat, you are almost certainly ruled out, even if the ones you play are supported, because later you might want to play something that isn’t supported - and again, that’s all it takes to not be suitable. https://areweanticheatyet.com/
Well damn, I got all kinds of old games that don’t work on newer Windows properly, I guess that means it is an OS failure for that use case.
I refuse to install intrusive anti-cheat in Windows, why would I install it Linux, if I even could.
Nobody likes that anti-cheat is intrusive, most people just understand that it’s a necessary evil to not have cheaters in their games.
Each to their own obviously, if you don’t want install the anticheat to play the game, it’s a moot point.