- cross-posted to:
- linux_gaming@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- linux_gaming@lemmy.world
I wrote an article on my switch to the gaming focused Linux distro, coming from Windows 11 and thought you all might enjoy the journey.
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struggling with Nvidia drivers
Depends on your hardware age, and whether or not you use proprietary drivers. Some distros handle it auto-magically for you so you don’t really need to do anything and it just works.
ultra fast GPU access to storage
For the time being, nothing on PC actually requires this, or uses it optionally for any perceived I provment in fidelity. Its super cool tech though, looking forward to this in the future.
HDR
Fair point, it is actively being worked on by a lot of big organizations and developers, so it will get better. Last I checked Window’s support of it isn’t incredible, but its better than the nothing Linux has at the moment.
Hdr has never been a problem for me because I use a cheap monitor from 2009
The wall most people have is that they dont have a capable monitor to use it well (miniled with fald or oled) both fairly expensive.
There are tips and tricks to get some applications working with auto hdr that was never designed to work with HDR (e.g you can get switch emulation with HDR with a name hack)
Nvidia drivers are alright these days but otherwise yeah. Most games are playable on Linux at this point with the huge exception of most online games with any anti cheat.
or let’s multibox this game that works perfectly fine and … oh no, a compatibility layer actually adds overhead and my CPU is struggling.
at least I can dual boot with the bios menu instead of infecting my Linux install.
HDR is the big one for me. Been waiting so long for that to come. Even for just video play back.
Nobara seems fine for fedora, but if you want to try Arch, then Garuda is for gaming use, I personally use EndeavourOS.
Linux is a trip of making one change and bricking your system, easily rolled back.
What changes does Garuda make that aren’t good for general use?
His aim was gaming use, which is why I recommended Garuda for it.
With EndeavourOS you have to tinker a bit more with the OS to get everything compatible with gaming.
Is there a reason why Endeavour would not prefer those changes? Or is it just a matter of focus, resources, security?
I believe EndeavourOS aims to be as close to pure arch as they can be, while still making it a more user friendly experience.
Garuda is what you’d call “bloat”, but for gaming it’s useful bloat.
Not switching to nobara unless it gets a cool distro icon in neofetch.
I fucking hate those titles and they make me automatically ignore them. who the fuck cares what you did Nathan and who the fuck are you that you tell me what I should or shouldn’t do?
It’s just another human being wanting to communicate to others something they found interesting and enguaging, you don’t need to read it (indeed you probabally didn’t since you are ignoring these sort of posts, which is totally fine and your own decision). Your preference not to read these sort of titles does not mean other peeople do not want to, or, in fact, that those same people are interested reading your views on the topic - live and let live, just don’t be rude about it.
This is not a way to communicate, this is a click bait by creating fomo by saying “look at me, I’m using this and that and you must use it as well because everyone does and you’re missing out” Fuck that shit
On the contrary, I find it to be pretty honest about the article’s contents. Clickbait implies it misrepresents the content behind it, or adds noise to it that exaggerates what the content entails.
The article itself is persuasive in nature and quite literally is intended to convince the reader to adopt some new product or service- in this case, Nobara. The author is of the opinion that the reader will benefit by switching over. The title reflects that.
“look at me, I’m using this and that and you must use it as well because everyone does and you’re missing out”
It doesn’t say you “must” use some alternative. Necessity isn’t implied anywhere in the title. And the fomo? Nowhere does it say everyone is using Nobara and you should adopt it so you don’t miss out. The article lists and elaborates on the arguments Nathan makes, which aren’t just an appeal to majority, and the title reflects that.
If you’re going to throw a fit over a title of an article be honest about how persuasive the content is and what the actual article is about, then that’s just childish.
It’s switch to nobara, if fedora didn’t work so well… Install xanmod kernel on fedora and you’ve got a “budget nobara”
Why I switched to Garuda Linux on my gaming PC and Why You Should Too: it’s awesome, and if you wanna be MegaChad like me, do it.
