I think the fact that Steam OS and the development of that OS is bringing more and more games close to running natively on Linux... thereby allowing us to run our games on nearly any other Linux distro... is enough to at least give them some applause.
I mean that's the goal, isn't it? I don't think they care to make Steam OS mainstream, it's more about combatting Microsoft's monopoly and getting an even bigger market share for Valve
Last time I actually looked into it only about 3 or 5 of my 200 games would even run. Now most of the ones I play a fully support and some running better native.
@@hornantuutti5157 It's more that they haven't done enough testing to be sure if something will work, so don't want to claim that it does. Which, hey, I can respect slapping 'buyer beware' on anything they haven't directly vetted. Better to under promise and over deliver.
Thanks for letting us know about this awesome distribution! I'll definitely be spinning it up in a VM real soon. I love the direction in which Fedora desktop is headed in right now PLUS I happy to see the strides that Linux gaming has made just in the last year or two. Now we just need Fedora to adopt some of the features that the Nobara Project provide.
I just don't trust anthing about Fedora. They're the Google of Linux, in that when they get tired of supporting or being affiliated, they just cut ties completely. And that's that.
So far for me, it's Pop_OS but I am absolutely ultra interested in this distro. Especially with all those AMD fixes and improvements. What a cool distro!!
Pop os is great... But on my system I can't do 1600x900 with 60gjz refresh rate. No matter what I tried... Pop os is just great on a desktop, but for me I was trying to squeeze more battery life and the refresh rate was just the deal breaker for me.
It will actually allow games that performed poorly to be flawless, in some cases. It includes fixes you COULD do if you knew what you were doing, but for people like me - it's just an out of the box solution with no extra effort on my part. Game example for ya - Masquerade - the battle royale style game ... In my pop OS and Manjaro builds, it was basically unplayable due to stuttering and audio glitches. In nobaro, however, it just worked smooth as butter, with me having to do no troubleshooting at all. HTH!
The only problem I've found with plasma wayland is getting a black screen when trying to record a full screen. I'm on nvidia, so I'm not really surprised.
Recommendation: Use the default Gnome/KDE Nobara ISO's. The Official spin has too many weird personal choices added. It's a lot easier to install default then add personal touches than it it is to take away from someone else's idea of what a desktop should do.
so Steam OS is no good for games because Firefox is 5months old... nice arguments... I really doubt that OS that is made exclusively for gaming is bad for gaming
The thing about SteamOS is the fact that it's designed to just work out of the box with a large selection of games (more being added constantly) on supported hardware. Which right now officially is the Steam Deck. Sure you can run whatever you want, and do tweaks in desktop or terminal. But for people who are not in the Linux eco system and don't care even one bit about what's running their games, SteamOS will be the best option for those people.
I don't get why he was shitting on linux gaming a few months ago because it's such a hassle to run games, and now he's shitting on steamOS for being too simple
@@DreamyAbaddon Ugh, no it's not. On Steam (running on Windows) I can fully utlize the latest hardware without having to go hunt for drivers that are unlikely to be written for Linux. I simply fire up Steam, pick my game from the library and select "Play". Simple as that, plus I never have any issues with any of my software running on Windows 10. SteamOS, just as it was said in the video, will NEVER be the go-to for anyone involved in the pc master race :)
@@atlantic_love You're right in this current state. I guess my experience comes from Steam Deck which works out of box and I don't have to worry about hardware side of things thanks to how well SteamOS works for the Deck. Never had to deal with any driver issues. Also proton works so well that I forget that I'm even on Linux when I download and play game. But besides the Deck UI, the Steam OS KDE desktop environment is certainly easier to use than Window's desktop environment. The interface is really well thought out and it doesn't come with Windows bloatware that slows down your performance. My hope is all this shit gets translated well when SteamOS3 starts becoming available for general desktops without hardware issues or driver issues as you mentioned. If it becomes plug and play for general desktop hardware then I think we got something great going for the PCMR.
I get what you're saying, Chris really I do and I look at Valve as I would any other corporation. However, they have helped if not been responsible to some massive steps forward for Linux in gaming with proton and vk3d and other projects. It's important to give credit where credit is due and to support any and all innovative steps forward for Linux. I run Endeavor OS for gaming myself using my own personal setup scripts to do so since I know exactly how to build based on my hardware components and what I want out of my experience. Still, I think it's wise to give credit where credit is due.
Yes, I do agree 100% with what you've said. Valve has really brought Linux gaming to the masses, and they have also developed a Linux handheld that is now popularized. So, it's a certainty that Linux will be a platform that people will not fear using ALSO for gaming, in addition to the spheres it is used in and also in the niches that it already dominates.
I love ProtonUp, and I appreciate that it has a flatpak for the Steam Deck. I have been using it for a little bit now, and only today did I learn that there is an easy button to upgrade the version of proton that several games are using if several are spread across different versions. You just click on the version of proton that is being used, proton versions that aren't in use have a note next to them, click "Show info", and then "Batch update". "Show info" will tell you what games are using that version of proton, and "Batch update" will allow you to select which version you want to move all of those games to. Very handy, and I just learned that one today as I was manually updating proton over a few games...
Do you use any chromium browsers? How do they render for you? Are you using the lastest build on Fedora 38? I reverted to pop_os because chromium was so broken in Nobara. I would go back in a heartbeat if there is a fix for this.
Dumb question, but do you have a dedicated PC to run Nobara? Or do you have it on hardware that’s partitioned with other OS’ like Windows or other Linux distros? I don’t run anything on a Linux distro yet but I am looking to I just don’t know how to go about it yet
What about support? Will this distro still be maintained let's say 6 months or more from now? It's pretty useless to install this if it becomes abandonware a few months from now.
I'm def. gonna try that, not sure if I'd switch to it, though. I'm just very used to arch, and kde with wayland works fine there. (my multi-monitor setup with different refresh rates basically needs wayland to be usable)
i am on arch with bspwm and x11. i too have a multimonitor setup with 3 different refreshrates, but i haven't noticed any issues regarding refreshrates. am i missing something?
I was really waiting for you to do this video (or something similar). I've stopped distro-hopping when I found nobara like 6 months ago. No dual-booting, no gpu passthrough. ALL my windows games work flawlessly with proton-GE and I haven't had any problems with the system, on the contrary, it really made my life easier.
I like his opinions on the other distros, but I don't know why he is hating so much on SteamOS when it has almost single handedly between the Steam Deck raised the Linux user base from 1% to 4% in the entire world in two years. It is honestly one of the ONLY reasons recently I have even though of using Linux. SteamOS is purpose built for the Steam Deck as well, there is no way to download it for other systems yet, and if you don't want to use an outdated verson of Firefox you can always update it or download it direct from there site? I don't get it? Edit: The version avaliable for PC is NOT the same one on the Steam Deck. It is super dated and not recommended yet for PCs yet if you do get it somehow.
