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Loving PopOS but apparently I can't get the latest Nvidia driver? (Your regularly scheduled "What Distro should I use" thread) (ttrpg.network)
submitted 1 year ago by Gutless2615@ttrpg.network to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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Basically the title. Loving PopOS as my daily, but I understand that PopOS uses their own process and makes sure that only a checked driver gets wide release. Great for stability, less great for playing games that just came out. Is there a distro that this community generally recommends for gaming?

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you need bleeding edge gaming support, is Arch (using Arch-install)or an Arch based distro like Garuda. I believe OpenSUSE Tumbleweed could also be alternative to Arch.

The next best thing is a Fedora based distro like Nobara.

In any case, use KDE Plasma + Wayland.

Anything else is just old software.

[–] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve long been a fan of gnome any reason why you recommend kde + wayland?

[–] cakesale@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not the OP but Gnome does not support variable refresh rate.

[–] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

Good to know!