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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I already like Debian and use it occasionally

Then use Debian. You can tweak it in largely the same way as any other distro.

Photoshop compatibility isn't going to change much between distros, it's going to suck regardless of what you pick. If you need it (e.g. for a job), then I really recommend not bothering with Linux for that task. In fact, I recommend just having Windows on a separate drive and use that for Photoshop and anything else that doesn't work on Linux (i.e. games w/ anti-cheat).

RTX 2070 Super

Then pick something release-based, like Debian. The main issue w/ Nvidia cards is with rapidly changing kernels, and that's not a problem with release-based distros, like Debian.

I want a distro that makes gaming easy-ish

That's basically all mainstream distros. Steam, Heroic, etc. will be essentially the same between distros.

Just use Debian. If that doesn't cut it, you're probably doing something wrong.