Last six months I've been distro-hopping to test linux-gaming. So far, Manjaro and Garuda were my best experiences, having in mind that I also use that same laptop for work. After watching this video, I'm pretty motivated to try this on the weekend... worst case scenario, I would return to my previous distro, but (again) this video made me have a good feeling about this project... 🙂
I was using Manjaro for a while (Until their updates basically broken everything). Instead of spending time figuring out why and how to fix it, it was quicker and easier trying other distros (plus there was a few things in Manjaro I didn't like anyway). I ended up on Fedora and generally like it (except the errors on newer hardware). The one thing missing is trying to set it up with propitiatory drivers for NVidia, needed repos etc. I think this one hits the nail on the head so will be trying it out.
Man, you're lucky you only tested Garuda recently. That shit was broken af for the previous two years. I still find myself returning to it because it's the perfect experience OOTB for me (aside for theme, but a quick WhiteSur-dark install fixes that) but I can't recommend it as a first or maybe even second distro.
For those who don't know the name and logo is a direct reference to the character "Kugisaki Nobara" from the anime series "Jujutsu Kaisen". She uses a hammer and nails as weapons. GE is a man of culture.
I tried Nobara 39 KDE. I loved it. The gorgeous GUI, the fluidness of it. Everything was perfect EXCEPT gaming. I was unable to launch A SINGLE Steam game. I am not sure as to why. I tried every Proton gamemode command imaginable. All of my hardware is very new and up to date (AMD Ryzen CPU & NVIDIA GPU 4000 series). Needless to say, I went scampering back to Windows and I HATE it.
why torturing yourself with immature platform such wayland while X11 have been proven rock solid for years. You don't need bajillion monitors to play games, no?
I'm going to disagree with the caveat - "it depends what you're after". If you want a PS4/X360 like games console OOBE I don't think you're going to get better than SteamOS - or HoloISO (not WinesapOS) for the unofficial install on non-Deck hardware build. SteamOS is a pure gaming/console experience. The Desktop isn't just secondary, it isn't meant to be used as a daily driver. The desktop is useful for installing things like ProtonUp-QT to get the latest GE Proton builds, setting up RetroArch, and installing the odd non-Steam game. If you need a desktop for more than basic backend tinkery on a very ad-hoc basis then, yes, SteamOS isn't the gaming distro for you and something like Nobara would be infinitely better. Still if all you're interested in is gaming. You want the games console OOBE. Nothing comes close to SteamOS IMHO. It's on my gaming PC rig (permanently connected to my 55" 4K living room TV, doing nothing else other than playing games). And It'll take a lot of convincing to get me to nuke the OS and rebuild with anything other than an official Valve release.
Afaik Glorious Eggroll didn't create protonup or protonup-qt, they're just included in the distro. Valve's Steamos repos seem to suffer the same fate as their Steam runtime library: the libs are based on ubuntu 12.04. Perhaps they'll update the repos one day but and i have no idea if they can update the runtime as the games may depend on it.
Windows user here but I really love your videos man Super helpful and informative for anyone wants to try Linus Wich I'll definitely do at some point :)
Welcome to the community, definitely try Linux, i would suggest even putting it in a old computer where windows just doesn't cut it anymore to see how light it is, good luck my guy
Linux is my main these days... I keep windows on another drive just in case I need it for something., and I'm needing it less and less these days. It's fun to just dive into a Linux distro and learn the ropes. Distro hopping has certainly tought me a lot. I went from Manjaro, to DraugerOS, Garuda, Fedora, PopOS and now I've settled on OpenSUSE tumbleweed with the Budgie desktop.
They need to create apps an simple and simpler for noobs gamer. Because all users don't need to be IT Specialists. Steam and Valve do that app is the simple. Doesn't matter which version steam or lutris works for player. If click the play button and game starts without a problem it's really good for players. Linux need to be simplistic and easier. Game or not.
Showing the best gaming Linux distro under a VM without launching a game, saying it's a great base... Come on. The best distro is one that runs a game without issues and with superior performance or at least any seeable difference in performance compared to other competitive distros. Haven't seen a thing on this video, although I like others you have. Anyway, I downloaded it. Wipe onto a USB flash, installed on a laptop with Intel + Nvidia, and the same issues (as always except Arch, Manjaro) - first boot failed. DE does not start on Nvidia Optimus or on "GPU only". Second boot, nomodeset and nothing. Have to dive into troubleshooting. It might run a game, but (I bet) not on new hardware (max 2 years old).
I've been using PopOS 22.04 fir gaming and its been great. I did have to manually install Steam, Lutris, Heroic, Protuo-Up, mangohud, goverlay, etc but once that is done it works great.
OK. so you talk about this great distro but say if you're on arch or other distro's and don't want to switch and just apply his work to the distro of choice that's great......... so can you make a video talking about how you could apply this to arch or debian distro's. in my case I like arch so I would need help for that distro.
Currently I'm daily driving Garuda as well as gaming through it, very happy with. Will absolutely look into this distro, I was gonna dual boot Arch (daily) & SteamOS 3 (gaming).
I have fedora running as my host for vms and shared my video card using pci pass through (note: for linux distros to use pci pass through I had to lie and say I was installing windows to virt-manager) and have been using Manjaro for playing games for about 6 months. It has been pretty good experience.
I run Manjaro for gaming on AMD cards and PopOS for gaming on Nvidia cards. Manjaro's graphical kernel switcher is great for keeping up to date with different kernel versions and PopOS has given me the best experience with dealing with those horrible finicky Nvidia drivers that like to randomly break when I need to update them. Still though, if I were a heavy gamer and had more time to want to get the absolute best I could for gaming, it looks like Nabara would be my go to for it. I never heard of it until now and it looks really promising.
I like nobara but after daily driving the disro for a month I decided to go back to Pop OS. Installing java on Nobara was much less straight forward and I had a couple stability issues with steam failing to launch games. I greatly prefer Pop os but use a lot of Proton tools. Definitely give nobara a try I enjoyed my time with the distro outside of having issues launching games.
Have attempted to use Nobara 2 times now, 2 different systems. Tried installing on an external NVME on my main system (NVME with external USB C case, the installer wants to force itself to write to my main drive's EUFI, which is write prohibited by the system so it fails. I am sure there is another way to get this done, and some installers give you the option on where to write your boot partition stuff. This does not or I didn't see it anywhere. So instead of doing this, I elected to install on my Razer Blade Pro 17 2020 model because I didn't care if it wiped anything or everything. Every time it gets to the desktop and the installer pops up, safe graphics or not, the installer stalls and is unresponsive. Close it, system runs fine. Open it, app halts and is so sluggish it seems it is frozen. I am not new to Linux but have not seen this behavior before. Does Nobara have an alternate installer that can be used that is possibly more compatible (i know this doesn't make sense to ask, but I am asking anyhow)? I haven't seen anything as of yet. Maybe a way just to write a live OS to the drive instead of the traditional installer process?
