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[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (5 children)

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.

[–] Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 9 points 2 days ago

Definitely bazzite

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

Bazzite 100%

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.ee 4 points 2 days 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.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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 1 points 2 days 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.