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Helping a friend get started with gaming on linux - how to educate myself? (hexbear.net)

submitted 22 hours ago by lilypad@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

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Hey all,

A friend has expressed disgust with windows 11 and a desire to put linux on their new gaming tower, and asked for some help. I recommended cachy, bazzite, and nobara as distros to look into, but as i barely game and dont game on linux, i wanted to ask for some advice. Ive already told them about the kernel-level anticheat issue, but tbh i dont have a good understanding of linux gaming beyond a high level overview. What are the things i should be looking up and information i should be looking for to understand how to help them get everything set up right? I understand gpu drivers can be an issue, but i havent done gpu driver troubleshooting in years. My main experience of learning things about linux is manpages and info files and reading mailing lists and archforums/wiki (i dont use arch btw).

What would be the best way for me to educate myself in order to help them?

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[–] Moidialectica@hexbear.net 1 points 7 hours ago

bottles is OK with windows app, but heroic launcher seems better suited to games (you can add external exe to it)