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So I was thinking of switching my desktop to linux. I have been running fedora on my laptop for 3 years and I really like it. My main question now is just what distro works best for gaming (considering my specs) and can I use VMs in any of the gaming oriented ones (mostly because I don't wanna keep dual booting).
Edit: I have gone with Bazzite for now and it seems to be working fine. Some games don't rrally work acceptably (I expected that) so I will keep dual booting for a while.
Give it a try and you most likely wont regret it. Linux has come a long way since the general statement what you want game on it. I purchased a Asus ROG laptop about a year ago and installed Manjaro Linux on it (spare the hate) and its been working flawlessly. With that said. I'm not a hard core gamer and been sticking to Steam and console emulation so others with more time to play games should flank in.
Unless you play anything by Riot or Fortnite, YES
if you do then don't
the community is more toxic than chernobyl
I meant because their Anti-Cheat doesn't support Linux. But yeah that's a pretty good point too
nvidia shenanigans aside this should be fine for linux gaming.
Yes, if you want. If you don't, no.
Rude and unhelpful. Are you trying to innoculate OP against people like that in the Linux community? Why not just be different instead?
Sorry if it came off rude. I'm only trying to say that switching to Linux shouldn't be something other people want you to do, it should be something you want to do. If you're on the fence, try it, see if it's something you like. Otherwise keep your existing OS or try a third option.
You feel me? Didn't mean to be rude at all. ❤️
Edit: this is for gaming as well, so there's that aspect, which I kind of missed.
In that case I would add further that it still doesn't matter. It's only preference. It only matters in the moments where you aren't running a game fullscreen and actually using the system's other programs.
It's more personal preference and use case than anything.
Gaming dedicated versions are nice if you really only plan to game. Bazzite, ChimeraOS, Garuda, along others are available. ChimeraOS is what I installed on my stepson's pc and outside of a network issue it has worked pretty well. He is happy and since he mainly uses his android tablet for web browsing and whatnot, it's perfect for me to not need to do a bunch of troubleshooting issues. I've tinkered with Garuda but I'm not convinced it's for me and I dislike anything with a Mac feel.
I use an Ubuntu based system (Ubuntu Cinnamon 24.04LTS) with a 5800X and GTX1080TI because I want stability and the ability to edit video, game, manage websites, manage our home services, along other things.
Instead of asking which one you should use go out and try some demos and look at your intended use case.
Manjaro KDE would be easier for a beginner. Manjaro XFCE if you want to play RTX games and ok with tinkering WM.