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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.
Not true. There are still a lot of games which don't just run on Linux. Or if they do, it doesn't run out of the box. I'd like for that to be the case however
Until people can click install and never have to use terminal like they can in windows for 99.9% of their games and drivers windows will stay the king of gaming...again with these bait posts...get back to reality...most teens can't even use command prompt you think they are gonna wanna game on Linux? Hell most teens wanna game on a cell phone as is. Your target market should be the young so they grow and live with your products but Linux target market is the guys who were 20 when hackers came out in 1995.
There are distros for that. Ubuntu and derivatives have a GUI hardware detection tool that finds the right driver for you. Some distros come with Nvidia drivers out of the box. Most have a GUI tool for adding extra package repos for things like Nvidia drivers.
But it's important to note that this isn't a Linux problem, it's an Nvidia problem. AMD drivers are bundled with the kernel because they're FOSS, and Nvidia could totally do the same thing.
I'm not saying Linux is perfect, I'm saying you don't need to use the terminal if you're just trying to play games.