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ZDNET's key takeaways
Ultimate Edition Linux is based on Arch and geared toward gamers.
You need an Nvidia GPU to get the most out of this distro.
The KDE Plasma desktop is elegant and highly configurable.
Is Ultimate Edition Linux really the Ultimate Edition Linux? That depends on the user and your intended use of the operating system.
Upon installing the Arch-based Ultimate Edition Linux, the first thing I did (it's the same thing I do with every Linux distro) was poke around the desktop menu. At first glance, I thought, "This looks like a gaming distribution." Why? Out of the box, Ultimate Edition Linux includes Steam, GameHub, DOSBox, Heroic Games Launcher, Lutris, and quite a few Linux games. It was a logical conclusion to draw.
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