Are you gaming on Linux in 2026?
No, but thank you for asking.
no im not a retard
>>734967618Yes, I'm not a retard
No I'm employed.
No, I'm a LTSC chad
>>734967618I have been full time since 2024
no, im white
>>734968185so are most of the people using linux and contributing to it
Yeah I've used Linux for almost 6 months. It's been really fun. Makes me feel like a kid finding the joys of computers again. I even got back to pirating games!
>cachy>grub bootloader>kde plasmayep, it's gaming time
no mod no linux
>>734967618Yes, have been for a couple of years now. Fedora.
>>734968405
>>734967618I've been gayming on linux since steam didn't exist for it.
>>734969134keyword: most
>>734967618I'm on arch trying desperately to get my buddy off popOS, cosmic is such a fucking mess
Is nvida as bad as people say? I'm upgrading my 10 year old card but want shit to be smooth since I'm on linux now.
>>734969426I'm using nvidia and I haven't noticed any problems at all. I'd do some careful research ofc but it seems just fine.
>>734969426I'm on a 3070 and it has a few hurdles to jump through and some odd hangups like I can't do above 144fps in fullscreen games over Displayport without a game blacking out every 5-10 minutes(fixed by using HDMI) but it's fine enough and the archwiki can fix most problems
>>734967618Sure
>>734967618No I'm paying for the Windows 12 subscription + tip like the good little goycattle I am
>>734967618No, I enjoy online multiplayer extraction shooters
>>734967618no and no one else is either
>>734967618No, i'm already running a modified W11 installation.
Yeah played need for speed shift and warhammer chaos bane for about 6 hours this week. Friends got me addicted to mtg arena because i wanted a break from yugiog and shadowverse, and I also picked up the legacy of kain games from gog. So yeah I guess you could say I'm linux gamin
>>734967618Yes, it works surprisingly well. I should nuke my w10 drive at this point to get 4TB of space back.
>>734969134Now look at the developers for Windows 11
I tried to play RE9 on my 5080 and even with the latest drivers and proton it runs horribly
i thought proton/vulkan fixed dx9 low framerate in gta4?
>>734972452I wish nGreedia would care about Linooks at all.
>>734972798Yeah if they did I'd have zero reason to use Windows
>>734967618Yes and I have less issues than on windows for games like touhou and games that are buggy with lower resolutions in fullscreen (gamescope fixes that issue)
>>734967618No, but Linuxfags finally convinced me. In a couple more years when my Windows 10 will become obsolete I will switch to Linux to delay installing Windows 11 a bit longer. Linux gaming has made great steps since I last checked 7 years ago.What gaming distro would you recommend someone who isn't shy around the terminal or editing config files? I'm thinking if SteamOS is good enough for the Steam Deck and Steam Machine it's good enough for me, but maybe there are better distros out there. No Arch, thanks.
I still game on the PS2
>>734972102>6.19.3this is an old pic or you update your system every few weeks. cachyos is on 6.19.8>>734972452>nvidia on linuxyou have no one to blame but yourself. i see libnvcnrtl going from 590.48.01-2 to 595.45.04-1 and currently in winblows nvidia is at 595.86 or smoething
>>734973427>this is an old pic or you update your system every few weeks. cachyos is on 6.19.8I haven't updated since, 27.03 or for burgers 3.27.Also filename has the date of when I took the screenshot.
Gaming isn't a word you dumb nigger
>>734973636well your system is from march 2 at the very least and i pretty much doubt we went from 6.19.3 to 6.19.8 in basically a week
>>734973997Should I sudo pacman -Syu just for you?
What is the usecase of windows anyways
>>734974358you should but not for me tho. the new 7.0 kernel will release soon and you want to have the highest 6.19 kernel available for a week or two before updating to the new 7.0 kernel. just a heads up.
>>734974402Getting data harvested for AI training
>>734967618yasssss
No, I'm not trans.
>>734970113cunny!
>>734974586Doesn't matter to be honest because I don't install as much new software.I have at least 3 backups of my system, I didn't break my OS a single time since I switched to CachyOS.I only worry about KrashyDE, fuck I should switch to simple window manager at this point.
>>734974985also cachyos have an lts kernel too so whatever problem with a new kernel is solved by rebooting and choosing the lts kernel. nothing wrong with kde shut it
>>734975576Only problem I have right now is audio cracking in certain applications.But it's so rare it's hard to pin-point.
>>734973110No recommendations? Really? I thought the Linux crowd was always ready to help a curious mind in need.
>>734971683This'll change with the release of the Steam Machine.t. Windowsfag
>>734976143Two more weeks.
>>734975912you said no arch so if you know better then why are you asking for help faggot?
>>734975912fedora
>>734973110Fuck you, install Arch. It's like CatchyOS and SteamOS but slightly more customizable.
ya, except Fedora has been a meme for desktop use. going back to Debian Testing/Sid mix with GNOME.
>>734976640I just wanted to say GNOME is shit out of the box.
>>734975912Things are moving so fast right now that by the time you do finally switch from w10 all the advice you'll get here will be out of date
>>734967618not recently, but i have in the past a bit. i'm probably gonna try again when i have time since i've a few games backlogged (dozens, actually...)>>734973110dual boot it instead, it's what i've done for the past 10+ years.
cachyos with kde is the superior way for vidya in 2026
The only reason to use Winshit is nshitia support. shitMD garbage is still light years behind nvidia but alas only ayyMD works well on Loonix. I shill Linux so it'll get popular enough to where nvidia stops treating it like an afterthought and I will be free of using AMDementia ewaste just because I like Linux over Windows.
>>734976906I feel like we should embrace terminal, CLI is the way to go.Remembering your whole file structure makes navigation so much easier.
>>734971683lol
>>734976625Meh, too complex for me. Why the only reply I got was about the one thing I asked people to not bring up? Man, this website is negative.Break soon. How's CatchyOS? I don't need a customizable OS, I need a gaming distro that comes ready out of the box.>>734976814>dual boot it instead, it's what i've done for the past 10+ yearsIf I'm not gaming on my Windows then what's the point of keeping it? I even can run my Kali/Parrot Linux VM on Linux using VirtualBox.
