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Recommended linux variant for gaming. (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 7 months ago by cynar to c/linux_gaming
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I've been using Ubuntu as my daily driver for a good few years now. Unfortunately I don't like the direction they seem to be heading.

I've also just ordered a new computer, so it seems like the best time to change over. While I'm sure it will start a heated debate, what variant would people recommend?

I'm not after a bleeding edge, do it all yourself OS it will be my daily driver, so don't want to have to get elbow deep in configs every 5 minutes. My default would be to go back to Debian. However, I know the steam deck is arch based. With steam developing proton so hard, is it worth the additional learning curve to change to arch, or something else?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Nah AMD works much better than nvidia, my statement was meant to be like "works even on nvidia" you should definetly stay AMD

[–] n3cr0 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's what folks over here tell me, and you are most probably right. There is still one more issue scratching my head though: RayTracing performance on Cyberpunk 2077: It works great on high settings with stable 50 FPS minimum on my Windows 10 + Nvidia build, but it's quite the opposite on this Nobara + AMD system. 5FPS and slowdowns are just unplayable. I expected the bad AMD performance being fixed by today. I think I should swap GPUs between both systems and test again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I am also getting like 20 fps less on linux than windows, I think its just how it is with cyberpunk. Testing can't hurt