Recently I've tried to follow a video of the "Linux gaming experience", because I want to completely switch from Windows, which I use only for gaming, to Debian, which is installed with Windows in dual boot.
Following the Wiki NvidiaGraphicsDrivers, I run nvidia-detect to check which driver to install for my NVidia card, and nvidia-detect just tells me my card can support only 300xx legacy driver.
There is the problem, because with Debian 12 Bookworm apparently they removed the apt packet nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver because of a bug (there is no package available for bookworm nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver.
The most quoted solution is add into apt file the repository for sid (unstable version of Debian) or for bullseye and download the legacy driver from here. I think this is not a "good solution" because I'm installing a packet removed for a bug problem (and not actually a "minor problem"...) and I am actually breaking Debian stable.
What is the best solution to install NVidia drivers for old video cards? Would Debian bullseye be better than Debian bookworm for gaming? Or should I prefer OS like Fedora for gaming, maybe in dual boot with Debian?
Note: I've also seen Debian bookworm comes with nouveau and optimus installed (in case you have a IGPU and a video card), but I can't understand if optimus just uses internal video card (Intel) or uses nvidia card or both by default. Is optimus with Nouveau the best alternative to nvidia driver? Or nvidia-driver is just the best option for optimal performance?