>>734969134Do NOT google microshart's CEO
>>734977637How do you filter by language on steam hardware data? From what I know Valve doesn't publish that data but maybe I've missed something.
>>734977721If you want everything preconfigured use Fedora. If you want immutable with all gaymen shit preinstalled use Bazzite.
>>734977786there's a language category on the survey, just apply basic maths to it
>>734976197Arch is just busywork from what I know. I don't need that much control and customizability. I need a gaming OS that is ready to play out of the box. You talk as if all Linuxfags ITT are Arch users. Idiot.How's CatchyOS?>>734976290>fedoraHave tried in the past. It's a solid OS, don't get me wrong, but I'm looking for a dedicated gaming distro. Something fresh. How's CatchyOS?>>734976752>by the time you do finally switch from w10 all the advice you'll get here will be out of dateFair take. I guess I'm probing the market rn and looking to worthwhile trends. How's CatchyOS?
>>734973110I highly recommend CachyOS. It gave me way fewer issues than Mint which was the first distro I started with.
>>734977721in my use case i still play a few games that don't have linux support, and others that i'd have to completely reconfigure to get working. along with alot of programs that are tedious to install.also in your case cachyos might be best for you since it is a bit more configured for gaming than base arch/endeavouros. though be warned it's ass with mounting secondary drives since auto mounting with gnome disks doesn't work like it does on other distros.
>>734976184Until?
>>734978160man fuck you. go install that immutable trash the retard above is recommending you and see how you like it when you start playing game. gtfo
>>734973110Kubuntu literally just works
>>734967618No I'm on LTSC.Don't see the point of switching when everything I need already works for me.
>>734978160cachy is literally arch you retardpick something with training wheels since you obviously dont give a shit about computers
There's nothing Linux can do that ultimately Windows can't >b-but muh botnetYou are being watched no matter what you do on the Internet.
i came back to linux a couple of months ago with Ubuntu thinking of distro hoping but it works fine so far for every game i like
>>734967618Yes, it works just fine. Mint Cinnamon. The only games I can't play are ones that use specific anti-cheat like Fortnite. Although Easy Anticheat games work just fine.
CachyOS is simply the best option. I used almost every distro that gets mentioned nowadays for the longest time. I've used obscure shit. I've played around in the past with crap like Manjaro and some weird memes like Solus OS. I don't give a fuck is too popular or too gaymery for you. I don't give a fuck Arch exists. I don't give a fuck you don't perceive any performance improvements (hell that's not even a reason for me to use it). It is just the most sane current option whether it's for someone already experienced or a damn refugee. Hell I made a pretty neat script for openSUSE TW (I've used it extensively), and I'd still rather use CachyOS. I've used Arch back in 2011, installed it the normal way, no archinstall horseshit, and I'd still go for CachyOS. Hell I used endeavourOS and I'd still rather use CachyOS. You're wasting your mother fucking time here.
>>734978751>UbuntuAnon, you can do better than that.
>>734978747>i'm somewhat tracked everywhere so might as well just post my full dox, my payment information and my dick pics
>>734978185Good to know. And it has everything eequired for gaming ready to play out of the box? I seem to recall people recommending Bazzite too.
>>734975912How's CatchyOS?How's Bazzite?
>>734967618Does Android count as Linux?
How's CatchyOS?How's Bazzite?
>>734967618Yes. It's frustrating because when a game has Denuvo I'm forced to download and play the cracked version rather than give the developers my money.
>>734971683>what is market shareStay in school.
>>734973110Generally you should stick to the most popular distros like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, and Arch. Personally I really like Mint and use it, it has a lot of good defaults right out the box like automatically running Wine whenever you click .exe files in your file browser.
>>734979170>How's CatchyOS?Nice but bad for noobs>How's Bazzite?You'll honestly hate it and think linux is fucking garbage, to install apps you have two options, either install them with the native package manager, which needs to reboot the computer for it to appear and doesn't support 32bit versions or install it via flatpak and have to deal with retarded permissions because if you install steam you cannot possibly want to use other disks to install the games or random one line scripts to automate things.
>>734976709truth. the dash-to-panel extension turned GNOME into what I wanted from Cinnamon, but with current Wayland support for gaming.
>>734978038>gaymen shitDefine "gayman shit" I might want it.>>734978219>in my use case i still play a few games that don't have linux support, and others that i'd have to completely reconfigure to get working. along with alot of programs that are tedious to installThat's what I hate about Linux. Some things work, some things work poorly, and some things don't work at all. Troubleshooting hell. Hate it.>in your case cachyos might be best for you since it is a bit more configured for gamingGood to know. Thanks!>it's ass with mounting secondary drivesWill keep in mind. How's Bazzite?
Your numbers are wrong, using your method Steam English Linux % is around 7.85%.
>>734979050Pretty much yeah. Gaming on linux is pretty straight forward, grab ProtonGE and make steam use it for your games and download extra wine dependencies and you are gtg.
>>734978747an ipad/smartphone with consoles is better than a windows pc
>>734978751To be fair anon, just Ubuntu is more than enough for most people. It has a few quirks but it really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.Distro hopping is fun for seeing how people do things differently and you might find something that tickles your fancy in the process so I wouldn't rule it out. But stability and the body of work for manuals and support that you get from Debian and Ubuntu based distros is hard to beat.
>>734979465The distro doesn't matter, udisks2 will handle auto mounting. But then again, why would you want auto mounting for drives installed in your PC? Windows doesn't do that either and you have to initialize them manually and it makes sense because the OS has no fucking idea what you want to do with the drive and how you want it partitioned. If you mean USB storage devices, udisks2 handles that. Even on arch it does this shit automatically after you pull KDE or Gnome. No idea what the problem is with cachy and basic stuff not working. That's why I tell people to avoid one man distros.
>>734979465>How's Bazzitehaven't tried it, but it's an immutable distro based on fedora so it would be a good choice for basic gaming. but it's file system is read only, so you'd be stuck using flatpaks/software center for programs and can't sudo dnf install your packages.
>>734970113why are linux troons always also pedos?
