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

Developer: Universal Blue (US?)

Drauger OS

Pop!_OS

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)

  • suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    I personally (I’m sure others will disagree) would recommend skipping Manjaro and maybe Pop.

    If you want to try Arch based pick Endeavor instead of Manjaro.

    It seems like new folks have a lot of trouble with Pop to me. Out of the Ubuntu-based side I’d choose Mint over the rest.

    Also don’t discount base Debian, people sneer at it because of the speed of the update cycle but the other side of that is it being the least likely to blow up on a new user.

    Full disclosure: My devices are currently split between endeavor and Debian, depending on my tolerance for things breaking. I know fuck all about Bazzite/Nobara/Fedora.

    • Lanske@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      3 days ago

      Thanks for your reply. I never heard anything about Bazzite before, but what i’ve read, it seems to be good.