I've been dabbing in the dark arts of linux as of 2007 and I loved it even then, but because I couldn't game on it I only used it for work. Two years ago you've shown me I can game on linux with your Manjaro install. I'm a linux fanboy since then :D I've grown to like Arch based distros and I've been running EndeavourOS and Garuda side by side. Garuda offers an easier time out of the box , and convenience even Konsole tweaks. Endeavour was more work, but on average it was 5-10 FPS faster in F1 2018, Borderlands 3, and Grid2. Since I own Bioshock on Epic, I ran that through Heroic with Wine and that was much faster in Garuda. I ran the Zen kernel on both and they were set up the same way. Instead of Feral game mode I used Corectrl to set my CPU clock to "Performance mode", the GPU ran stock. For some obscure reason Elex (which runs fine with ProtonGE) didn't run on Endeavour so I kept Garuda. It would be interesting to try Nobara and run the same benchmarks, but since it's Fedora based it's out of my comfort zone, but I'll keep an eye on it.
Any distro has the potential to be the best performance, and by extension the best gaming distro. The little things add up, Xanmod kernels, Zram, Runit, Open source drivers, F2FS for SSD's, Btrfs or XFS for HDD's etc.
My personal picks are Garuda and nobara. Nothing else had quite as smooth out of the box experience as those two, then again arch is what I'm most comfortable with and nobara was something I tried because I wanted to try Fedora, so I suppose there is bias.
Linux is like the Republican party in the United States. It is nothing more than a bunch of small groups that agree on a very small amount of topic and going their separate ways on most other topics. As long as it is so fractured, it will never get to the simplified ability of Windows getting games to work. And because Windows has that capability, it has the higher user following which is why the developers focus on it more. It does not help that as Linux gets developed, they continue to change things while ignoring problems of older "releases". Another huge issue with Linux is that users have to actually trust answers they get while searching online to fix issues they have come across.
I've been a Windows user since 3.1 (1992), only last year did I try getting into Linux (technically, I did try Mandrake in 1998 for like 10 minutes, but that was an absolute disaster). I started with Pop!, then switched to Mint, then back to Pop!... To me it felt like something was missing, or out of place. Two days ago I installed Nobara KDE, and I immediately fell in love with it. I feel "home" or complete... I wish I could explain better, or why, unfortunately I cannot.
It's a really common feeling that new Linux users experience, and it's really exciting too. Whether you're an out-of-the-box kind of user, or someone who likes to dig deep and tweak every little detail, you've chosen a great time to start! You might spend some time browsing different distros or DEs, but I really think Nobara with KDE is a nice place to land.
Actually, since a few months, I am using MX Linux on my main/gaming PC. And surprisingly, it is fine for my "old man" gaming needs. And I did not tweak anything really. The only thing I obviously do, is use the so called "advanced hardware support" release. Definitely not gonna say, that this would be the best gaming distro of course, but it shows how far the average linux distro has come when it comes to gaming.
Chris, if you haven't already have a look at HoloISO the unofficial SteamOS for desktop, built from the recovery image with all the hardware locks removed. Would be interesting to see HoloIOS and Nobara compared head to head to see if there is any performance and stability differences. The SteamOS having outdated things like Firefox doesn't really surprise me seeing SteamOS currently is for the SteamDeck, how many people are really going to go into the DE? Probably not many, maybe some will just to explore but the vast majority of users will use the SteamUI and play games. I can forgive Valve for outdated packages for stuff in the DE, providing the underlying OS and drivers are always up to date.
The kernel is still stuck in 5.13 though. And I don't know about their drivers- shouldn't be that much of an issue, but I'd love to know see the long term trends of how fast they update stuff. I really wish we could just use a userhome installed package layering though, so that it won't be lost by updates, something like a mix of Junest and Flatpak.
Watching this made realise something, Linux need to consolidate. Just less distros but with more support, If more coders would join pre existing projects over trying to start new ones Linus would be more widely used. Love Linux but it lacks support and it's not user friendly at all and I don't even mean just the OS lol Personally I think that Brian Luneduke person is right Linux is dying and I don't think that is going to change.
Fedora is a very solid, stable and performant baseline OS for a gaming distro provided you don't mind doing a little sudo nano in terminal to enable extra functionality like AMD overclocking. Having some of that busywork taken care of from the start would be lovely. Will have to check this project out.
Not really. Nobara has completely obsoleted it at this point. You can get Fedora back up to speed with a little extra work, but why would you when Nobara is right there?@@AsheraLoux
I disagree… I haven’t had any issue with Manjaro or Garuda out of the work Although I may try Nobara as is based on Fedora from what I’ve seen and I have wanted to try Fedora for a while Don’t think there is really one best Linux distri for gaming (and with all the stuff Garuda allows to install or not gaming related, I find it very new user friendly)
Ive also tried Garuda and found it had a lot of these tweaks and additional software built in. it uses zen with fsync (doesn't everything allow fsync now), has goverlay mango but also a lot of other stuff I didn't even know existed that ive found insanely beneficial. I will install Nobara just because if been considering Fedora for a while and I like to benchmark and compare, but i suspect this will be a 2nd or 3rd runner up.
Nobara It's not good. I've been testing it for three days and it's a terrible distribution. I was testing it on Dota 2 and it damaged the game files very often. Rebuilding from Steam was often required.
I am not sure if I am alone here but I would really appreciate it when you put links into the video description to the according distro, tool, website or whatever the video is about. Maybe that is something to consider for future content :-D
Thanks for this recommendation! I have been looking towards my future build with Linux installed and I have set my sights on Fedora. With Nobara in mind, it would be best to give it a try then going with Fedora. I look forward to trying it soon!
@@unknownanonymous821That's because of how minimal Void Linux is, and that's what I love about it. My system is very bloated, yet there are only 700 packages installed like this is insane.
Thinking about replacing my windows for a linux distro. Currently building a new PC and holy moly I do not want to pay top $ for a windows license key! I do enjoy gaming aswell as utilising good graphics. Would this be stable enough or have good support as a main OS?
Hey chris, A bit off topic but I recently came across a tutorial of yours which showed how to create a custom windows 10 iso. So I wanted to try it but I can't decide which iso build i should choose. I have a laptop with the following specs: Intel core 2 duo 3 GB RAM 500 GB HDD Can you tell me which version of windows should I choose? I'm looking for ram and cpu usage as low as possible and faster boot and app loading times.
After trying different versions of Windows 10 and 11, I have found personally that Windows 10 LTSC to be the most stable out of the box. One feature that made my mind up was the absence of Windows 10, which made it a lot more stable and faster.