>>734979707I have a separate Linux desktop not for gaming, not even Steam installed, but I wanted to play some GOG game on it because I didn't have access to my gaming PC so I just downloaded the exe, installed it with Lutris and it just werked. This stuff on Linux these days is easier than it was on Windows back in the day.
>>734978891i keep thinking of doing a hop but it just works, one day i may try another distro for fun>>734979790I get what you mean so far the lack of issues is what keeps me in ubuntu, literally 0 problems (except GNOME but you can change it)
>>734967618Yes, been for about a year now after dual booting for like 10 years.Mostly it's been smooth sailing, however mods are still a pretty big issue. Which is annoying. Straight up had to give up on a few games like New Vegas and Baldur's Gate EE.
>>734967618Yes. On steam deck and Fedora on my desktop Guessing the Deck is getting more use this year as first baby was born a couple weeks ago and I need to be able to pick up and put down games quicker these daysI also have a Switch 2 from launch which serves the same purpose Overall the deck convinced me that my desktop was ready to at least dual boot W11 and Linux. Since I installed it I hopped from Ubuntu to Fedora and have settled into it. I've used Windows maybe 3 or 4 times, if that in the last year and a half or so. I don't see myself ever switching back to Windows full time for my personal machine.
>>734978410>Kubuntu literally just worksAnother Ubuntu flavor of the week or...How's CatchyOS?How's Bazzite?Tnanks for replying!>>734979284>Generally you should stick to the most popular distrosI've tried Mint, Ubuntu, and Fedora before.I'm ready for something fresh.>automatically running Wine whenever you click .exe files in your file browserI'd imagine gaming distros do the same or similar.I'm looking for a gaming ready distro preconfigured for games and ready to play out of the box.How's CatchyOS?How's Bazzite?Tnanks for replying!
>>734967618Yeah I use nobara
>>734980210>i keep thinking of doing a hop but it just works, one day i may try another distro for funThat depends if you want to use bleeding edge software or not.If you are using new hardware, you want to use need kernel. If you are compiling software from git-hub you want all the new dependencies.What is your use-case dictates which distribution you want to use.For the vast majority of users it doesn't really matter what flavor of penguin is on their drive.
>>734980305atomic or regular fedora?
What's the point when LTSC exists?
>>734980661>what's the point of learning how to swim in your free time instead of waiting for when you're about to drown?
>>734980342>Keeps repeating "How's CachyOS? How's Bazzite?"Just fucking try them out budCachy is preconfigured Arch with a custom performance optimized kernel. Your desktop environment is your choice and has the bigger impact on every day usage of the machine. Not immutable so it'll work in line with how your other systems are used to working.Bazzite is immutable so it'll be like Mac/windows like "set it and forget it" type system upgrades. Preconfigured and pre installed out of the box with gaymen shit. Can be used for dev work and other normal PC shit but since it's immutable there are some gotchas and workarounds needed sometimes. Some shit MIGHT just not work or be a major pain in the dick that other distros can install/use easily but the flip side is you theoretically can't absolutely fuck up your system by mindlessly installing shitHonestly just pick the one that sounds better and try it
>>734980139I'm a white man.>pedosSorry to say this, but on this site we like peak female bodies (cunny).
Protip from a linux gamer of 5+ years. DO NOT USE A GAMER/BULKY DISTROGet Arch, install through Archinstall, only install the bare minimum necesities. The less packages you have the less likely you are of breaking your system. This is pretty much all I have installed on my gaming PC, besides dwm and st that I installed from source. A rolling release distro means quick kernel updates. Minimal distro = less dependencies. A distro with a big repository means you don't need to mess around with manual builds. Non-redhat/Non-corpo distros are better and less trooned out. Arch checks all of these requirements. If you install Steam through Arch's package repository it will prompt you to choose the correct GPU drivers and set them up for you so you don't need to do anything else.Gaming is so easy on linux once you take the minimal arch pill.
>>734980640Regular, workstation Gnome
>>734978323Gaming ready distros should handle games just fine. I don't NEED the extra fidelity Arch offers.Brainwashed sheep.>>734978618>cachy is literally archDid not know that.>pick something with training wheels since you obviously dont give a shit about computersI'm fairly savy and don't shy away from a terminal or editing files. It's hard to keep track of all the distros and their origin. I've been out of the Linux game for 7 years. But maybe I'll like something with training wheels. A preconfigured system ready for gaming out of the box is what I'm looking for.Nobody suggests SteamOS. Odd.
>>734980750stop replying to retards
>>734980789This Anon is considered to be "Evil" among the vast majority of the "Human" population.
CachyOS.It just works.
I have been gaming on Linux since late 2019.
I thought arch was a meme distro
>>734980814>no firewall
>>734980826Why gnome? Heard shit kinda sucks on mouse and keyboard.
>>734979150android runs the linux kernel
>>734981165Faggot, you almost stole my post.>>734972102I don't mind.
>>734981231That would be pic related.
>>734981546Ayyyy
>>734979358>Nice but bad for noobsGo that. I just found out it's Arch. I wouldn't call myself a noob, but I'd rather limit the handling and tweaking to a minimum. SteamOS is moee appealing by the minute.>You'll honestly hate it and think linux is fucking garbageI see. Rebooting is unreasonable. Avoid Bazzite.
>>734981575Epig :DDD
>>734979358how is cachyos bad for noobs?
>>734979707I see. That wasy, huh? I just found out CatchyOS is Arch and I prefer to keep meddling and tweaking to a minimum. I'm leaning towards SteamOS rn.
Anyone here playing Nioh 3 on Linux with Nvidia? I tried the cracked version through Lutris. It took an hour to compile shaders and ran like shit, even though it runs just fine on Windows with the same settings.
>>734981575lmao retard
>>734981868because noobs don't know what alt+f4 and deleting system32 folder does
>>734981868I dunno man, apparently typing "sudo pacman -Syu" in your konsole every now and then to update the system is too complicated.
steamOS isn't real. It's literally the big picture mode on steam and not a real PC OS
>>734981868>how is cachyos bad for noobs?As a heavy arch user myself, anything that uses arch is by definition bad for noobs, even if the installer preconfigures every application, driver and shit tailored to your computer, because arch updates are usually a big hassle.
