Buenas gente, tengo una duda y no se que distribución elegir exactamente, quisiera algo personalizable y que sirva tanto para juegos en .exe como para otros programas que uso para trabajar como UnlockTool, Chimera, Etc.

Que distribución es mejor?

Up until 3 days ago, I was determined to stick with Windows 11 until the bitter end, telling myself that I would just run scripts every time I booted up to turn off telemetry after Microsoft turned it back on after a mandatory update. I was content with editing registry values and contending with MSYS2 and Windows Python installations. I was fine with the fans randomly speeding up while I was only browsing the internet. At one point I realized that it was more effort to continue fixing Microsoft's f***ups and jumping through hoops to get rid of rounded corners and all of the AI spyware than it would be to just switch to Linux.

Needless to say, I wiped my drive clean and started with an Arch based distro and it feels like using an operating system from 10 years in the future. All of the GNU utils, no more ads, the computer does what I tell it to do, fans are quiet even with 20 tabs and a roguelike open. To any Windows lurkers, Microsoft doesn't care about you, it's never too late to switch.

Sorry if this is a bit off-topic, r/linux wouldn't let me post

I am highly considering washing my hands of Windows after getting fed up with various issues and the extreme push with AI and other anti-privacy issues. Just nearly had my whole system bricked because BitLocker got turned on automatically. Luckily I was able to get the decrypt key, but I never wanted BitLocker on ever.

I tried dual booting Linux Mint about 4 years ago and it was alright but not something that was good for gaming back then. So I am not completely new to Linux and kind of know some basics.

I am going to try dual booting either Bazzite or CachyOS but I am very torn on which to try first. I am on Nvidia, specifically a RTX 5070, so I know I will lose some performance but I am going to see if the performance loss is manageable.

So which do you guys think I should try first? I am probably 85% gaming and 15% just using the OS. I know there are a lot of videos out there addressing this very question, but I'd like to get some everyday people's opinions.

Just popping in to say my game's now available - a short, ridiculous 2D point & click adventure. Also made Mac and Linux builds available, tested both.
Also tested on my Steam Deck - works well, uses the right track pad as a mouse, and right trigger as click - that's all it needs really.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3711090/
✌️

Hey! So recently, I downloaded GTA V from steam, and I tried Proton Experimental, Proton Hotfix, and many-many GE Proton versions, but when I open it, its start to launch the game, and after like 20 seconds, its "running", but after like 5 seconds its crashes. Nothing, just crash. Any fixes? (I use Fedora)

I'm facing a weird issue and haven't been able to find the root cause yet and wondering if someone has seen this.

This started after updating to Fedora 43 but the same behavior occurs on a fresh install (GPU is 4070 TI; CPU 9800X3D). To eliminate potential stuff, I also disabled secure boot and didn't restore my home folder after a clean install.

Essentially all games run from Steam display a black screen but I can hear the game audio.

The weird thing is that if I run Steam from the CLI then everything works as expected.

I'm not sure, but could it be that the games are somehow trying to run on the iGPU? What leads me to believe this is that the game process is not listed in nvidia-smi. It might be a GNOME issue, as it works from the CLI, but I'm unsure as well.

Initial performance was fine but I would get random freezes and I always saw "Compiling shaders" message in the bottom left hand corner of the game. After googling, I found some information about caching the shaders which I thought might help. I think my freezes have stopped or mostly stopped, but my FPS constantly goes from 200ish to 20 or 30 FPS in certain areas. One of my new settings meant to fix the stuttering introduced this I think.

PC information:

```bash OS: Arch Linux x86_64 Host: X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE Kernel: Linux 6.17.5-arch1-1 Display (PG27UCDM): 3840x2160 in 27", 240 Hz WM: Hyprland 0.51.1 (Wayland) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (16) @ 5.27 GHz GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 [Discrete] GPU 2: AMD Radeon Graphics [Integrated] Memory: 4.16 GiB / 30.46 GiB (14%) Disk (/): 149.55 GiB / 3.64 TiB (4%) - btrfs (Samsung 9100 Pro)

NVIDIA driver: 580.95.05 ```

Steam settings:

```bash

echo "gamemoderun gamescope -W 3840 -H 2160 -r 240 --force-grab-cursor --fullscreen -- %command%" | sed 's/fellowship/fellowship-launcher/' | sh

GE-Proton10-21 ```

Should I use gamemode and/or gamescope or does that make it worse? How do I know if I should use the -dx11 flag or not? FYI, I see now there is a GE version 24 that I will bump.

