Tips on distro for gaming (aggregatet.org)

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Hi! I'm getting a new laptop any day now and I plan on going back to Linux after maybe a decade on Windows. What works best for gaming nowadays? Is manjaro good for that? I prefer a distro with a nice name but of course that's not the central thing. I'll also do some book keeping, writing et cetera but I don't think it's much to worry about. I also hope to use my Valve Index on it.

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

I think any distro will do really. I'd go for something that is friendly to new users, if you're not very familiar with Linux in general. For example: Linux Mint. Here is an example on how you can get your installation setup easily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyT4wfz5ZMg

Regarding your Valve Index. It will likely work, but don't expect it to be very easy to get it running well. I'm currently on Arch Linux with red team hardware and a Valve Index. For example, you will need to ensure the udev rules are set properly: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-devices. New issues occasionally arise, see: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues. Currently, it's not switching audio devices automatically, so I use pavucontrol (with PipeWire) to switch that manually.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Doesn't Mint hold back kernel updates to major version upgrades like Ubuntu though? That could be problematic if they have newer hardware that's better supported (or only supported at all) in newer kernel releases.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@gh0stcassette you can install HWE kernels like in Ubuntu, from Update Manager

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Fair, haven't use Ubuntu or any of it's derivatives in years

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