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What’s the best distro for gaming on linux? Any tips and tricks? (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 1 year ago by Frostwolf to c/linux_gaming
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Admittedly, the last time I tried it was maybe 5 years ago. I used ubuntu (can’t remember which distro) but I recall having to fiddle a lot with drivers and WINE. Is the scenario still the same today?

With the horrors of Win11 widely talked about, I’m thinking of flirting with linux once more. Is it a good idea at this time? Or is gaming on linux still niche as it once was?

What is your distro and what tips and tricks/perspectives you can share with a newbie like me :)

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[–] verdantbanana 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

arch is what steam deck uses maximum compatibility plus steam puts in code

[–] ThreeHalflings 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, but they don't just go installing arch from an arch ISO, they carefully curate an environment with a team of experts to make sure it doesn't break.

That's not the experience you're gonna have gaming on Arch on your gaming desktop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Eh, i recently did a fresh arch install on my desktop (had manjaro before) and I haven't run into any bigger issues (at least related to gaming). Diablo 4 for example worked basically out of the box with bottles

[–] ThreeHalflings 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe I'm biased because my only experience with arch in the past five years was install, boot, update packages, reboot, fail to boot, laugh, install Debian.