So I have decided to move to on my main rig and I have a few questions.
- Nope, you just install the Steam client from the repo of the distro that you have installed. (You DON'T download the Steam client from the Valve website, you ONLY install software through the official repos of your distro);
- Manjaro or Sabayon, those offer support (on an "as good as is possible"-basis, because they can't change closed source code elements) with proprietary drivers, in that they make sure the best functioning proprietary drivers can be easily installed (especially Manjaro which has an easy to use tool for drivers), and both of them -which is the most important thing for gaming, are bleeding edge, that means that you can use the latest linux kernel features, like TrueAudio on AMD cards and dynamic power management on AMD and nVidia graphics cards for instance, which is something you don't have with non-bleeding edge distros, and it makes a lot of difference in graphics card performance in gaming. I would recommend Manjaro because it's really easy to use and is less confusing for new users than Sabayon, which is a bit more technical. Another important thing if you plan on gaming in Steam, is to get a distro that has the Steam client in the official repos. Manjaro and Sabayon come with the Steam client preconfigured, which is kinda nice. Read the older posts on this for the full explanation why Manjaro and Sabayon are the most recommendable distros for gaming, especially on Steam, but also because of the huge portfolio of other linux games (Manjaro has the AUR, Sabayon has a very well maintained gaming offering in the repos, avoids having to download games from all kinds of websites and having to compile them). Both Manjaro and Sabayon are also non-US distros that use non-US repo servers with full hashing package managers, which is also a big benefit these days. Both Manjaro and Sabayon offer friendly and active community forums for questions, which is also a great benefit, saves having to post a lot of logs to maybe get an answer from a traditional community like Arch and Debian, or getting a lot of nonsensical n00b answers from the likes of the chaotic incompetent Ubuntu fora, that will only make your problems bigger.
Thanks man I have linux up and running and even installed drivers and a couple of windows programs through wine. :P