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Is PopOS the best for easy gaming? (self.linux_gaming)
submitted 1 year ago by hellerphant to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml
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Hey folks!

Thinking of switching back to Linux. I was running PopOS about 1.5 years ago and was pretty happy with the gaming aspect of things, but I was playing a lot of VALORANT back then, and I got sick of dual booting. That is less the case now, so I would like to try going back to Linux for the majority of my gaming / streaming setup, and just use Windows for the handful of games like Destiny 2 that won't run on Linux.

I am fairly new to Linux. Don't mind learning some terminal stuff, but I am basically a noob so it does need to be pretty easy to start with. Got a NVIDIA 3080 and AMD CPU if that matters at all.

Recommend me a distro please fellow penguin gamers.

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[โ€“] Fauzruk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want something that just works, PopOS is a great option yes. If you feel more adventurous you can go on something more bleeding edge (they are called like this for a reason) like EndeavourOS which is arch derivative.

If you are running W11 with Secure Boot enabled, then I would recommend you to go with Fedora as I don't think either PopOS or EndeavourOS supports it.