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Please help with distro decision (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 1 year ago by Pixlbabble to c/linux_gaming
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I have an older i7 circa 2009, 16 gigs ram, and a gtx1060 with an ssd for os. I'm thinking either Pop!_Os or Nobara? Idea's, what do yall think?

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[–] Botzo 1 points 1 year ago

I think they're saying that Nvidia hardware doesn't benefit from being at the bleeding edge, so stable, LTS style distros will also work just fine.

As far as AMD vs Nvidia today, I can confidently say that you'll have a far better time with an AMD GPU at the bleeding edge.