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Hey!

Windows 11 gamer here, I basically only use my new PC desktop for gaming. Using Nvidia. Right now playing mostly GW2 and CK2.

I just started fiddling around with Linux a few weeks ago. I tried Linux Mint but had problems with CK2 recognizing my Nvidia card despite installing the driver. So I moved over to Ubuntu. CK2 is now working perfectly, but GW2 is stuttering whenever I move my mouse, making it not playable. I’m running it as a non Steam game on Steam.

Which distro would you recommend for me? I’m thinking about Bazzite (but maybe it’s mostly for handheld games?) or Pop_OS? Fedora? Or can I maybe fix GW2 on Ubuntu somehow?

All the different distros is making this a bit overwhelming 😅

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[–] murky0106@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Bazzite or nobara. Bazzite just works, nobara is a bit more flexible with what you can install easily

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I'll toss in a vouch for bazzite too. I tried it out and it's not at all for me, but that's because I wanted to tinker with shit and bazzite's a very "locked-down" immutable distro. if you want something that just works out of the box and don't plan on doing a lot of tweaking, it'll get the job done. I ended up switching to cachyOS which suits my needs much better, but I don't think I'd recommend it to someone brand new to linux as a whole.

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