Hey folks!

Thinking of switching back to Linux. I was running PopOS about 1.5 years ago and was pretty happy with the gaming aspect of things, but I was playing a lot of VALORANT back then, and I got sick of dual booting. That is less the case now, so I would like to try going back to Linux for the majority of my gaming / streaming setup, and just use Windows for the handful of games like Destiny 2 that won’t run on Linux.

I am fairly new to Linux. Don’t mind learning some terminal stuff, but I am basically a noob so it does need to be pretty easy to start with. Got a NVIDIA 3080 and AMD CPU if that matters at all.

Recommend me a distro please fellow penguin gamers.

  • apt_install_coffee@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Heads-up, Valorant won’t work on Linux; Riot is borderline hostile to attempts to use Linux for their games. Plenty of other games work great on most distros, but not Val.

    • hellerphant@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thanks, was aware of that. I have pretty much stopped playing Val, and if I ever needed to, I could boot back into Windows.

      • Contend6248@feddit.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Rust is another big game which isn’t working, the game runs very smooth but you won’t be able to join any server outside maybe not even a handful servers or you can go selfhosted.

        ProtonDB is a great source of compatible games, if it runs on Steamdeck, it will run on your Linux PC aswell. https://www.protondb.com/explore

        It’s worth to check it out before making the switch, just so you won’t be disappointed in the end.