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I recently tried Debian, which I have used before, and I quiet like it. But there is one big problem: due to Debians stance towards stability I wasn't able to get some of the newer games running due to the usage of older versions of certain libraries. Especially the libc which will just horribly break stuff when you update it. And using experimental in a productive system environment isn't a good idea either.
So I am currently looking for another solution and wondered if you guys could help me out? The OS should be rather bleeding edge (it should be no problem getting the latest nvidia drivers, stuff like the libc should be as uptodate as possible) and either come with Gnome (I really like Gnome 3.x) or be rather agnostic to the window manager of choice.
I heard Arch would be a good alternative but I am not quiet certain if I am "there yet" to get Arch up and running. So are there any other suggestions?
There are many good tutorials how to install it, and Arch Linux has got a great wiki.
I'm sure you will able to make it :D
Here, these are good guides.
YouTube tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFzVG4wZEg
Beginner's Guide on Arch Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide
Guide on Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/5680453/build-a-killer-customized-arch-linux-installation-and-learn-all-about-linux-in-the-process
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If you want something modern but does not take the same effort, I would definitely suggest Fedora, which I have used for many years with good results, or OpenSUSE which I have never used but have heard a lot of good things about.
You can still try Arch of course, it has its advantages, but there are easier places to jump to from Ubuntu.
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And Fedora is a pain when it comes to Nvidia/Wifi drivers etc due to their "free software" stance.
If you wanted bleeding edge Debian, go with Linux Mint Debian. Stability, Updates (not unstable ones), and rolling release in one little Debian package. That's the only time I'll ever recommend Mint (just personal taste).
Arch sounds interesting but I think I will dive into that when I have more time and can spend a weekend to wrap my head around it.