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submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/linux_gaming
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I've been working on converting my gaming PC to Linux for a few weeks, but everything is running, but it all is just a little jankier than I would like.

I have an 8th gen Intel i7 and an Rtx 2070, running Arch linux.

Sometimes I boot up and my mouse doesn't work and I have to restart. Sometimes I launch games and they just don't launch right.

It feels like I'm doing a lot of work for no benefit. In fact, Elden ring runs way worse on my Linux partition than my Windows partition.

I've tried GE proton, gamemode, steam compatibility, everything... I'm sorry but I'm going to have to stick with Windows for gaming.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Thanks for the recommendations everyone! I plan on keeping Linux on my second drive to continue playing around with it, but my gaming will probably go back to Windows. Might give bazzite or popos a try next.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

I recommend trying another linux distro for a while. Arch has a pretty steep learning curve. So big respect for getting it to work as a first distro, but there is a lot of stuff you have to setup manually that just works on other distros. If you got more stuff working and get a little more familiar you can always go back to arch.

I use arch nowadays, but the first time i tried to install it i basically gave up a few times. If you just want to try it out in order to learn then it's perfectly cool to take some time. But if your goal is to play games then arch is just a means to an end. Then it becomes really annoying, because you cannot reach your goal.

[–] dodos 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just a heads up, but gaming on an external drive with bazzite is a nightmare (if you end up trying to go that route).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not an external drive, just my second nvme

[–] dodos 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My bad, that's what I mean. Whatever drive bazzite is not installed on is difficult to deal with when it comes to flatpak steam. There's a bunch of mount params you are supposed to use but for me they didn't work whatsoever on bazzite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Bazzite doesn't use flatpak steam. Standard rpm install with no sandboxing.

If you installed it that's entirely your fault.

[–] dodos 1 points 5 days ago

I used what was there. From precious experience with auroraos I assumed it must have been flatpak steam, that's my bad. Either way, even after following bazzite's own instructions on auto-mounting drives to a T, external drives still had all sorts of issues. Link to the docs: https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/auto-mounting-secondary-drives/970