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

It's just what it sounds like: the driver is Free software. This is in contrast to the situation with Nvidia where there's a Free software driver that doesn't perform well and a proprietary driver from Nvidia that performs better, but is kind of a pain in the ass for users and distro maintainers to maintain. You're reliant on Nvidia for support so you're forced to use certain versions of kernels and libraries (I think). The AMD driver is free, open source, performs well and is more flexible.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ah, so you mean the one supplied by AMD themselves? Good, thanks.

[–] JTskulk 1 points 7 months ago

Yes, but you don't want to actually go get them from AMD's site like I was doing. I think this is what I followed: https://github.com/lutris/docs/blob/master/InstallingDrivers.md