>>734982084>clicks desktop modeoh shit, I'm in linux now
>>734981939I wish I met a women who uses Gentoo.
>>734979974Ok. Got it.>>734980053Yeah, the software installation is bad.I'd avoid Bazzite despite it being Fedora.Thanks for the info.SteamOS seems better by the minute.
>>734981594>I see. Rebooting is unreasonable. Avoid Bazzite.The problem with bazzite is that it's an immutable distro, almost doing anything on it is a hassle, because you're expected to either flatpak everything non essential or boot up a fucking virtual machine or chroot to do any basic dev work, and having used flatpak a lot myself, it's fucking garbage sometimes, and having to boot up a chroot environment to have access to dev tools is fucking bad design.
>>734974402It used to be "it just werks", but that's not even the case anymore. When they break such a simple thing as the start menu, or restrict the user from just moving the task bar, you have to ask yourself what their mission statement is nowadays (that was rhetorical, it's >>734974629)
>>734981939this stupid bitch every heard of xrandr?
>>734982132>Pop open a terminal>sudo pacman -Syu>Look for warnings about potential manual interventions which happens maybe twice a year oh no>Reboot if system packages updated, continue on with my day otherwiseTruly, my life as a cachyos user is wrought with danger...
>>734980750I see I see. Thanks for all the info.>Honestly just pick the one that sounds better and try itSteamOS seems like the right choice for me,I think.
>>734980342>Another Ubuntu flavor of the week or...I regret giving you a genuine response. Violently kill yourself, worthless pile of pajeet shit.
>>734980789My...my knees!
>March 13, 202>Microsoft has updated the official Windows 11 documentation with details about a newly discovered bug that may ruin your day if you have a certain PC and try to access the system drive C. According to Microsoft, installing the February 2026 Patch Tuesday update (KB5077181) could lead to the error "C:\is not accessible - Access denied."I'd switch to Linux but I don't feel like relearning keyboard shortcuts. And my assetto corsa mods probably don't work.
>>734983086>And my assetto corsa mods probably don't work.as someone who swapped to linux last year, ive been able to mod every game I want no problem. what kind of mods does asetto corsa have?
>>734982536Got it. Thanks for all the info.I'm going with SteamOS. I think it's the best choicr for me.
>>734983086>I don't feel like relearning keyboard shortcuts.Most software related shortcuts are the same.>And my assetto corsa mods probably don't work.All mods will work so long as they don't interact with the OS (and why would they unless it's some spyware).
>>734983302SteamOS is immutable too howeveralthoughbeitfully.
>>734983213Content manager for once is an essential mod. Probably does not work on Linux.
>>734982317what the other anon said, i think steam os is also immutable.i'd personally recommend nobaraos for a gaming distro. it's based on fedora, but with more gaming focused packages and isn't immutable
>>734983657>Content managerSo long as it's not writing anything at a system level you should be fine. What does the mod do exactly?
>>734967618UT2003 works like a charm on linuxthat saidXonotic >>> UT2003it's too slow
>>734983657https://github.com/sihawido/assettocorsa-linux-setup?tab=readme-ov-filelucky for you anon, other gamers will usually figure out the solution to a linux problem given enough time and determination. And the best thing is that the more people start to use linux, the more the demand for these tools to have native linux ports increases.I realize that the instructions and using protontools/wine as someone who has never used linux before probably look intimidating, but it is possible to do.
>>734983785It basically replaces the entire UI and launcher of the game.
>>734983878>Xonotic >>> UT2003
>>734982878I'm sorry. There are a lot of Ubuntu derivatives and most are plain trash or specialized for one purpose. I don't know anything about Kubuntu and it's not a well known gamibg ready OS. I'm glad it works for you. I may end up distro hopping for a while and will try it. I appreciate the suggestion.Seething looks bad on you. Calm down please.
>>734983898Thanks, gonna look into how well a g29 works on Linux in terms of ffb next.
>>734982837Wasn't even something you considered originally but probably the only bad choice you can make. It's literally custom built for the steam deck and "officially" unsupported on pretty much every system configuration minus a few select handhelds Nothing stopping you but I think you're making a mistake Also yeah we someone else mentioned it's immutable too so basically all the same concerns (and upsides) as bazzite but bazzite has a wide support network of users on heterogenous hardware whereas you'll only have a fringe online community of people running steamos on their random desktop buildsBut yeah you go ahead and do you anon
nobara is someone's side project and shouldnt be your main os
>>734969426No. Some distros come with nVidia drivers pre-installed (Bazzite, CachyOS, Aurora), some have a checkbox to install nVidia drivers (Ubuntu), some require installing them through the terminal (Fedora, Arch). But nVidia generally works fine.There were some issues, mainly with Wayland (the new display protocol introduced in 2016) not being supported, but that was mostly ironed out 4 years ago. There are some other edge cases, but nVidia has significantly improved their drivers and overall compatibility in the past 4 years. Especially in gaming where they picked up the pace once they saw the success of Steam Deck and the rise of Linux market share.I have a laptop with hybrid graphics with an RTX 3060 and it works perfectly fine on Aurora Linux.nVidia not working on Linux is completely overblown and mostly comes from the 2000-2010 era. Back then nVidia really did suck.>>734973110If you want the simplicity of SteamOS, then use Bazzite. If you want +1% better performance and the benefit of Arch community, then use CachyOS. Nothing else really comes close.>>734982536>having to boot up a chroot environment to have access to dev tools is fucking bad design.This depends on the type of dev work you do. Unless you're stuck in the 1990s era of software development, or you're working on hardware, you'd use containers anyway.Besides, there's nothing stopping you from installing software system wide. You can "rpm-ostree install" all your build tools, your dev dependencies and your code editor of choice assuming it's in the repos.I've been working on backends, frontends and mobile applications on Fedora Kinoite for 4 years and it works fine.>>734983302SteamOS doesn't work outside of AMD hardware. Ignore the guy, Bazzite is perfectly fine for 99% of users. It's basically a better SteamOS.There's no "hassle" in doing anything to it. Everything you want is fully customizable. Old timer Linux users are just too lazy to learn how a different distro works.
