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Whom also likes to game every now and then ;)

Edit: Thank you all for your input and suggestions! Linux Mint shall be my next OS! Though, I think I'll give Pop!OS a look-see as well.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I went with Fedora when switching almost a month ago now, and I've been having issues with some games not working as expected, and also had trouble getting NVIDIA drivers to work correctly (which I've already solved, I hope). (And some applications weren't working at all, such as Unity)

What would you consider as major advantages of Fedora, in addition to what you mentioned? So far, I usually couldn't find a Fedora-specific version of the applications I wanted, unlike for other more well-known distributions. I do work as a programmer, which was also why I choose Fedora - I really like their Fedora Toolbox, but I would like to game regurarly on my PC and so far, it seems that Fedora doesn't really handle it too well. Will I have similar issues on other distros, or will switching to something like Pop!OS be worth the time?

EDIT: Just found out about Nobara, I guess I'll give that one a try.

[–] qaz 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Quick question, did you use Wayland or Xorg/X11? Nvidia drivers + KDE + Wayland is a combination that is known to cause issues.