Please explain why a 5 month old firefox update is not good. You either forgot or you dont know what you are talking about and cameleon-hating for internetpoints. I am watching your video to learn but you are skipping over that part. So why should i even watch your videos???? sorry if my comment sounds salty. I want to let you know so you can do better in the future :)
I have to laugh whenever someone's recommendation for a Linux distro is "whatever suits your needs". As if these distros are all that unique. They're not. They differ mostly in package managers and default window managers. Other than, there just isn't much of a difference between them. And that is the problem obstacle Linux has to ever becoming significantly more popular than it is. The forking, but most changes being lateral rather than forward-thinking.
I have installed windows 10 on a 6gb sata SSD, and my steam library on another disk, an nvme, both with NTFS file system, if I install a linux system with windows 10 (dual boot), can I use my games that I have installed on the NVME, with NTFS file system? Or do I have to format to your Linux file system, my PC I only use it for gaming, which file system would be better on Linux for gaming only?. Someone can answer me. Best regards, thank you P.S.- My intention is to use Nobara as a distro, but if there is a better one for gaming, I thank you for your help. My GPU is a RTX 2070 Nvidia and CPU amd ryzen 5 2600
I’m way late to the party, but I’ll ask anyway. I’ve never used Linux in my life, but I would like to change that, and for gaming, this seems like it would be right up my alley. How would I go about customizing or changing the UI? Essentially, I want to dispense with the flat UI, and have something akin to Windows XP or Windows 7. Is that possible?
Hey Chris, “Distribution doesn’t matter.” NOT! Sure, with enough knowledge and time, one can change one distro to look and act like another. Most Linux users today have neither the knowledge nor the time. So, finding a distro that comes closest to what a user wants/needs becomes important for the majority of users. It’s only us techy/nerdy types that like to fiddle and even we may lack the time to fiddle and choose what simply gets the job done.
For SteamOS just use Arch Linux and make it look like SteamOS I was messing with Garuda Dragonized and basically MADE IT look like SteamOS no efforts needed I find Garuda more stable than SteamOS and using HoloISO renders everything obsolete in the hardware registry I swapped to Linux Mint Cinnamon and most emulation is there so far nothing has broken yet. I'm test driving Linux Mint Cinnamon though I mainly prefer Garuda Cinnamon for a more stable and customizable environment.
I just put the Nobara repos on my Fedora installation, installed Nobara kernel and now I don't have micro stuttering while gaming, thanks for bringing this up
I would be curious to know if this is still Chris's recommendation a year on. With windows getting more instrusive by the patch I am really considering minimising my time on windows, and running Linux in its place.
The EULA put me off from trying this on my main machine. The first point is literally making sure you don't use this on a production machine... I still really wanna try it though
Thanks for the overview. About to install Nobara on a spare drive to see if I can change my gaming & word processing main computer over to Linux and finally ditch Windows.
The best "gaming distro" is the one you use. I can play games with regular Proton at max fps just fine with Pop and Mint on a shit tier hardware. Gaming Distro is just marketing fluff.
I have an Intel i5-3340M vpro, 4gb ram ddr4, 2.70ghz but I avg 3 - 3.20, disk is a WD3200BEKT-75PVMT1. Laptop should I use this or stay on windows10. I have debloated win10 so I have only about 60-70processes idle
Yeah. I Installed nobara last night and the only game I could actually get to run was valheim. VALHEIM. Nothing else would launch. My little play button would just turn blue for a second then reset.
I think the fact that Steam OS and the development of that OS is bringing more and more games close to running natively on Linux... thereby allowing us to run our games on nearly any other Linux distro... is enough to at least give them some applause.
I mean that's the goal, isn't it? I don't think they care to make Steam OS mainstream, it's more about combatting Microsoft's monopoly and getting an even bigger market share for Valve
Last time I actually looked into it only about 3 or 5 of my 200 games would even run. Now most of the ones I play a fully support and some running better native.
Half of the games they say wont work.. Works just fine
@@hornantuutti5157 It's more that they haven't done enough testing to be sure if something will work, so don't want to claim that it does. Which, hey, I can respect slapping 'buyer beware' on anything they haven't directly vetted. Better to under promise and over deliver.
Enough to drive more steam sales
Thanks for letting us know about this awesome distribution! I'll definitely be spinning it up in a VM real soon. I love the direction in which Fedora desktop is headed in right now PLUS I happy to see the strides that Linux gaming has made just in the last year or two. Now we just need Fedora to adopt some of the features that the Nobara Project provide.
I just don't trust anthing about Fedora. They're the Google of Linux, in that when they get tired of supporting or being affiliated, they just cut ties completely. And that's that.
Linux Mint has been working quite well for my gaming needs, but this might be one I look into in the future.
So far for me, it's Pop_OS but I am absolutely ultra interested in this distro. Especially with all those AMD fixes and improvements. What a cool distro!!
Same looking to see if pop os is truly the best
Pop os is great... But on my system I can't do 1600x900 with 60gjz refresh rate. No matter what I tried... Pop os is just great on a desktop, but for me I was trying to squeeze more battery life and the refresh rate was just the deal breaker for me.
This is my lack of knowledge speaking but my question is will this just improve performance or actually allow games to work that may not otherwise?
It will actually allow games that performed poorly to be flawless, in some cases. It includes fixes you COULD do if you knew what you were doing, but for people like me - it's just an out of the box solution with no extra effort on my part. Game example for ya - Masquerade - the battle royale style game ... In my pop OS and Manjaro builds, it was basically unplayable due to stuttering and audio glitches. In nobaro, however, it just worked smooth as butter, with me having to do no troubleshooting at all. HTH!
The only problem I've found with plasma wayland is getting a black screen when trying to record a full screen. I'm on nvidia, so I'm not really surprised.
Recommendation: Use the default Gnome/KDE Nobara ISO's. The Official spin has too many weird personal choices added. It's a lot easier to install default then add personal touches than it it is to take away from someone else's idea of what a desktop should do.
I agree with you here.
@@GloriousEggroll Budgie-desktop is going to be in rawhide any day now. Have you had any thoughts about packaging a Budgie version?
@@GloriousEggroll So GNOME would work best with Nvidia GPU's?
@@Pridetoons honestly if you’re using a nvidia card I’d highly recommend just using x11. To many issues with wayland
@@Pridetoons My takeaway was that Nvidia owners should use Gnome/Wayland or KDE/X11
so Steam OS is no good for games because Firefox is 5months old... nice arguments... I really doubt that OS that is made exclusively for gaming is bad for gaming
The thing about SteamOS is the fact that it's designed to just work out of the box with a large selection of games (more being added constantly) on supported hardware. Which right now officially is the Steam Deck. Sure you can run whatever you want, and do tweaks in desktop or terminal. But for people who are not in the Linux eco system and don't care even one bit about what's running their games, SteamOS will be the best option for those people.
