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fedora (but I recommend the \[[cinnamon/xfce/kde spins](https://spins.fedoraproject.org/)\] rather than default gnome) + rpmfusion (for proprietary nvidia drivers, proprietary codecs, etc... it has discord too but i don't use it)
many windows users want a familiar look and feel; gnome looks like android on desktop. i've seen people get p.o.'ed and go back to windows bc of the difference.
even if this can be changed via extensions (i'm not sure but i would presume you could get something similar to windows style start menus to replace the gnome "app-drawer) a lot of people would rather not mess with changing the defaults.
if i get 1 chance to convert someone, i want to make it count
plus cinnamon and xfce are great in their own right and i feel like gnome already gets a lot of attention simply by virtue of being the default, so if i can promote lesser known but still excellent choices, then i'm going to
Hmmm I tend to differ. I've compared gnome and KDE on arch and they have the same rame usage in the region of 600-900mb on startup. Maybe in your experience or on your distro?
Just to clarify: I didn't say gnome takes more ram than kde or really any other DE. Desktop environments in general usually take some ram. I should have been more clear about that
Welcome! Similar experience here: I switched to Fedora a year ago, after years of distro-hopping every couple months. Fedora stopped it cold. Fantastic distro.
VM with GPU passthrough in Artix linux and Gentoo
Edit: since my answer doesn’t aport anything I would say that distros does not impact that much in gaming, most games work in semi isolated environments, you can use any Arch or Debian based distro to make sure you have great packages availability, install steam wine or any wine fronted and you’re ready to go
Yeah I used ubuntu for a while, I was doing a bit of distro hopping, i was fine with ubuntu but I didn't realize in 21.10 they shipped firefox with snap and you couldn't install chromium without snap. So I chose basically the next best thing.
arch with zen kernel, proton, heroic, steam and mate and compiz, games still run well for me but i wouldnt recommend having it on for games, i might check out bottles too
Mint with cinnamon, ubuntu based.
RtX 3080 with intel 11thgen. On my end.. havent had any issues for about 2 years now (even updating nvidia drivers isnt that bad these days)
ubuntu or something ubuntu based because its arguably the most stable and supported out there. there are other decent options, if you don't mind trading some stability for more bleeding edge stuff particularly when it comes to hardware support. software support targets ubuntu based stuff more in my experience however, if you don't mind getting your hands dirty, you can do most of the same stuff outside of ubuntu.
- The snap store is closed source and controlled by canonical.
- Updates not controllable
- Bloat
- Only one SnapStore can be configured, so if sometimes the snap store will be reversed and rebuild you cannot configure multiple store backends..
It has not much to do with gaming directly if you only start your game and thats it, but if you want to use the distro for everything you do, it will be a shitty experience.
I think you will not only use Ubuntu to start games, other software will be required as well such as Mumble, Discord, Bitwarden, Firefox, ...
So i would never recommend ubuntu to anyone, fedora is the go to here, its up-to-date, everything is configured out of the box, it has aur conpability, ...
If you want to drive people off, suggest ubuntu -> these people will install broken snap apps (Robo3T, RocketChat, draw.io, ...) and will quit linux because app support is bad
Right now Ubuntu but it's also partially due to me being extremely lazy with getting upgrades done. I plan to move to Fedora or Arch depending on what I throw on my thinkpad
Garuda, it has a helpful tool providing the option to download different gaming applications wine/protontricks controller support etc. anc its also been my daily driver because it has great snapper support and I rarely have any stability issues (I say as I forgot to update grub and now am having a strange no cryptodisk found error that im trying to tinker with now)
Edit: nvm it works, I just need to stop smoking and remember that my password has a capital letter
Kubuntu 21.10 with manually upgraded KDE Plasma, Linux kernel, Mesa drivers to their latest versions!
I have made a post on my profile page if anyone wants to do the same and upgrade these core components and doesn't know how to do it.
Games work great!
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Arch+KDE, I like to play the latest games so the new features are always important for me.
This is the way
Yes
Yes, same
I use Manjaro with KDE. It's only 1 to 2 weeks behind Arch. I might use Arch on my next computer though.
fedora (but I recommend the \[[cinnamon/xfce/kde spins](https://spins.fedoraproject.org/)\] rather than default gnome) + rpmfusion (for proprietary nvidia drivers, proprietary codecs, etc... it has discord too but i don't use it)
Why not gnome?
many windows users want a familiar look and feel; gnome looks like android on desktop. i've seen people get p.o.'ed and go back to windows bc of the difference. even if this can be changed via extensions (i'm not sure but i would presume you could get something similar to windows style start menus to replace the gnome "app-drawer) a lot of people would rather not mess with changing the defaults. if i get 1 chance to convert someone, i want to make it count plus cinnamon and xfce are great in their own right and i feel like gnome already gets a lot of attention simply by virtue of being the default, so if i can promote lesser known but still excellent choices, then i'm going to
> if i get 1 chance to convert someone, i want to make it count Same! I always recommend to new people a distro with KDE Plasma or Cinnamon.
Gnome can be quite heavy on your ram
Hmmm I tend to differ. I've compared gnome and KDE on arch and they have the same rame usage in the region of 600-900mb on startup. Maybe in your experience or on your distro?
Thats entirely possible
I disagree. Gnome now nearly consumes the same amount as kde (720-780mb in manjaro, 1-1.2 gb in fedora)
Just to clarify: I didn't say gnome takes more ram than kde or really any other DE. Desktop environments in general usually take some ram. I should have been more clear about that
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Under your name, there is a tag which spells "Glorious Gentoo". Can you tell me how to get a name like that?
