Hello everybody! I want to escape Microsoft and windows, and I am looking for a Linux distro. I have some experience with Unix and a very old Ubuntu distro. But that's quite some years ago. I am looking for a Linux distribution where i can play World of Warcraft on. I mainly use Nvidia graphics (RTX 3070).
I have found some distributions that are supposed to be good for gaming. I suppose, as i am still a Linux Noob, I am also looking for a distribution which is easy to get into. Especially for an older gamer ;)
I came with these distro's myself. What does the Linux community say?
Bazzite
- Based on Fedora Atomic
- Pre Installed Steam
- Nvidia drivers and support https://bazzite.gg/ https://docs.bazzite.gg/Gaming/index.html
Developer: Universal Blue (US?)
Drauger OS
- Based on Ubuntu LTS using KDE Plasma
- Pre for AMD https://draugeros.org/
Pop!_OS
- based on Ubuntu
- Optimized for gaming on Nvidia GPU's https://system76.com/pop/
Developer: system76 (Denver, US)
SteamOS -based on Debian 8 (Jessie) -designed to run steam and steam games -set to auto update their OS from Valve repo's https://store.steampowered.com/steamos
Developer: Valve (US)
Manjaro -based on Arch (rolling release model for latest software/drivers) -KDE plasma desktop (Pro-tip: enable flatpak and install ProtonUp-QT) https://manjaro.org/products
Developer: Majaro (EU - Austria, France, Germany)
Ubuntu: -the go-to linux distro for millions of users, incl gamers -best for beginners and gamers who want stable well supported distro -works seamlesssly with steam, lutris, wine (pro-tip: install the gamemode package (sudo apt install gamemode)) https://ubuntu.com/download
Developer: Canonical ltd. (UK)
Nobara -based on Fedora -optimized for gaming on newer Nvidia graphics (drivers come installed) https://nobaraproject.org/download-nobara/
Developer: Thomas Crider (Denver, US)
Mint -based on debian and Ubuntu -friendly OS, works out of the box, extremely easy to use https://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
Developer : Linuxmint (French, Dutch, UK)
Like others have mostly said, Mint is a great choice.
All the different distros can basically all do the same things for the most part. The main differences between them are mostly philosophical and don’t matter to a new user.
Once you get comfortable with linux, you can easily switch to a different distro if you get annoyed with something.
For now, just choose a popular distro that you think has a nice user interface.
I think mint, popos, and Ubuntu are all great choices.
Awesome! Thnx. I think Mint will suit me!
Wayland support in Mint is experimental, it's not worth your time if you're playing games. X11 is on maintenance-only life support these days.
Thnx for that! Appreciated!