I don't get why he was shitting on linux gaming a few months ago because it's such a hassle to run games, and now he's shitting on steamOS for being too simple
@@luismglvieira I like SteamOS because it's more simple than Windows.
@@DreamyAbaddon Ugh, no it's not. On Steam (running on Windows) I can fully utlize the latest hardware without having to go hunt for drivers that are unlikely to be written for Linux. I simply fire up Steam, pick my game from the library and select "Play". Simple as that, plus I never have any issues with any of my software running on Windows 10. SteamOS, just as it was said in the video, will NEVER be the go-to for anyone involved in the pc master race :)
@@atlantic_love You're right in this current state. I guess my experience comes from Steam Deck which works out of box and I don't have to worry about hardware side of things thanks to how well SteamOS works for the Deck. Never had to deal with any driver issues. Also proton works so well that I forget that I'm even on Linux when I download and play game. But besides the Deck UI, the Steam OS KDE desktop environment is certainly easier to use than Window's desktop environment. The interface is really well thought out and it doesn't come with Windows bloatware that slows down your performance. My hope is all this shit gets translated well when SteamOS3 starts becoming available for general desktops without hardware issues or driver issues as you mentioned. If it becomes plug and play for general desktop hardware then I think we got something great going for the PCMR.
@@atlantic_love sorry for the late reply. Sometimes I don't get notifications from RUclips.
I get what you're saying, Chris really I do and I look at Valve as I would any other corporation. However, they have helped if not been responsible to some massive steps forward for Linux in gaming with proton and vk3d and other projects. It's important to give credit where credit is due and to support any and all innovative steps forward for Linux. I run Endeavor OS for gaming myself using my own personal setup scripts to do so since I know exactly how to build based on my hardware components and what I want out of my experience. Still, I think it's wise to give credit where credit is due.
Yes, I do agree 100% with what you've said. Valve has really brought Linux gaming to the masses, and they have also developed a Linux handheld that is now popularized. So, it's a certainty that Linux will be a platform that people will not fear using ALSO for gaming, in addition to the spheres it is used in and also in the niches that it already dominates.
I love ProtonUp, and I appreciate that it has a flatpak for the Steam Deck. I have been using it for a little bit now, and only today did I learn that there is an easy button to upgrade the version of proton that several games are using if several are spread across different versions. You just click on the version of proton that is being used, proton versions that aren't in use have a note next to them, click "Show info", and then "Batch update". "Show info" will tell you what games are using that version of proton, and "Batch update" will allow you to select which version you want to move all of those games to. Very handy, and I just learned that one today as I was manually updating proton over a few games...
Nobara user here: every thing works out of the box. It's an amazing Distro.
Do you have an NVIDIA GPU? I'm on Pop OS just because they have good support for NVIDIA cards, but I would be interested in trying Nobara. Thanks!
@@CaracuSC Yes, I use a GTX 1060 and it works perfectly.
@@YannMetalhead thank you very much! I have a gtx 1070 so I may give it a go 😀👍
Do you use any chromium browsers? How do they render for you? Are you using the lastest build on Fedora 38? I reverted to pop_os because chromium was so broken in Nobara. I would go back in a heartbeat if there is a fix for this.
Dumb question, but do you have a dedicated PC to run Nobara? Or do you have it on hardware that’s partitioned with other OS’ like Windows or other Linux distros? I don’t run anything on a Linux distro yet but I am looking to I just don’t know how to go about it yet
What about support?
Will this distro still be maintained let's say 6 months or more from now?
It's pretty useless to install this if it becomes abandonware a few months from now.
I'm def. gonna try that, not sure if I'd switch to it, though. I'm just very used to arch, and kde with wayland works fine there. (my multi-monitor setup with different refresh rates basically needs wayland to be usable)
I use KDE in Nobara and have no issues whatsoever, so don't let that be a hold up for you.
i am on arch with bspwm and x11. i too have a multimonitor setup with 3 different refreshrates, but i haven't noticed any issues regarding refreshrates. am i missing something?
@sk Can confirm, lots of display crashes in a VM on Proxmox, using KDE, both Wayland & X11 crash. Other than that it does look good.
I was really waiting for you to do this video (or something similar). I've stopped distro-hopping when I found nobara like 6 months ago. No dual-booting, no gpu passthrough. ALL my windows games work flawlessly with proton-GE and I haven't had any problems with the system, on the contrary, it really made my life easier.
I like his opinions on the other distros, but I don't know why he is hating so much on SteamOS when it has almost single handedly between the Steam Deck raised the Linux user base from 1% to 4% in the entire world in two years. It is honestly one of the ONLY reasons recently I have even though of using Linux. SteamOS is purpose built for the Steam Deck as well, there is no way to download it for other systems yet, and if you don't want to use an outdated verson of Firefox you can always update it or download it direct from there site? I don't get it? Edit: The version avaliable for PC is NOT the same one on the Steam Deck. It is super dated and not recommended yet for PCs yet if you do get it somehow.
I love my Steam Deck and nevertheless, thank you for the informative video!
Last six months I've been distro-hopping to test linux-gaming. So far, Manjaro and Garuda were my best experiences, having in mind that I also use that same laptop for work. After watching this video, I'm pretty motivated to try this on the weekend... worst case scenario, I would return to my previous distro, but (again) this video made me have a good feeling about this project... 🙂
Same, this is very promising
I was using Manjaro for a while (Until their updates basically broken everything). Instead of spending time figuring out why and how to fix it, it was quicker and easier trying other distros (plus there was a few things in Manjaro I didn't like anyway). I ended up on Fedora and generally like it (except the errors on newer hardware). The one thing missing is trying to set it up with propitiatory drivers for NVidia, needed repos etc. I think this one hits the nail on the head so will be trying it out.
Man, you're lucky you only tested Garuda recently. That shit was broken af for the previous two years. I still find myself returning to it because it's the perfect experience OOTB for me (aside for theme, but a quick WhiteSur-dark install fixes that) but I can't recommend it as a first or maybe even second distro.
Try gentoo
@@peterschmidt9942 Manjaro became a mess, every update something breaks, Using endevour os right now. All good for a few months now.
For those who don't know the name and logo is a direct reference to the character "Kugisaki Nobara" from the anime series "Jujutsu Kaisen". She uses a hammer and nails as weapons.
GE is a man of culture.
& here I thought I was alone on this take. Thank you for letting your presence to be known fellow weeb and man of culture.
kinda cringe
I tried Nobara 39 KDE. I loved it. The gorgeous GUI, the fluidness of it. Everything was perfect EXCEPT gaming. I was unable to launch A SINGLE Steam game. I am not sure as to why. I tried every Proton gamemode command imaginable. All of my hardware is very new and up to date (AMD Ryzen CPU & NVIDIA GPU 4000 series). Needless to say, I went scampering back to Windows and I HATE it.
