32 - he/they - Alberta, Canada - Just a random retro gaming enthusiast, Linux user, and furry on the autism spectrum.
I wish there were a Linux equivalent for what the Windows world had before Windows 7 went EOL, where you could have an older, stable base OS that was mostly forward-compatible with newer software.
You can sort of achieve this with Debian Stable and Flatpak, but it’s not as seamless as the forward compatibility old versions of Windows had.
Ubuntu 20.04 was the last good version. I wish it still got security updates, because I’d likely use it occasionally if it did.
IMO, Lutris was already an overrated pile of junk before genAI became popular. It tracks that they’re vibecoding it now.
Since you haven’t mentioned it, are there any specific games you’re running into issues with? If so, are these Steam/Proton games, Wine games, native titles, or emulated games?
I’ve found Fedora can still be too fast-moving sometimes. An update to Bazzite broke SDDM on my laptop a while ago, and until an obscure permanent solution was found, the workarounds that existed were either some other obscure hack, or “just use this outdated build that doesn’t get security updates anymore, bro.”
People heap all sorts of praise on Fedora, but the only version I’ve ever really liked has been Bazzite, and even then, that’s had its problems for me like I mentioned above.