Meme transcription: Anakin & Padme
[Panel 1] Anakin tries selects “Update and shut down” from the Windows start menu.
[Panel 2] Padme, labeled as “Windows”, cheerily says: ”You mean ‘Update and restart’, right?”
[Panel 3] Anakin takes an annoyed look.
[Panel 4] Padme, still cheery, says “I’ll just ‘Update and Restart’.”
Look into pop OS and Garuda. Those are two gamer designated distros so all should be enabled by default and just work. Garuda is arch based and arch is super easy to use terminal wise. Feel free to poke me whenever you need help and I'll be happy to help, but you probably won't need any help. :)
I’m hearing two opposites sides of arch. Some say that Arch is not as stable and only for experienced users who already know linux…while you’re telling me it’s so stable I won’t need any help. What? 😖
I’m running Linux mint on a spare SSD and steam games won’t even launch for me right now (yes I enabled proton) Someone told me here Mint is the most “windows” like and best distro for new users…I’m conflicted on if I should try arch
I’ve also heard of Nobara that’s gamer focused but I’m worried that it’s a custom build, support won’t be widely available as more mainstream distros should I need help
I've never used Mint and I don't get the hype. I didn't have to modify anything on endeavourOS for stuff to run. All I do on endeavourOS is yay to get updates and install via yay -S [pkgname].
On endeavourOS I run Steam via flatpak since it uses 32bit libraries, so I personally prefer it separate, but I used to have it non-flatpak and it worked normally.
https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=linux%20mint%20steam%20games%20wont%20start&addon=opensearch
There's a lot of results for Steam games not launching on Mint with hopefully something which may solve your issue. Sorry to be of no help. :(
No you’ve definitely been a great help…in convincing me to give arch a try