I am using the KDE version and it is running great in Wayland. When I was testing it as a VM it was crashing randomly in Wayland.
Amd or nvidia ?
why torturing yourself with immature platform such wayland while X11 have been proven rock solid for years. You don't need bajillion monitors to play games, no?
im already using this distro, its amazing
I'm going to disagree with the caveat - "it depends what you're after". If you want a PS4/X360 like games console OOBE I don't think you're going to get better than SteamOS - or HoloISO (not WinesapOS) for the unofficial install on non-Deck hardware build.
SteamOS is a pure gaming/console experience. The Desktop isn't just secondary, it isn't meant to be used as a daily driver. The desktop is useful for installing things like ProtonUp-QT to get the latest GE Proton builds, setting up RetroArch, and installing the odd non-Steam game.
If you need a desktop for more than basic backend tinkery on a very ad-hoc basis then, yes, SteamOS isn't the gaming distro for you and something like Nobara would be infinitely better.
Still if all you're interested in is gaming. You want the games console OOBE. Nothing comes close to SteamOS IMHO. It's on my gaming PC rig (permanently connected to my 55" 4K living room TV, doing nothing else other than playing games). And It'll take a lot of convincing to get me to nuke the OS and rebuild with anything other than an official Valve release.
I really wish more anti cheat worked on Linux or that single gpu pass thru was easier
$atanic $pirit can’t install it so it’s probably the worst OS. Some one should tell IBM this.
Is there talk of windows 11/12 becoming windows365, as a cloud based OS?! If so, I’m DONE with windows!
Purely based on the amount of info gathering 11 and likely 12 are doing im already done with them.
Afaik Glorious Eggroll didn't create protonup or protonup-qt, they're just included in the distro.
Valve's Steamos repos seem to suffer the same fate as their Steam runtime library: the libs are based on ubuntu 12.04.
Perhaps they'll update the repos one day but and i have no idea if they can update the runtime as the games may depend on it.
nah bro steam OS is good
Windows user here but I really love your videos man
Super helpful and informative for anyone wants to try Linus Wich I'll definitely do at some point :)
Welcome to the community, definitely try Linux, i would suggest even putting it in a old computer where windows just doesn't cut it anymore to see how light it is, good luck my guy
@@GabrielM01 Appreciate it 🙏🏻
Definitely will do that
Linux is my main these days... I keep windows on another drive just in case I need it for something., and I'm needing it less and less these days. It's fun to just dive into a Linux distro and learn the ropes. Distro hopping has certainly tought me a lot. I went from Manjaro, to DraugerOS, Garuda, Fedora, PopOS and now I've settled on OpenSUSE tumbleweed with the Budgie desktop.
They need to create apps an simple and simpler for noobs gamer. Because all users don't need to be IT Specialists. Steam and Valve do that app is the simple. Doesn't matter which version steam or lutris works for player. If click the play button and game starts without a problem it's really good for players.
Linux need to be simplistic and easier. Game or not.
Showing the best gaming Linux distro under a VM without launching a game, saying it's a great base... Come on. The best distro is one that runs a game without issues and with superior performance or at least any seeable difference in performance compared to other competitive distros. Haven't seen a thing on this video, although I like others you have.
Anyway, I downloaded it. Wipe onto a USB flash, installed on a laptop with Intel + Nvidia, and the same issues (as always except Arch, Manjaro) - first boot failed. DE does not start on Nvidia Optimus or on "GPU only". Second boot, nomodeset and nothing. Have to dive into troubleshooting. It might run a game, but (I bet) not on new hardware (max 2 years old).
Gnome + Wayland is definitely better in gaming if we see phoronix's gaming benchmarks
Phoronix is the authority on Linux benchmarks. Good to know, I'd be curious to see how a plain window manager compares since the are so much lighter.
I've been using PopOS 22.04 fir gaming and its been great. I did have to manually install Steam, Lutris, Heroic, Protuo-Up, mangohud, goverlay, etc but once that is done it works great.
OK. so you talk about this great distro but say if you're on arch or other distro's and don't want to switch and just apply his work to the distro of choice that's great......... so can you make a video talking about how you could apply this to arch or debian distro's. in my case I like arch so I would need help for that distro.
how about zorin os vs nobara
Bad take, steamOS allows basic users to jump in, that's why it's simple.
Steam OS is not designed to be a gaming os?... What are you even doing, you seem lost on your latest videos about Linux.
Best Linux gaming distro: NONE. Dual boot into Windows 10.
FACT based on my 40+ years in the industry as a software engineer
BTW, Chris is good, that is not meant to discredit him.
Currently I'm daily driving Garuda as well as gaming through it, very happy with. Will absolutely look into this distro, I was gonna dual boot Arch (daily) & SteamOS 3 (gaming).
I also use Garuda. I have tried others but kept going back to Garuda.
It is hands-down my favorite Distro. I've been using it as a daily work and play driver for months now.
you just talking, and talk too much, no good information, did you test it on any games, did you test it in different GPU?
The Best Gaming Linux Distro is Windows
what are you going to do is windows ever goes behind a paid suscription?
I have fedora running as my host for vms and shared my video card using pci pass through (note: for linux distros to use pci pass through I had to lie and say I was installing windows to virt-manager) and have been using Manjaro for playing games for about 6 months. It has been pretty good experience.
I run Manjaro for gaming on AMD cards and PopOS for gaming on Nvidia cards. Manjaro's graphical kernel switcher is great for keeping up to date with different kernel versions and PopOS has given me the best experience with dealing with those horrible finicky Nvidia drivers that like to randomly break when I need to update them.
Still though, if I were a heavy gamer and had more time to want to get the absolute best I could for gaming, it looks like Nabara would be my go to for it. I never heard of it until now and it looks really promising.
I like nobara but after daily driving the disro for a month I decided to go back to Pop OS. Installing java on Nobara was much less straight forward and I had a couple stability issues with steam failing to launch games. I greatly prefer Pop os but use a lot of Proton tools. Definitely give nobara a try I enjoyed my time with the distro outside of having issues launching games.
Have attempted to use Nobara 2 times now, 2 different systems. Tried installing on an external NVME on my main system (NVME with external USB C case, the installer wants to force itself to write to my main drive's EUFI, which is write prohibited by the system so it fails. I am sure there is another way to get this done, and some installers give you the option on where to write your boot partition stuff. This does not or I didn't see it anywhere. So instead of doing this, I elected to install on my Razer Blade Pro 17 2020 model because I didn't care if it wiped anything or everything. Every time it gets to the desktop and the installer pops up, safe graphics or not, the installer stalls and is unresponsive. Close it, system runs fine. Open it, app halts and is so sluggish it seems it is frozen. I am not new to Linux but have not seen this behavior before. Does Nobara have an alternate installer that can be used that is possibly more compatible (i know this doesn't make sense to ask, but I am asking anyhow)? I haven't seen anything as of yet. Maybe a way just to write a live OS to the drive instead of the traditional installer process?
