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Need Advice - Linux gaming - Mint (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 days ago by Levi@lemmy.ca to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
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Hi. I've been using Linux for decades on my work machines, but most of my knowledge is pretty rusty. However for gaming I've always used a Windows machine. I'm thinking of getting rid of microsoft entirely, since I've been hearing such good things about steam & proton lately.

I was going to just install Mint on my gaming computer, but since there are a ton of experts here, I figured I should check in to see if there is any reason not to use Mint for this? And if there is any other considerations or setup I should be aware of to keep my games running well?

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[โ€“] Levi@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Great, glad to hear that Mint will be okay. I don't mind the slower kernel/driver updates. :)

2 quick followup questions:

  1. Should I set my filesystems to something other than ext4? I know some games in windows I feel like would benefit from a faster filesystem, but I don't know a whole lot about it.
  2. If I upgrade my videocard (I'm using a NVidia GTX something something), would it be better to go for an AMD card? Do they have better linux driver support?
[โ€“] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

  1. Filesystem doesn't matter hugely but as the other user said, ext4 will be the fastest anyway (possibly xfs, not sure how ext4 and xfs compare). CoW filesystems like btrfs are slower, though most people don't notice a significant difference. People use CoW filesystems for other features like self-healing ability and backups.

  2. I would strongly recommend getting an AMD card. As the other user says, AMD's drivers are fully FOSS and work well with Linux. Nvidia has a bad reputation with Linux and especially Wayland, though these days it's mostly usable, but IME is still prone to breakage upon updates. IME AMD GPUs "just work".

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