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I want to switch to Linux. What distribution do you suggest? My use case: 1. 3060Ti - I want to play games with all the bells and whistles that I get on Window

I want to switch to Linux. What distribution do you suggest? My use case: 1. 3060Ti - I want to play games with all the bells and whistles that I get on Windows. I understand that for some games I'll need to boot Windows, but by and large I expect smooth experience. 2. I am familiar with Terminal and basic Linux commands because I've used Ubuntu a little, but god I love the UI of Windows 10. It's decline from Windows 7, but still miles ahead of either Ubuntu (used once in a while) or MacOS (used at work for five years, still super confused). 3. I want things to "just work".

jasonvorhe 1y ago
My suggestion is installing Arch Linux. Start with a very common, basic setup, no bells and whistles. Install omarchy. Get used to it. Customise it. Watch the tutorial by DHH. I'm on AMD and play very little (Quake Champions, Doom Dark Ages, Tempest Dawn) but some anecdotal evidence points to nvidia working okay: https://nerdburglars.net/question/is-gaming-on-linux-with-an-nvidia-gpu-still-a-bad-idea/ https://nerdburglars.net/question/is-gaming-on-linux-with-an... Arch, once setup, is 99% "just works" with some "update and peek at what's changed every now and then".
Copernicron 1y ago
Probably Ubuntu or Mint. They're friendlier for new users and handle a lot of the proprietary drivers for you. Something like Kubuntu, which uses KDE as its desktop environment, is closer to Windows than bog standard Ubuntu. I haven't tried gaming on either, but when I tried on Fedora I had no issue running Doom, Diablo IV, or Cyberpunk 2077. I wouldn't recommend diving right in. There are guides that show you how to shrink existing disk partitions or boot off external drives so you don't break your existing system. Once you're comfortable enough, then you can consider making the switch permanent.
- anal_reactor 1y ago
  Yeah I realized that if I reorganize things a little I can have entire empty drive, so I'll just install Mint here and slowly do the migration over long period of time

jasonvorhe 1y ago

My suggestion is installing Arch Linux. Start with a very common, basic setup, no bells and whistles. Install omarchy. Get used to it. Customise it. Watch the tutorial by DHH. I'm on AMD and play very little (Quake Champions, Doom Dark Ages, Tempest Dawn) but some anecdotal evidence points to nvidia working okay: https://nerdburglars.net/question/is-gaming-on-linux-with-an-nvidia-gpu-still-a-bad-idea/ https://nerdburglars.net/question/is-gaming-on-linux-with-an... Arch, once setup, is 99% "just works" with some "update and peek at what's changed every now and then".

Copernicron 1y ago

Probably Ubuntu or Mint. They're friendlier for new users and handle a lot of the proprietary drivers for you. Something like Kubuntu, which uses KDE as its desktop environment, is closer to Windows than bog standard Ubuntu. I haven't tried gaming on either, but when I tried on Fedora I had no issue running Doom, Diablo IV, or Cyberpunk 2077. I wouldn't recommend diving right in. There are guides that show you how to shrink existing disk partitions or boot off external drives so you don't break your existing system. Once you're comfortable enough, then you can consider making the switch permanent.

anal_reactor 1y ago
Yeah I realized that if I reorganize things a little I can have entire empty drive, so I'll just install Mint here and slowly do the migration over long period of time