>>734983716After reading on kubuntunobaraOS I see it is gaming ready. I will distro hop and will try it for st least a week. I don't want an immutable OS.
>>734981348It ain't bad.Just what I installed first honestly. KDE edition was still a spin when I installed, wasn't "officially" on par with GNOME/workstation edition but that has changed now. You can tweak it heavy with extensions but I use barely any extensions. Just light ricing (blur my shell).Using it day to day is easy. Hit the super/windows key and type in software wallah launch shit. Use a separate desktop if I have a lot of shit I need open and I toggle to it with simple keyboard macrosSmall extension tweak to show active background software which doesn't play nice with gnome (steam) in status/top barThat's literally it. Works totally fine and the spergs on /g/ especially will tell you gnome is essentially hell to use out of the box but that's just reactionary nerd chimp outs.I think KDE is cool too (from my usage on steam deck) and everything really just boils down to preferences at the end of the day. Gnome is the most visually cohesive I find and makes it a point to focus their UI/UX design on minimalism at least from a visual perspective. Also I've never found it to be unstable or lock up or anythingI'm not that perturbed by any claims of resource weight for any of the big DEs because ultimately everything feels snappy on my rig
>>734984847I agree with this anon. KDE is probably one of the best desktop environments, especially if you are coming from windows.
>>734980139>why do intelligent people prefer peak human body, age and conditionI wonder why, you fucking necrophiliac.
>>734983969If it's a custom launcher that may be a bit of a problem, but like >>734983898 posted it looks like other anons have done the troubleshooting already.If you feel unsure about switching you can always install a distro to a spare drive and just try out the layout first. There's no need to switch completely if you still find some use in Windows, especially when it comes to games where a bit of troubleshooting is involved.
>>734984661I decided to distro hop. I'll try SteamoS, Bazzite, CatchyOS, Kubuntu, and NobaraOS. A week for each.NobaraOS especially interests me as a Fedora OS (solid) that's focused on gaming and isn't immutable like Bazzite or SteamoS. It might be it.
>>734985408>There's no need to switch completely if you still find some use in Windows, especially when it comes to games where a bit of troubleshooting is involved.This is exactly what I did. It should be noted however, that if you do install a linux distro just to test it out, you should probably install it to its own seperate drive, because windows doesnt play well with linux being on the same drive, and it ate my bootloader. I have heard many horror stories of other people experiencing problems when having both windows and linux installed on the same drive.
>>734985534Immutability doesn't matter. It just means root is read-only by default and you need to reboot to apply a system update, just like you do on any other OS.When it comes to Nobara, I've heard it's not really stable. As in, it's full of random bugs that pop up especially related to updating the OS. Bazzite and SteamOS never broke for me at all in the past 2 years, even if I heavily customized them. Kubuntu (including Ubuntu and Mint) always had a shit ton of random quirks to them and often broke something during a version update.But sure, try them all out and see what you like the most. Just keep in mind that some flaws won't be visible after only a week of use. I've run around 30 different distros and 10 different DEs over the past 10 years across 10 different devices. Bazzite/Aurora/Bluefin and SteamOS are the only ones that don't suck major dick. Not saying they're perfect, no OS is, but they're definitely "S tier" in comparison to everything else.
>>734967618Jeet eunuch tech support general.
>>734984420I came to a decision. I'll distro hop and try all OSs:CatchyOS, SteamOS, Bazzite, Kubuntu, and NobaraOS. A week for each.I'm especially curious about NobaraOS being a Fedora OS, which is solid as Fedora is a tight OS.It is also gaming ready and isn't immutable like SteamOS and Bazzite. It might be it.
>>734987119projection?
>mfw I want to play GTA RP but it relies on memory editing to work and that isn't a feature that proton implementsAt least I got singleplayer .Net mods to work
>>734978219What you mean, disk utility works just fine, unless is something specific.
>>734987512For some reason in my case whenever I use it to mount my disk and restart, it only mounts them in read only mode. Even when I swap into windows and restart which usually fixes that.It's probably something to do with my drives specifically, but I oddly don't have that issue in any other distro. Even endeavour is and other arch spins work well
>>734982046Remember to check the news!
>>734978747I've been full Linux since 2018, so I've completely missed windows 11. A family friend recently asked me to look at her windows 11 laptop and I was fucking horrified>Filled with dark patterns and ads>Always shoving suggestions and shit you didn't want to see in your face>Menus and layouts are all over the place and visually noisy. Hard to see what you want>Edge and bing are cancer>Changing the default web browser from edge to chrome caused windows to constantly annoy you about it>Overall design feels like 50 years of patch work >>734978751I started with Ubuntu and never left. It's a good combination of support, update frequency, stability and performance. Plus I really like the yaru theme and while I hate some of the bullshit from the gnome Devs I still much prefer using it over KDE.
>>734981348Gnome is a keyboard centric DE
>>734967618Is playing on a chinkheld like a Miyoo Mini running on OnionOS considered to be Linux Gayming ?
Is RT still abysmal dogshit on Linux?
>>734990171NoPath tracing still sucks but that's only playable on the 5090 and at that point you're suffering regardless of the OS you pick
>>734987304Not a bad idea to hop around and see what you like, everyone does a bit of it, so might as well get it out of the way. Basic ass desktop arch with KDE has worked wonders for me so I think cachy would be a good starting point.
Post yrw you check ProtonDB and see this.
>>734967618I'm gaming alright, if you know what I mean
>>734990171I noticed when I recently played Doom TDA to get the achievements I missed that the game felt much smoother in the Hell levels than it did half a year ago. I know that AMD discontinued their own drivers and instead hopped onto the open source Radv drivers and ray tracing games like Doom have performed much better for me.
What’s your guy’s preferred Desktop Environment or Window Manager?
>>734993468KDE
>>734993468xfce and kde as a secondary
>>734968053This is the way.
>>734967618You know, I used to make fun of you faggots, but the temptation grows with every Windows update.
