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I am an independent IT contractor that games on his off time. Recently, I switched to Linux from Windows and it has been a good experience so far. I went with

I am an independent IT contractor that games on his off time. Recently, I switched to Linux from Windows and it has been a good experience so far. I went with POPos because of how they integrated steam and the video drivers into the distro. It works great except shit breaks like booting and other things some times when they release major updates. I actually really like way Arch is designed. I was thinking of switching to Manjaro for stability reasons and I dont want to rip my hair out trying to get gaming to work in other distros. Im really looking for release stability with the ability to keep my gaming environment working. Any suggestions?

tapoxi 3y ago
There's an unofficial "spin" of Fedora targeted at gaming that might be worth a try: https://nobaraproject.org/ https://nobaraproject.org/ Personally I have separate gaming and Linux machines because I play games with Windows-specific anti-cheats.
askiiart 3y ago
I'm a fan of Fedora, but it would crash when my GPU was under high load. Since then I've switched to Arch and it's been pretty good. I've only had very minor issues, like printing support not coming preinstalled (I used the Budgie Desktop preset). If you're willing to deal with just a little bit of troubleshooting occasionally then I'd recommend Arch, it's been rock-solid. If you've got an Nvidia card, then I have no experience with that on Arch, but here's the docs on Nvidia installation, it's easy: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA Linux Mint could also be a good alternative option. It has easy Nvidia drivers installation as well.
- SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
  I game and am trying stablediffusion in LinuxMint, not a single issue so far right off the USB including graphics drivers.
albert180 3y ago
You should absolutely not use Manjaro for Stability Reasons. It's an unprofessional amateur distribution
- type0 3y ago
  It is such an absolute overhyped nightmare of a distro. If there were a shame corner for Linux distributions, Manjaro should be one of the biggest offenders.

tapoxi 3y ago

There's an unofficial "spin" of Fedora targeted at gaming that might be worth a try: https://nobaraproject.org/ https://nobaraproject.org/ Personally I have separate gaming and Linux machines because I play games with Windows-specific anti-cheats.

askiiart 3y ago

I'm a fan of Fedora, but it would crash when my GPU was under high load. Since then I've switched to Arch and it's been pretty good. I've only had very minor issues, like printing support not coming preinstalled (I used the Budgie Desktop preset). If you're willing to deal with just a little bit of troubleshooting occasionally then I'd recommend Arch, it's been rock-solid. If you've got an Nvidia card, then I have no experience with that on Arch, but here's the docs on Nvidia installation, it's easy: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA Linux Mint could also be a good alternative option. It has easy Nvidia drivers installation as well.

SV_BubbleTime 3y ago
I game and am trying stablediffusion in LinuxMint, not a single issue so far right off the USB including graphics drivers.

albert180 3y ago

You should absolutely not use Manjaro for Stability Reasons. It's an unprofessional amateur distribution

type0 3y ago
It is such an absolute overhyped nightmare of a distro. If there were a shame corner for Linux distributions, Manjaro should be one of the biggest offenders.