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What’s the best distro for gaming on linux? Any tips and tricks? (lemmy.world)
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Admittedly, the last time I tried it was maybe 5 years ago. I used ubuntu (can’t remember which distro) but I recall having to fiddle a lot with drivers and WINE. Is the scenario still the same today?

With the horrors of Win11 widely talked about, I’m thinking of flirting with linux once more. Is it a good idea at this time? Or is gaming on linux still niche as it once was?

What is your distro and what tips and tricks/perspectives you can share with a newbie like me :)

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[–] FreeLikeGNU@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I love Xubuntu LTS and have been using it since Ubuntu dropped Gnome 2. It's light and stays out of my way.

Some things that make it really great are these PPAs:

  • Oibaf (for the latest mesa graphics drivers) ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
    • Kisak's Mesa PPA as an alternative is great too! ppa:kisak/kisak-mesa
  • Mainline (for the latest kernels) ppa:cappelikan/ppa
  • Xubuntu-dev staging for latest Xfce software ppa:xubuntu-dev/staging
  • WineHQ staging (I rarely use wine directly anymore and just launch non Steam windows games in Steam (leveraging Proton) https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

I'm a bit frustrated that Xubuntu is using snap for browsers so I use the Firefox tar: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/install-firefox-linux#w_local-firefox-installation-in-users-account