>>734995545dude just look back to the windows 7 days and see how every single update has made windows worse, it's so disrespectful and disgusting i don't see how anyone could stay
>>734995593and i don't just mean on the consumer side for desktop pcs. even in enterprise microsoft shit is getting worse and more expensive and jeeted with worse enterprise support. fuck them, we are genuinely in the planning stages of replacing a lot of our campus pcs with linux and macos where they can fit
Yeah I swapped yo mint in the summer of last year and havent had any problems sinceThe only games I'm unable to play are riots stuff but I think its probably good that I can no longer play league
>>734998223I'm surprised you stuck with Mint because that shit was straight ass when I tried it.
>>734967618Sry Im not dumb and 17 looking for an XP alternative like Mac OS or Linux. I actually had those experiences and nowadays Windows 10 absolutely destroys them unless you want to make art on Mac. Linux is a pedophile trying to groom clueless teenagers, and Microsoft is for the people despite Billy Mitchell Gates being a pedophile himself, my micro aint fucking soft bitch. WINDOWS.Linux is not an OS, its a pretend-OS where you watch a weirdo talk about distros on your phone while slowly falling to sleep.
>>734974586This is utter retardationYou shouldn't even bother applying minor kernel patchlevels unless they actually contain a fix relevant to your hardware in the shortlog
>>734984661>If you want +1% better performance and the benefit of Arch community, then use CachyOS. Nothing else really comes close.Gentoo.
>>734989927Ubuntu is fucking garbage. I could understand using it back in the GNOME2 days, but canonical has just pissed away every last bit of good will over the last decade.
Yeah I've been on Tumbleweed for a few years. No problems. I don't really play multiplayer games, so everything works perfectly.
>>734969134Kde plasma is pretty good regardless
>Mint>Ubuntu>Arch>GNOME>Fedora>Cachy>KDEWe are spoiled for options and I love it.
yep gaming on mintno i dont care that it doesn't support your wayland slopjust werks is good enough for me
>>734993468>DECinnamon>WMDWM
>>734967618Yes. I switched my last Windows PC to Arch last year.
>>734998257Idk it just werks for meRan RE9 at medium on my 3060 and it generally hovered around 80 with occasional framerate dipsThats all I need
>>734998843Same, TW is decent. They ship their own custom version of Wine which I find to be a good alternative if even Proton-GE fails.
Yeah, it’s fine, it sucks that a bunch of civ 6 mods don’t work though.
im fuckin desperate help me why the fuck do SOME unity games, especially recent ones, do NOT detect my controller under wine?no relevant logs were generated, it just doesn't work.
>>735000452Works on my machine. I use ProtonGE btw.
>>735001332ah fuck it depends on the game and I don't have a good example right now, hell I can barely remember the games I've had the issue withthe most recent one would be no sleep for kaname date
>>734972797no you retard, it fixes gta by forcing dxvk. You really think an OS made by freeloading troons for freeloading troons is some miracle maker or something?
Of course!
Almost forgot to enable fake frames
>>734967618no, I tried to make linux work for a couple of years and after being unable to play the videogames I want for mulitiple months and no fix in sight I moved back to windows.Fuck the trannies that memed me into doing techsupport for months instead of playing videogames in my free time.
>>734972797It does fix it but you'll need fusionfix as well.
>>734973427>>nvidia on linux>you have no one to blame but yourself.Omg did you buy hardware that 90% of people are using? WOAH YOU RETARD you chose wrong! For my special operating system you should have bought another gpu entirely!
Is there any alternative to AMD Adrenaline? I want to use AMD features, and be able to easily check temps, limit fps because all games don't include that option etc.LACT just only poorly shows temps and such, I don't like how it's showed
>>734972452Working for me.>>735001938There was some bug with exploding polygons with Nvidia drivers from sometime before 590. I've heard that year old drivers work fine.I've updated to 595 and it runs great
>>734974402I need Adobe products and hyper-specific source mods that break on lunix for some unknown reason. thats it.
>>735002480>limit fpsmangohud is preferred, but libstrangle is also a thing.>check tempsmangohud can show CPU and GPU temps on your game. coolercontrol is a nice application for managing fans and seeing system temps. It doesn't play nice with GPU fan control in conjunction with LACT on recent AMD GPUs though.
>>734998783Example?
>>734974402It's pretty much mandatory in a lot of workplaces because of Active Directory and Office. At home though... eh.
>>735002706You usually get a work provided laptop. So it's not like it's mandatory on your personal device.
>>735002541Thanks, I'll check these out. It's honestly my main issue with Linux Gaming
>>734974402Unfortunately FreeCAD just isn't good enough yet, so I need a Windows VM.
>>734985357>N-no mr policeman dont arrest me, I'm intelligent!!! Aghhh you fucking necrophiliac scum I just want to have sex with children its normal intelligent behavior!!!!!>No no no no no Tyrone please I am an arch user dont run a train on my asshole nooooo prostate panic prostate panic I am intelligent why is this happening to meeee!!!!!
>>735003795do you have any other personality other than hiding behind cops
>>734971512Arc works >>734981878SteamOS is arch you retard>>734984529This PC is for gaming and web only, been using it for a year
>>734969720That problem happens on Windows too. I managed to fix it but I don't remember how. I had to try a shitload of different things, but eventually found one thing that worked.
>>734986908I'll keep it in in mind.Thank you for sharing your vast experience!
>>735004220>SteamOS is arch you retardReally? I thought it was Ubuntu based. You live and you learn. Though it won't be a classic Arch experience since it's a "closed" system and immutable. It'll be an on rails streamlined experience. No?
>>735000452you know you can "natively" convert most Unity games to Linux?https://github.com/0xf4b1/unify
Installing SteamOS on anything other than the Deck is like installing MacOS on your PC. It's physically possible but you are retarded if you expect it to just werk
>>735000452Not answering your questions but giving my own thoughts on controller support.On Ubuntu controllers feel like less of an after thought, there's more system integration. Sometimes I'll get a game where the controller has to be connected before I launch the game (split fiction from memory) and others they work seamlessly (E33). Overall, it's been better than windows.
