Hello everybody! I want to escape Microsoft and windows, and I am looking for a Linux distro. I have some experience with Unix and a very old Ubuntu distro. But that’s quite some years ago. I am looking for a Linux distribution where i can play World of Warcraft on. I mainly use Nvidia graphics (RTX 3070).
I have found some distributions that are supposed to be good for gaming. I suppose, as i am still a Linux Noob, I am also looking for a distribution which is easy to get into. Especially for an older gamer ;)
I came with these distro’s myself. What does the Linux community say?
Bazzite
- Based on Fedora Atomic
- Pre Installed Steam
- Nvidia drivers and support https://bazzite.gg/ https://docs.bazzite.gg/Gaming/index.html
Developer: Universal Blue (US?)
Drauger OS
- Based on Ubuntu LTS using KDE Plasma
- Pre for AMD https://draugeros.org/
Pop!_OS
- based on Ubuntu
- Optimized for gaming on Nvidia GPU’s https://system76.com/pop/
Developer: system76 (Denver, US)
SteamOS -based on Debian 8 (Jessie) -designed to run steam and steam games -set to auto update their OS from Valve repo’s https://store.steampowered.com/steamos
Developer: Valve (US)
Manjaro -based on Arch (rolling release model for latest software/drivers) -KDE plasma desktop (Pro-tip: enable flatpak and install ProtonUp-QT) https://manjaro.org/products
Developer: Majaro (EU - Austria, France, Germany)
Ubuntu: -the go-to linux distro for millions of users, incl gamers -best for beginners and gamers who want stable well supported distro -works seamlesssly with steam, lutris, wine (pro-tip: install the gamemode package (sudo apt install gamemode)) https://ubuntu.com/download
Developer: Canonical ltd. (UK)
Nobara -based on Fedora -optimized for gaming on newer Nvidia graphics (drivers come installed) https://nobaraproject.org/download-nobara/
Developer: Thomas Crider (Denver, US)
Mint -based on debian and Ubuntu -friendly OS, works out of the box, extremely easy to use https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Developer : Linuxmint (French, Dutch, UK)
Nvidia graphics is terrible on Linux you need to switch, honestly use Linux mint, it feels like windows and makes it easy to switch
Nvidia graphics aren’t terrible. AMD graphics are just much better. The nvidia drivers still work.
Thank you. Will take that in consideration, might need to get myself a new graphics card as well ;)
Really, no need to. Go AMD when you want to upgrade anyways but don’t throw away a perfectly fine GPU. The difference between AMD and nVidia is that AMD works out of the box and for nvidia you would have to do one click or command to install the driver. That’s it.
Sure, if you dig deeper it is much more nuanced. But unless you have some unusual use case beyond gaming (which might actually compell you to go nvidia) just stick to what you have.
Thanks again! This is why love Lemmy!
Thnx for your reply. Didn’t know that. Should maybe get an AMD graphics card anyway…
I have a 3070 and I’ve experienced 0 issues so far tbf
The graphic card debate used to be a way bigger thing in the past from what I hear
The funny thing is that it actually used to be the other way around when it was still ATI. The ATI drivers sucked ass so nvidia was almost mandatory if you wanted to run Linux.