I've been dabbing in the dark arts of linux as of 2007 and I loved it even then, but because I couldn't game on it I only used it for work.
Two years ago you've shown me I can game on linux with your Manjaro install. I'm a linux fanboy since then :D
I've grown to like Arch based distros and I've been running EndeavourOS and Garuda side by side. Garuda offers an easier time out of the box , and convenience even Konsole tweaks. Endeavour was more work, but on average it was 5-10 FPS faster in F1 2018, Borderlands 3, and Grid2. Since I own Bioshock on Epic, I ran that through Heroic with Wine and that was much faster in Garuda. I ran the Zen kernel on both and they were set up the same way. Instead of Feral game mode I used Corectrl to set my CPU clock to "Performance mode", the GPU ran stock.
For some obscure reason Elex (which runs fine with ProtonGE) didn't run on Endeavour so I kept Garuda.
It would be interesting to try Nobara and run the same benchmarks, but since it's Fedora based it's out of my comfort zone, but I'll keep an eye on it.
I would like to see an update on this because i like arch based distros too
waiting this update too. fanboy arch here... realy hard to choose to leave arch..
Any distro has the potential to be the best performance, and by extension the best gaming distro. The little things add up, Xanmod kernels, Zram, Runit, Open source drivers, F2FS for SSD's, Btrfs or XFS for HDD's etc.
39 should be dropping soon. Eggroll for president.
My personal picks are Garuda and nobara. Nothing else had quite as smooth out of the box experience as those two, then again arch is what I'm most comfortable with and nobara was something I tried because I wanted to try Fedora, so I suppose there is bias.
Linux is like the Republican party in the United States. It is nothing more than a bunch of small groups that agree on a very small amount of topic and going their separate ways on most other topics. As long as it is so fractured, it will never get to the simplified ability of Windows getting games to work. And because Windows has that capability, it has the higher user following which is why the developers focus on it more. It does not help that as Linux gets developed, they continue to change things while ignoring problems of older "releases". Another huge issue with Linux is that users have to actually trust answers they get while searching online to fix issues they have come across.
And they like eating Trumps backside? 🤔
I mean, you could just grab a flatpak of a newer browser, js.
If your running AMD GPU and you want an almost console like experience dedicated to just gaming, it's hard to beat SteamOS 3 in the form of ChimeraOS.
Nobara offer an HTPC edition, now. I dislike the gnome desktop, otherwise ChimeraOS is great.
I've been a Windows user since 3.1 (1992), only last year did I try getting into Linux (technically, I did try Mandrake in 1998 for like 10 minutes, but that was an absolute disaster). I started with Pop!, then switched to Mint, then back to Pop!... To me it felt like something was missing, or out of place. Two days ago I installed Nobara KDE, and I immediately fell in love with it. I feel "home" or complete... I wish I could explain better, or why, unfortunately I cannot.
It's a really common feeling that new Linux users experience, and it's really exciting too. Whether you're an out-of-the-box kind of user, or someone who likes to dig deep and tweak every little detail, you've chosen a great time to start! You might spend some time browsing different distros or DEs, but I really think Nobara with KDE is a nice place to land.
The os on the steamdeck is different from steamos where all waiting for steamos 3.0 on desktop so u shouldn't say steam os is never gona be the best
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oh that's it!! thnx alot i was wondering what made it take so long to shutdown
I hope it will work on my ho omen laptop. Fedora will install but crashes upon first login.
Actually, since a few months, I am using MX Linux on my main/gaming PC. And surprisingly, it is fine for my "old man" gaming needs. And I did not tweak anything really. The only thing I obviously do, is use the so called "advanced hardware support" release.
Definitely not gonna say, that this would be the best gaming distro of course, but it shows how far the average linux distro has come when it comes to gaming.
Chris, if you haven't already have a look at HoloISO the unofficial SteamOS for desktop, built from the recovery image with all the hardware locks removed. Would be interesting to see HoloIOS and Nobara compared head to head to see if there is any performance and stability differences.
The SteamOS having outdated things like Firefox doesn't really surprise me seeing SteamOS currently is for the SteamDeck, how many people are really going to go into the DE? Probably not many, maybe some will just to explore but the vast majority of users will use the SteamUI and play games. I can forgive Valve for outdated packages for stuff in the DE, providing the underlying OS and drivers are always up to date.
The kernel is still stuck in 5.13 though. And I don't know about their drivers- shouldn't be that much of an issue, but I'd love to know see the long term trends of how fast they update stuff. I really wish we could just use a userhome installed package layering though, so that it won't be lost by updates, something like a mix of Junest and Flatpak.
Wow, considering Proton was blocked for use with Lutris, that is a big deal, being able to use Proton GE with Lutris. :)
I don't think it was blocked, but they don't include it in their easy download system for custom wine versions.
Valve didn't make Proton for non steam games and at some point it was going to cause problems for people that used it for such.
So what do you think Nobara's compatibility with Japanese Indie games will be like?
What??? 259 likes (including me) and 3 views wth RUclips.
I'm I blind?? or it's the youtube
30 minutes later and still 3 views!
Well well well
Watching this made realise something, Linux need to consolidate. Just less distros but with more support, If more coders would join pre existing projects over trying to start new ones Linus would be more widely used. Love Linux but it lacks support and it's not user friendly at all and I don't even mean just the OS lol Personally I think that Brian Luneduke person is right Linux is dying and I don't think that is going to change.
Fedora is a very solid, stable and performant baseline OS for a gaming distro provided you don't mind doing a little sudo nano in terminal to enable extra functionality like AMD overclocking. Having some of that busywork taken care of from the start would be lovely. Will have to check this project out.
do you have a good guide for the amd overclocking that you might suggest?
do you still think the same about fedora?
Not really. Nobara has completely obsoleted it at this point. You can get Fedora back up to speed with a little extra work, but why would you when Nobara is right there?@@AsheraLoux
SteamOS is now using the flatpak version of firefox
a lot of link, but the linux distro
I disagree… I haven’t had any issue with Manjaro or Garuda out of the work
Although I may try Nobara as is based on Fedora from what I’ve seen and I have wanted to try Fedora for a while
Don’t think there is really one best Linux distri for gaming (and with all the stuff Garuda allows to install or not gaming related, I find it very new user friendly)
Ive also tried Garuda and found it had a lot of these tweaks and additional software built in. it uses zen with fsync (doesn't everything allow fsync now), has goverlay mango but also a lot of other stuff I didn't even know existed that ive found insanely beneficial. I will install Nobara just because if been considering Fedora for a while and I like to benchmark and compare, but i suspect this will be a 2nd or 3rd runner up.