>>735005981It's a very customized Arch image with it's own point release schedule. Updates don't come directly from Arch repositories, they come from Valve. The core OS is usually 3-9 months behind in terms of package versions compared to regular Arch. So it's not really Arch in the way something like Cachy, Endeavour or Manjaro are.It doesn't have a system-level package manager or AUR. The way you install software is through Flatpak, Appimage and Distrobox containers or the old school way of downloading .sh, .tar.gz or binary files. Meaning SteamOS is actually significantly closer to Bazzite than it is to Arch/CachyOS in terms of user experience. The only difference being Bazzite gives you access to rpm-ostree to install system packages if you ever need to.
>>734990471Honestly I'm intimidated by Arch, but I'm coming around to it and might just take a dive. I don't fear a bit technical work. And there's a vast community to support my journy. To be frank, a simple strong and solid OS with KDE sounds tempting. In the past I ran Fedora and KDE and it was tight apart for minimal inconveniences and it wasn't gaming ready. But Proton just came out and the huge arsenal Linux has to support gaming we have today didn't exist. I'll give Arch a chance I guess. Sometimes tweaking and getting immersed in the nitty gritty of the system can be fun.
>>735006526The only "difficult" part about Arch is the fact that the installer is not a GUI and it doesn't come with all bells and whistles out of the box. That's why distros like Cachy and Manjaro are popular. Or even EndeavourOS which is Arch + your desktop environment of choice.
>>735006407I've been using a DS3 to game on linux for like a decade now, not having to dedicate an entire BT adapter to the DS3 was certainly a win over what windows had at the time.Even now I was surprised when I found out I can easily connect the DS3 through gnome. Used to require an extra program to pair but it just works now, no extras needed.But yeah that doesn't help with the Unity issue, no idea why only some games do it, most other have been fine.
>>735006625manjaro isn't popular , it's going extinct thankfully people only tolerated its weirdness because it was an easy arch and they lost when actual competition arrived
>>734999331>watch some retard talk about how easy and intuitive these linux distros are>wake up the next day, use my windows 10 OS and realize its better
>>735006438Can't you install yay for installing software from AUR?
>>735005981SteamOS 1.0 and 2.0 were Debian based. Even development versions of 3.0 were Debian based. But it was dropped in favor of Arch Linux.
>>735006706I forgot to mention that I've only used the Xbox Series and switch pro controllers. Good to know the DS work well
>>735006783That was me one year ago. Then I got tired of Windows 10 taking five minutes to both boot and shut down, so I swapped to Mint. Now it takes ten seconds each. So nice.
>>735006625>the installer is not a GUII don't mind.>it doesn't come with all bells and whistles out of the boxHmm. It has its advantages, but I kinda like when my system is fully armd with QoL software. Arch sounds very clean.
>>734967618I've been dual-booting for years. I'm at a point where I don't boot into Windows months at a time. Think I'm gonna nuke it soon.
>>735006976Ditch it or turn it into a VM
>>735006438It does have system level package manager (pacman) but you can't use it without setting it up to be user-mode or disabling readonly while using it.
>>735006831I see I see. Interesting!
i see the mutt woke up
>>734968185fucking what you shitskins are shameless
I'd like to but from my experience with Doom the dark ages, it performs worse than on windows 11 which is a shame. I do use Linux for everything else.
>>734978185I wanna try cachyOS but the logo is too ugly. Half joking btw.Does it still get good consistent updates or is this another manjaro situation?
>>735012602CachyOS is more up to date than Arch. That may or may not be a good thing depending on what you're looking for.
>>734980814This is my way too. Fast and optimized to my usecase.
>>734967618>Are you gaming on Linux in 2026?>>734967684>No, and I'm mad.>>734968050>No, and I'm mad.>>734968185>No, and I'm mad.lmao
>>735005981I think the packages in Steam Linux Runtime are still Ubuntu-based, and Steam games run in some version of Steam Linux Runtime by default, as does Proton. So the games are basically running under Ubuntu packages anyway, which makes sense considering how many fucking Linux ports were developed for Ubuntu back when it was practically the "one main Linux distro" that concern trolls are always saying we need.
>>734967618Yes- Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS- kernel version 6.14.0-37-generic
One thing I didnt expect when I switched to linux, is how much cleaner my desktop is.Thats without trying too, windows installers use it as a dumping ground.Also I game happily on a non gaming focused distro.
ive been fulltime gaming on linux since 2024 and im pretty happy. i used to run arch but im a normalfag and wanted to cut down on tinker time so i have bazzite installed since besides gaming i just do light office work and streaming. only personal caveat is i have an external ssd with windows ltsc installed for fl studio and a couple anticheat slop games my buddies like to play if need be but 99% of my time is steam deck or linux pc, im p happy with it
>>735015162Interesting. How does that work? Ubuntu in Arch, that is.
>>735006848>Then I got tired of Windows 10 taking five minutes to both boot and shut downbruh it's 2026 get an SSD already. My win10 installed god knows how many years ago boots and shuts down in literally 5 seconds. Sounds like you're a jeet
>>735003795>prostate panickek. Death to pedos
>>734967618The debate of Windows VS Linux is a lot like food.
>>734967618yup
>>734970113>>734972102>>734981165>>735001834>>735015863why do linux users always want to show off their 'about' page?
>>734982536Just use distrobox.But yeah, personally I would avoid an immutable distro for a personal workstation.
>>735015997>why do people who emulate always want to show off the title screen
Anons I'm at a loss. I used rufus to bypass the stupid cpu check windows 11 do and it worked fine but once every couple months some update bricks my pc. The one a couple days ago completely fucked it and I literally don't know where to go from there.I'm not fucking upgrading with these prices. I don't even want or need a more powerful rig than my 10 year old potato. Windows 10 are a gamble cause half of anybody you ask will say you'll give your pc superaids if you as much as download anything and linux is a complete unknown to me plus the fact that nothing will actually work on it kinda puts me off.What the fuck do I do?
>>735015530Uh, containers or something. (I don't know.)
>>734967618Migrated to Linux last year. I choose Mint as my training wheels distro before hopping to a Real Man distro like Arch or Fedora or Suse, but shit just work and feel comfy so I’ve kept it.
>>735016067asking that question in this thread is basically baiting, the answer is obvious, pick some retard friendly distro like bazziteand if you have a nvidia gpu you might just swap it out for an amd one, even something older would work fine
>>734970113basedwe have the exact same specs and almost same taste in games except I'm not a weeb
>>735016290Hehe, fair enough.
