I use Windows for my desktop PC but I’m also a fan of Linux for work and programming.

I’m not really liking the direction windows is taking so it would be nice to explore some other alternatives. I mostly use my desktop for gaming, so I’m interested in how people are gaming on Linux

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    1 year ago

    It kind of doesn’t matter which distro you use. They should all work similarly with gaming, there’s no distro with some magic formula that makes it more compatible or with better performance than the alternatives. So pick one that strikes your fancy.

    If you’re new, it’s probably better to stick with well known distros. I recommend Mint and Pop OS. Both are based on Ubuntu, so every time you run into an issue or have a questions, you can google solutions for Ubuntu which will also work on Mint/Pop OS. But both also have big communities, so you’ll always have help.

    Word of advice that Nvidia and Linux don’t really work that well together. Some games will have issues. AMD GPUs work just fine though.

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      1 year ago

      I want to share though. AMD RX 7xxx do not have overclocking options along with fan controls. I track news since January and they probably won’t have this stuff implemented till the end of the year or even later. Other generations are pretty flawless.

      Overclocking on Linux for this generation is “deprecated” and no new mechanisms are introduced yet, so better avoid this generation at least for now. You will be able to only control power limit for now.

      Edit: Regarding CPUs - all the required patches are merged and there is only work on further optimization at the moment.