If you get the driver on PopOS, you will also get in on Debian.
Magnum
Life savers? What the fuck is a polo mint. Ay mate is it raining cats and dogs over there?
They force you at gunpoint at work? To use Windows?????
Yes I rarely play day one releases, but I did with some titles, from the top of my head there was Tony Hawk Pro Skater remastered, Lies of P, Baldurs Gate 3 and Path of Excile 2.
It worked pretty good, what exact package is it that you are looking for that makes gaming on Debian impossible in regards to something like PopOs or Ubuntu, I mean you do realize that they are Debian systems right? Of course if I get a RTX 5090 on day one, I will run into issues, but I am using AMD Hardware, I don't really have any problems. But I would argue, that running on day one hardware with a fresh 9000 Dollar RTX 6090, you are not an average user nor are you an average gamer.
Well if you have less problems on the side its a better overall distro.
Ubuntu is shit, I'd recommend to switch to Debian Stable. You will have less problems.
I upgraded my machine from Debian 10 all the way to Debian 13 recently. Never had a problem.
I game without problems on Debian Stable for years. Everyone keeps saying that and I didnt have a single problem because of "old packages"
Debian Stable breaks from updating? What?
Debian Stable, everyone else lies.
Excuse me? Just Debian?
Its not a car, its a vehicle!