>No speed hacks to speed up slow ass gameslmaono
does he know?
>>735016067>but once every couple months some update bricks my pcThat's normal for Windows 11.
>>735016304I'm not baiting. I'm genuinely fucking angry and this is the first thread i've ran across that's kinda relevant to my troubles. The GPU thing is another fucking story altogether. I don't want to spend a single fucking penny. I just want my PC that has werked the past 10 years to keep werking. If I took a sledgehammer and smashed it, I wouldn't mind that it stopped working but I just can't fathom that my thing that worked stopped working cause some cunt decided it shouldn't unless I pay up.
>>735016067What do you want people to say? Either reinstall Windows 11 somehow, or pick something else to use. Not like your options are complicated. There's literally 2 of them.
>>735017921nvidia is the one that decided that their linux drivers should be shitby all means you can try but remember to blame nvidia if you have any bigger issues
>>734970113brat (i mainly play gold/source engine games and VNs. but play some newer games as well if friends ask me to or if its overall interesting)
>>735016067>enter Linux thread>"I don't want to use Windows. What the fuck do I do?"lol. I mean surely you're not serious.>linux is a complete unknown to meSo is everything else you've never done. If you plan to live the rest of your life without doing anything new then you might as well die.If you have an AMD GPU then it's not that hard.>plus the fact that nothing will actually work on itCompletely wrong, inb4 "umm I was exaggerating" but words have meaning so fuck you.
Modern gnome is great. Almost like it better than KDE.
>>734967618Every shill compares it and seems like a slight downgrade, and is a husttle to set it up
>>735019082Can you make desktop shortcuts without installing a "tweaks" package? Or is Gnome still a "desktop" environment that tries to be an anti-desktop environment and needs hacks to enable basic desktop features?
>>735019161use case for desktop icons?
>>735019161The extension part of gnome is what makes it great. I'm sorry if you are just too stupid to grasp the greatness.
I'm playing the only game that runs smoothly
>>735019216yeah modulating and adding onto a solid base beats having a bloated system from the get-go where you don't use 90% of the features.
>>734990552I have honestly never encountered bronze rating. It's either unknown enough to be untested or is gold at the very least. And yes I do play new games just not AAA ones. Guess when everything is made on UE/Unity/Godot/RPGMaker it's hard to find something that doesn't work.
>>735019312You don't need any extensions to run gnome, it's completely adequate running stock. It's also rock stable
>>735019207Double-clicking them to launch games.>>735019216Okay, enjoy your tablet-focused DE.>>735019312I do use that feature, and removing doesn't meaningfully optimize anything.
>>735019518it's excellent of course i'm enjoying it
>>735019518>I do use that feature, and removing doesn't meaningfully optimize anything.the more features you add, the harder it becomes to add more features, because of overlap and interactions between each and every one of them. basically if you want a modular system, it needs to be bare bones in order for other to add shit to it more easily. >optimizingnobody cares about optimizing anything anymore, your pc is more than powerful enough to handle any bloat your shitty software developers throw at you. this is about the fact that every line of code in your DE has to be maintained.
>>735019207Desktop shortcuts on Linux are better than desktop shortcuts on Windows, so not using them on Linux would be wasting one of the benefits of switching over.
>>735020602gnome has the overview to start applications though, you can customize the icons there too as they follow the XDG desktop menu specification.
>>735020778And every other DE also has a menu to start applications, but that has nothing to do with my post about Linux desktop shortcuts being better than Windows desktop shortcuts.
>>735020850on GNOME, everything goes through the overview, it is not comparable to your traditional menu. but you can always install dash to dock or desktop NG for a more traditional setup.
>>735020997That's cool but it still has nothing to do with my point about desktop shortcuts as they compare to their direct equivalent on Windows.
>>735021061the problem about desktop icons is that it's actually very difficult to access your desktop once you open more than a couple of windows. this is one of the reasons that gnome by default does away with traditional window management - you don't minimize windows anymore, you use the overview to change window and workspace.
>>735021303The problem with desktop shortcuts on Windows is that they have that cuck arrow on them.I didn't read your post because you haven't been reading mine.
>>735021405Not him but I used to hide the windows shortcut icon arrows ages and ages ago. Surely there's a tool that still manages that.
>>735021405>respond to something about gnome>get uppity when people keep talking about gnomeidgaf about windows, i haven't used that shit for over a decade, but thanks for letting me know.
idgaf about gnome but it helped me beat today's wordle
>>735022064Rad
>>735022064play contexto instead you pleb
>>734968053Holy based
>>735022239te la meto sin pretexto lmao troleado
>click "play" button>game works>people are mad that I didn't do it on Windows??
Nah, I'm playing on Xbox.
>Replace mint with Arch for my potato emu+ browsing box near TV because it was occasionally "blinking" and showing artifacts on top of dolphin libretro being bitchy.>Most issue gone but now now Dolphin straight up disable my screen.What the fuck.
>>735019082GNOME 49 (don't know if they will fix this) breaks adaptive sync too much. To me that's a reason alone not to recommend it for gay ming. I'd use it but the compositor always, always gets in the way.
>>735022678adding optional tearing is on the way which will make gaymers happy.
>>735022735Point is to have no tearing without the latency penaltyProblem with GNOME is you have a VRR toggle and it's just "well now everything that is even remotely detected as a fullscreen application uses VRR, even a fucking text editor" where at least Plasma has a way to blacklist applications from using it. Also that in games it works inconsistently and sometimes does weird shit like halve how many frames are being displayed. I don't know what the fuck is up with that. I have no such issue on Plasma/Hyprland either.I'm patiently waiting for 50 to maybe fix those issues but I'm not keeping my hopes up, I already tried a beta a couple of weeks ago and it actually had worse results than 49.
Yes, I'm on a custom mint distro
>>735022651>not using Batocera for Linux emulation
>>735023335I plan to upgrade it to a proper PC, ram prices are just fucked.
>>735023942Batocera runs on 20 year old Optiplexes, anon. Give it a try.