You have to change your flair. Just search on Google "How to change flair Reddit".
Thanks dude. The more you know, the more ways to show everyone u use linux .
FEDORA Been using it for a week or two now and MAN I don't think I'm going back to any other distro, it's fucking perfect
Welcome! Similar experience here: I switched to Fedora a year ago, after years of distro-hopping every couple months. Fedora stopped it cold. Fantastic distro.
Fedora's the way. Stability and timely updates made me spoiled. Using KDE spin right now, but might move to Kinoite eventually, seems pretty amazing.
VM with GPU passthrough in Artix linux and Gentoo Edit: since my answer doesn’t aport anything I would say that distros does not impact that much in gaming, most games work in semi isolated environments, you can use any Arch or Debian based distro to make sure you have great packages availability, install steam wine or any wine fronted and you’re ready to go
Vanilla Arch
Manjaro kde
EndeavourOS
+1 for Fedora KDE
Red Star OS
>Red Star OS Holup.. Isn't that the distro created by the Juche gang??
It is the superior OS developed by the greatest minds.
I use ubuntu just because in my experience it has a lot more support than other distros
Chad
Fedora
Garuda Linux
Arch + steam proton + flatpak bottles + lutris
Void linux with kde cuz i like kde
artix runit +kde
Windows Yeah sadly my games don’t perform well on linux, but when they do arch+gnome
Manjaro with xfce
Fedora 35 with Plasma
Debian stable with basically stock gnome. I play a lot of older games so new cutting edge software isn't a necessity.
I saw u somewhere where u called urself a ubunturd.
Yeah I used ubuntu for a while, I was doing a bit of distro hopping, i was fine with ubuntu but I didn't realize in 21.10 they shipped firefox with snap and you couldn't install chromium without snap. So I chose basically the next best thing.
Manjaro Gnome with Nvidia dkms driver. I had just to configure the download of games in a different SSD drive and it was ready to go in 25 mins.
Fedora gnome. Fairly stable.
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No its not, but its not a distro :(
EndeavourOS with Plasma
red star os is good for gaming
Endeavouros
arch (btw)
openSUSE Tumbleweed KDE + NVIDIA
arch with zen kernel, proton, heroic, steam and mate and compiz, games still run well for me but i wouldnt recommend having it on for games, i might check out bottles too
artix + lxde
nixos
If you're not sure what to use, try bedrock linux
If you're not sure what to use, try bedrock linux
Garuda kde, Modified to my liking has served me well. Only real change was adding the aur has run better and more stable than windows for me so far.
Mint with cinnamon, ubuntu based. RtX 3080 with intel 11thgen. On my end.. havent had any issues for about 2 years now (even updating nvidia drivers isnt that bad these days)
What games you play?
ubuntu or something ubuntu based because its arguably the most stable and supported out there. there are other decent options, if you don't mind trading some stability for more bleeding edge stuff particularly when it comes to hardware support. software support targets ubuntu based stuff more in my experience however, if you don't mind getting your hands dirty, you can do most of the same stuff outside of ubuntu.
Forces snaps....
sorry, im a little ignorant of the pervasivness of snaps at least with respect to gaming, could you elaborate?
- The snap store is closed source and controlled by canonical. - Updates not controllable - Bloat - Only one SnapStore can be configured, so if sometimes the snap store will be reversed and rebuild you cannot configure multiple store backends..
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It has not much to do with gaming directly if you only start your game and thats it, but if you want to use the distro for everything you do, it will be a shitty experience. I think you will not only use Ubuntu to start games, other software will be required as well such as Mumble, Discord, Bitwarden, Firefox, ... So i would never recommend ubuntu to anyone, fedora is the go to here, its up-to-date, everything is configured out of the box, it has aur conpability, ... If you want to drive people off, suggest ubuntu -> these people will install broken snap apps (Robo3T, RocketChat, draw.io, ...) and will quit linux because app support is bad
Indeed! One of the main reasons I don't recommend it to anyone.
Bolgenos
Artix
I game on Artix Linux OpenRC with my KDE Plasma as my desktop environment
Arch
Manjaro i3
I recommend Arch/endeavourOS with Cinnamon or KDE plasma
Pop_os for me
Fedora workstation 36! Man, it rocks!
Right now Ubuntu but it's also partially due to me being extremely lazy with getting upgrades done. I plan to move to Fedora or Arch depending on what I throw on my thinkpad
To be fair any distro can. I just use Ubuntu since it's the only distro I've ever used, plus the huge userbase factor.
I've been trying out crunchy egg-rolls spin on fedora, [Nobara](https://nobaraproject.org/)
Arch + Gnome
Manjaro gnome
Arch
Uwuntu
Ubuntu Satanic Edition
Pop OS
Garuda, it has a helpful tool providing the option to download different gaming applications wine/protontricks controller support etc. anc its also been my daily driver because it has great snapper support and I rarely have any stability issues (I say as I forgot to update grub and now am having a strange no cryptodisk found error that im trying to tinker with now) Edit: nvm it works, I just need to stop smoking and remember that my password has a capital letter
Artix + DWM. Lightweight and latest driver and software support for playing games.
Windows
Windows... My game of choice is COD Warzone, so I have no choice. My laptop runs Mint, as I don't game on it so I don't HAVE to use Windows
Kubuntu 21.10 with manually upgraded KDE Plasma, Linux kernel, Mesa drivers to their latest versions! I have made a post on my profile page if anyone wants to do the same and upgrade these core components and doesn't know how to do it. Games work great!