Linux is now the best gaming system. ｜ fernvenue's Blog
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When it comes to gaming on Linux, many many many people’s understanding stil remains in the Jurassic era. For the past few years, I’ve been using Linux as my main operating system for both work and gaming. From my personal experience, the gaming experience on Linux is far superior to that of macOS and Windows. I know I know…whenever I mention this, there are always some old-school individuals who come out to say that Linux’s driver configuration is complex, its game support is not rich enough, and its compatibility issues are significant, among other problems. In this article, I will directly address these issues and let everyone understand how much the gaming experience on Linux has developed by 2025.
  • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Can someone recommend a distro that will be used exclusively for gaming?

    I’ve not used Linux in like a decade and only know I dislike Ubuntu for reasons I can’t remember (pretty sure it’s apt fucking up my system related) I’m between Mint, PopOS, and Bazzite.

    • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Second vote for bazzite. It’s been so great. It’s my 8 year old son’s first non-console experience and he’s loving it.

      I’ve had zero problems with it. The only thing I’ve had to do is select the proton launch option using an easy-to-find gui setting. Everything else has been normal steam GUI stuff.

      It’s also my first experience with an immutable distro, which has been interesting for me to learn about. Knowing about those details is completely unnecessary to run bazzite though.

    • greylinux@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Coming from someone who gamed only on a steamdeck for a few years (i.e I have no other console or PC) and then switching to a desktop with a better GPU/CPU. I can’t believe how easy Bazzite was to install use and get gaming. Simply amazing what this team is doing to make it easy for the average person to get gaming on Linux.

    • chaosmarine92@reddthat.comEnglish
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      1 day ago

      I can only speak to PopOS as that’s what I chose when I switched last year. It’s been mostly fine but there have definitely been pain points. If you use a hard drive other than your os install drive then you need to go to the steam website to get the installer and not use the one in the built in app store. Getting mods working for games has been incredibly annoying anytime I have to use protontricks.

      Non gaming related I’ve had numerous issues trying to manage permissions for my hard drives. Not sure if this is a Pop issue or general Linux issue.

      • imecth@fedia.io
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        1 day ago

        Getting mods working for games

        Yeah mods can be quite troublesome.

        If you use a hard drive other than your os install drive then you need to go to the steam website to get the installer and not use the one in the built in app store.

        Sounds like a steam problem.

        Non gaming related I’ve had numerous issues trying to manage permissions for my hard drives

        Eh, i remember mounting being a bit troublesome a few years back, but current GNOME should take of that for you with very little input on your end. This brings us to PopOS 22 which is starting to get really old at this point, I’d consider moving away to something that’s not left abandoned while they finish up Cosmic.