My favroite gaming distro is Pop os
Nobara It's not good. I've been testing it for three days and it's a terrible distribution. I was testing it on Dota 2 and it damaged the game files very often. Rebuilding from Steam was often required.
This guy hate on everything for sake of popularity
I am not sure if I am alone here but I would really appreciate it when you put links into the video description to the according distro, tool, website or whatever the video is about. Maybe that is something to consider for future content :-D
Except that it doesn't work
I hope no one will get the idea to install this on their Steam Deck after watching this video
Oh man that would be bad.
Fedora too sucker, not gaming os. Ubuntu family best distro.
Thanks for this recommendation! I have been looking towards my future build with Linux installed and I have set my sights on Fedora. With Nobara in mind, it would be best to give it a try then going with Fedora. I look forward to trying it soon!
Your profile pic is top notch
😉
I mean I used to play video games on Void Linux. Kinda weird, but I love it.
I use void Linux and it has the highest fps in games comparing to all distros I've tried
@@unknownanonymous821That's because of how minimal Void Linux is, and that's what I love about it. My system is very bloated, yet there are only 700 packages installed like this is insane.
i have forza horizon 3,4,5 through the windows store along with minecraft (bedrock), i'm guessing none of the linux dist can run windows store games?
Correct
The steam version runs fine. I have Forza 4 on my deck. I'm not sure but can't you add the Microsoft version as a non steam game?
@@TheKsharm I've tried it, but no. If you only item the games via the Microsoft store, you're shit out of luck
Thinking about replacing my windows for a linux distro. Currently building a new PC and holy moly I do not want to pay top $ for a windows license key! I do enjoy gaming aswell as utilising good graphics. Would this be stable enough or have good support as a main OS?
never say never - Justin Bieber
Hey chris,
A bit off topic but I recently came across a tutorial of yours which showed how to create a custom windows 10 iso. So I wanted to try it but I can't decide which iso build i should choose. I have a laptop with the following specs:
Intel core 2 duo
3 GB RAM
500 GB HDD
Can you tell me which version of windows should I choose?
I'm looking for ram and cpu usage as low as possible and faster boot and app loading times.
After trying different versions of Windows 10 and 11, I have found personally that Windows 10 LTSC to be the most stable out of the box. One feature that made my mind up was the absence of Windows 10, which made it a lot more stable and faster.
@@dgourley8922 Aight gonna try that out... thanks !
I use pop Extended set to make the icons less boring for me with this, so far happy with it.
Is it worth it to switch from windows to Nobara if I wanted to play games on Linux?
Im wondering the same. Only used Mint on my old laptop the past years so i got pretty much no experience with gaming and only little with Distro's
@@Ramotttholl well i ended up going on mint instead. Then I distrohopped to arch. Crazy
Please explain why a 5 month old firefox update is not good. You either forgot or you dont know what you are talking about and cameleon-hating for internetpoints. I am watching your video to learn but you are skipping over that part. So why should i even watch your videos????
sorry if my comment sounds salty. I want to let you know so you can do better in the future :)
I can't install nobara at all
I have to laugh whenever someone's recommendation for a Linux distro is "whatever suits your needs". As if these distros are all that unique. They're not. They differ mostly in package managers and default window managers. Other than, there just isn't much of a difference between them. And that is the problem obstacle Linux has to ever becoming significantly more popular than it is. The forking, but most changes being lateral rather than forward-thinking.
I have installed windows 10 on a 6gb sata SSD, and my steam library on another disk, an nvme, both with NTFS file system, if I install a linux system with windows 10 (dual boot), can I use my games that I have installed on the NVME, with NTFS file system? Or do I have to format to your Linux file system, my PC I only use it for gaming, which file system would be better on Linux for gaming only?. Someone can answer me. Best regards, thank you P.S.- My intention is to use Nobara as a distro, but if there is a better one for gaming, I thank you for your help. My GPU is a RTX 2070 Nvidia and CPU amd ryzen 5 2600
I’m way late to the party, but I’ll ask anyway. I’ve never used Linux in my life, but I would like to change that, and for gaming, this seems like it would be right up my alley. How would I go about customizing or changing the UI? Essentially, I want to dispense with the flat UI, and have something akin to Windows XP or Windows 7. Is that possible?
Hey Chris,
“Distribution doesn’t matter.” NOT! Sure, with enough knowledge and time, one can change one distro to look and act like another. Most Linux users today have neither the knowledge nor the time. So, finding a distro that comes closest to what a user wants/needs becomes important for the majority of users. It’s only us techy/nerdy types that like to fiddle and even we may lack the time to fiddle and choose what simply gets the job done.
For SteamOS just use Arch Linux and make it look like SteamOS I was messing with Garuda Dragonized and basically MADE IT look like SteamOS no efforts needed I find Garuda more stable than SteamOS and using HoloISO renders everything obsolete in the hardware registry I swapped to Linux Mint Cinnamon and most emulation is there so far nothing has broken yet. I'm test driving Linux Mint Cinnamon though I mainly prefer Garuda Cinnamon for a more stable and customizable environment.
I just put the Nobara repos on my Fedora installation, installed Nobara kernel and now I don't have micro stuttering while gaming, thanks for bringing this up
linux mint because it just doesn't break easily and has many fellow non-techy users so asking dumb questions is allowed and you wont be lynched
Best Linux gaming distro: NONE. Dual boot into Windows 10.
FACT based on my 40+ years in the industry as a software engineer
I would be curious to know if this is still Chris's recommendation a year on. With windows getting more instrusive by the patch I am really considering minimising my time on windows, and running Linux in its place.
The EULA put me off from trying this on my main machine. The first point is literally making sure you don't use this on a production machine... I still really wanna try it though
Thanks for the overview. About to install Nobara on a spare drive to see if I can change my gaming & word processing main computer over to Linux and finally ditch Windows.
I tried Nobara, and had nothing but issues. Steam would not even open, and the desktop kept giving me glitches and errors. Went back to Debian.
The best "gaming distro" is the one you use. I can play games with regular Proton at max fps just fine with Pop and Mint on a shit tier hardware. Gaming Distro is just marketing fluff.
I have an Intel i5-3340M vpro, 4gb ram ddr4, 2.70ghz but I avg 3 - 3.20, disk is a WD3200BEKT-75PVMT1. Laptop should I use this or stay on windows10. I have debloated win10 so I have only about 60-70processes idle
Meh, i still prefer steamOS
Yeah. I Installed nobara last night and the only game I could actually get to run was valheim. VALHEIM. Nothing else would launch. My little play button would just turn blue for a second then reset.