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Good distro for mostly gaming system? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 days ago by Simulation6@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@sopuli.xyz

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I want to replace Win10 on the desktop system I mostly use for gaming. It is an older system with an Nvidia GeForce 1050ti gpu in it, which from what I found, should not be a problem. I was thinking about going with Ubuntu since it is well supported. I was interested if anyone has any opinions about this. I am also going to try and dual boot it with the Win10 for now. I purchased a new SSD drive just for Linux.

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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Based on replies I think I will try mint and then bazzit. I have read a lot of recommendations for mint and wanted to try it anyway. Since it will be a fresh install I can experiment. SteamOS does not get recommended much for some reason.

[–] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago

SteamOS 3 is only available for Steam Deck at the moment (or other handhelds in the near future). There is no desktop version for it yet. SteamOS 1 is over a decade old and not usable anymore.

Good luck with Mint or Bazzite! Either should serve you well.

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 2 points 4 days ago

+1 for Bazzite but be aware that they have a different install image for "older / legacy" (🤷‍♀️) GPUs that you need to select when downloading (before 16xx, I didn't realize this when installing at one sysyem of mine).

[–] klangcola@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago

I haven't seen it mentioned here, so just an FIY: Linux Mint is a "regular" distro, while Bazzite is an immutable distro, meaning the root filesystem is read-only.

That means a lot of the "normal" ways of doing stuff you find online will need to be done differently. For example installing system level packages requires a reboot, to boot in to the new "system image". If something gets booked you can reboot in to an old system image to recover. Regular desktop (Flatpak) apps can be installed without rebooting.

Bazzite is based on Fedora, and very similar to Fedora SilverBlue (immutable version). So if you can't find answers when looking online "how to do X in Bazzite" try instead "how to do X in SilverBlue".

And FYI Linux Mint comes with an easy to use app Timeshift for system level backup and restore (by default it does not backup your documents etc in your HOME folder). Very handy to recover from a borked update or installing something you shouldn't have.