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As a first time Linux user pretty much what should I use for gaming. (lemmy.zip)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have heard good things about nobara. I don't mind doing a little thinkering to have things work but I also don't want to spend hours doing recharch on how to fix things.

Edit: thanks for giving input everyone. I will try Linux mint and if it does not go well will give nobara a go instead.

Edit part two I had to boot mint in compatibility mode because I got black screen for like 15+ minutes and then I couldn't get it to see more than one monitor and 3 hours later gave up....Just put on nobara will load mint to my laptop and try to learn more because I want to but also tryna game :) you will hear more from me

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Arch

It gets a bad rap. Archinstall is extremely straightforward and after that it’s just installing a DE and it looks and works like every other distro.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (6 children)

As a first time Linux user pretty much what should I use for gaming.

why would anyone recommend arch to a newbie is anyone's guess

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Probably the same reason you’d recommend c++ instead of Python to a new developer.

Yes, they’ll learn Python faster, but with c++ they’ll learn programming faster simply due to how much Python does on the programmers behalf.

There are valid arguments for both sides

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Too many experts who value the deeper teaching potential angle seem to never want to acknowledge the bounce rate it will also have.

No, not everyone asking about how to get into the Linux ecosystem is doing so specifically because the knowledge itself is its own reward. Those who are will tighten their belts, whiten their knuckles, and figure it out just like you hoped they would. Those who aren't will collapse under the sheer weight of all the bullshit and bail out. Frankly I'd consider the bulk of curious new users to be the latter and I default assume it for everyone who appears unless they indicate otherwise.

Some people think this kind of filtering based on willingness to learn is a good and healthy thing. I call it elitism and gatekeeping.

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