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Recommended linux variant for gaming. (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by cynar@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I've been using Ubuntu as my daily driver for a good few years now. Unfortunately I don't like the direction they seem to be heading.

I've also just ordered a new computer, so it seems like the best time to change over. While I'm sure it will start a heated debate, what variant would people recommend?

I'm not after a bleeding edge, do it all yourself OS it will be my daily driver, so don't want to have to get elbow deep in configs every 5 minutes. My default would be to go back to Debian. However, I know the steam deck is arch based. With steam developing proton so hard, is it worth the additional learning curve to change to arch, or something else?

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[-] BurnedOliveTree@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

I've been using Nobara for some time now, and I've been successfully able to play on Nvidia & Wayland, so that's quite a feat in itself. Also, everything is setup at install time, so you don't have to setup many things yourself.

[-] AceSLS@ani.social 3 points 8 months ago

Are you not playing Windows games via wine/proton?

This issue is what stops me from switching to Wayland on my GTX 1080. It basically makes games unplayable because the frames get displayed out of order

[-] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 4 points 8 months ago

This bug was the nail in the coffin on Nvidia for me and I finally picked up a 6700 XT to replace my 2080 this month...

But, when I was on my 2080 trying out Wayland, I of course always noticed this bug on actual apps themselves (such as my IDE...) but it didn't always manifest in games, at least not till 545 came out.

Not sure why, since of course most games are run through XWayland. Perhaps they're in a similar situation and I'd be curious if they opened something like Discord, if they saw it there.

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

I am a nobara user aswell, never encountered or heard about this issue

[-] AceSLS@ani.social 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Weird, it's definitely not fixed yet (just tried it on up to date Arch). I don't think Nobara included a fix for it, what Desktop environment and GPU are you using?

Edit: Also happens on nvidia-open drivers and with RTX 40xx cards, which is mentioned here

So if it really doesn't happen on your system in XWayland apps these people would probably be very interested in your setup

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

it is just nvidia card with propertiary nvidia drivers (535) and kde

[-] AceSLS@ani.social 2 points 8 months ago

Are you on a laptop using Prime Render offload? That fixes it, otherwise you probably just didn't notice. I'd recommend you compare it to gaming on X11

[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yep I am on a laptop, thats probs it (wayland)

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