Config: Some of my settings in envs.conf are causing the FPS drops. I am not sure what is useful or harmful. My goal is to eliminate stutters (potentially from compiling shaders?) and absolutely improve my massive FPS drops.

```bash

env = GDK_SCALE,1 monitor=DP-1,3840x2160@240,auto,1,vrr,1,bitdepth,10

env = __GL_GSYNC_ALLOWED,1 env = __GL_VRR_ALLOWED,1

env = DXVK_STATE_CACHE,1 env = DXVK_STATE_CACHE_PATH,/home/.../.cache/dxvk env = DXVK_LOG_LEVEL,none env = PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI,1 env = PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU,0 env = VKD3D_SHADER_CACHE_PATH,/home/.../.cache/vkd3d env = __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE,1 env = __GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH,/home/.../.cache/nvidia ```

This game is not very demanding so I am hoping to resolve the performance issues and clean up my configuration which I have probably messed up during troubleshooting.

Does anyone have a good clipping softqare for linux? On windows i use medal to clip funny moment me and my friends have while playing games but it isn't available on linux. I have tried obs replay buffer but i dont really like it. Are there any other options?

I wanna switch, don’t feel like working against Windows anymore, most of my coding works in WSL but it’s getting annoying. Biggest downside will probably be the gaming side, I mostly play WoW nowadays. I’ll still use Windows as a dual boot until I’m 100% sure on switching

I code in my free time as well, tho any distro should be fine for that. I have full AMD Hardware, heard the support for it is better on Linux compared to NVIDIA

During my limited research it lead me to arch based distros, fedora and debian. I’m just unsure which one I should try, EndeavourOS seemed like a good middleground

I appreciate any input, thank you!

Trying to play an old game, Lego LOCO, but I can't seem to actually set the color depth in gamescope, but I can set the resolution. Is there somewhere I can set the color depth?

I recently downloaded linux mint and I am completely new to linux(I come from win10) when I try to launch cs2 I get the valve logo and then it closes. Please help.

From what I'm aware (from just checking recent posts) FiveM won't work same as GTAO, but what if I use an application like WimApps for it? Would it make it playable at all?

Everyone talks about performance, or how many games Linux can launch, anticheat…but what about thermals and power consumption during gaming?

One of the biggest thing that makes me move away from Linux on laptop at least what’s thermal management.

Linux was a lot more hot than windows and less prone to use power saving features of the cpu.

Is the same also now? And on desktop?

Actually I tuned on windows my 6600XT to be undervolted to draw less power with the same performance.

In Europe, in Italy, electricity is very expensive…it’s not something that you can ignore when you want to play for a lot hours

Linux has improved massively. It’s not the clunky, old-fashioned Gnome2 people still picture. Modern distros are polished, fast, and thanks to Proton and Steam Deck, even gaming is no longer a niche experiment. Yet despite all that progress, the user base isn’t really growing as fast as it should.

Part of the problem is still installation. It’s easier now, but it asks users to make choices they’ve never faced before: partitions, desktop environments, disable secure boot, drivers… But the biggest issue starts earlier.

When someone decides to try Linux, maybe after hearing “it runs games great now,” they immediately face a wall of options: Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS, Nobara, Fedora, Arch… and the community’s response is always the same: “any distro is fine.”

That might sound inclusive, but in practice it’s confusing. Not all distros are equally good for gaming or for beginners. Some handle drivers and proprietary software better, others need more tweaking. A gamer just wanting to install Steam and play shouldn’t have to read ten forum threads first.

What Linux really needs is a strong, straightforward answer to the eternal question: “Which distro should I install?”

Until that exists, Linux will stay caught in its own paradox: powerful, capable, and full of potential, but too fragmented for the average gamer or casual user to take the leap.

I am currently running an HP Omen 15-EK0357ng with an rtx 2070 max q, i5 10300H and 8gb ram

I’ve been using it with Linux for years for years but recently most of my games don’t run/ crash on startup (I.E. rdr 2, gta v, just cause 3/4) some games like ready or not still work but run very badly and when trying to develop on Gondor I get terrible performance. No matter if I use arch or Ubuntu 25.x, the only distros that still work kind of fine are based on Ubuntu 22.04 (currently running on pop os 22.04) does anyone have a similiar issue or fix

let me know if you relate to this: you start up a new or older game and the launcher is tiny, meaning you need to get really fucking close to the screen to read anything. Let's say you need to use an installer for a mod or some kind of tool and you need to run it within the proton prefix: same deal. Only way to fix it is to manually set your DPI for literally every single newly generated proton prefix.

Two things: steam should allow us to set a default EPI for any new proton prefix created. I have only 1600p and 2160p displays in my house, there is no reason it should be defaulting to a DPI suited to 1080p. I almost feel like they don't mess with stuff like this because this is such a glaring issue with the end user experience for anyone who is doing anything except literally just playing the games without messing with anything. Older titles especially you need to sometimes run a patch or something. I know it's possible because my default wine prefix has a DPI set to my liking so anything I opened with the normal wine program loader loads properly with DPI that I can actually read. it's incredibly annoying to have to do this for literally every single game. Heroic and even Lutris which is from what I understand semi abandoned let you do this, there's no reason valve can't implement the same thing.

The second thing I would like which is less related to this but also seems like a very necessary feature as the ability to browse wine prefix just like again heroic and lutris. The way it works now you basically either need to go to PC gaming wiki to get the actual proton prefix ID that the folder is titled with or I recently found this out you can just go to proton tricks and it will have the name there. We should be able to write click see an option for "browse prefix" just like there's an option to browse local files. It's especially important for games that for example store their saves within the prefix or literally anything done in the actual prefix.

Sorry that I'm coming across really annoyed, that's because I am lol I feel like I'm going crazy in that I don't see how no one else has complained about this yet. if this is added or fixed anytime soon I will be incredibly fucking grateful and it will massively decrease my annoyance with steam. if anyone knows of some way to set a DPI for all prefixes steam wide let me know.