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Tips on distro for gaming (aggregatet.org)

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Hi! I'm getting a new laptop any day now and I plan on going back to Linux after maybe a decade on Windows. What works best for gaming nowadays? Is manjaro good for that? I prefer a distro with a nice name but of course that's not the central thing. I'll also do some book keeping, writing et cetera but I don't think it's much to worry about. I also hope to use my Valve Index on it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've used Manjaro for many years now, and it works very well for Steam IMO. When I chose Manjaro I checked ProtonDB to see if there was a trend where some distros had higher success rate for Proton games on Steam, and it seemed to me there was, and Manjaro was one of the best.

But maybe if I had checked other games I'd have other results IDK. But generally if a game has good score on ProtonDB it will work for me with my Radeon RX 6600 XT.

I would imagine most distros work well with Steam today, it is after all mostly similar libraries they all use.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Manjaro is basically just arch Linux on a 1-2 week update lag, so you'd have just as much if not more success with EndeavorOS or raw Arch.