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Sorry I can't do it. (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 months ago by Jambalaya@lemmy.zip to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

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I've been working on converting my gaming PC to Linux for a few weeks, but everything is running, but it all is just a little jankier than I would like.

I have an 8th gen Intel i7 and an Rtx 2070, running Arch linux.

Sometimes I boot up and my mouse doesn't work and I have to restart. Sometimes I launch games and they just don't launch right.

It feels like I'm doing a lot of work for no benefit. In fact, Elden ring runs way worse on my Linux partition than my Windows partition.

I've tried GE proton, gamemode, steam compatibility, everything... I'm sorry but I'm going to have to stick with Windows for gaming.

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Arch for a beginner can be a bit too much.

Try Bazzite.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I also heard good things about Nobara in terms of gaming. Haven't tried it myself though.

[–] MexicanJoker@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I've been using Nobara 39 for the last month and it has been a smooth ride. I'm playing Elden Ring with 0 issues and no tweaking needed on my part. The only friction I had was with the installer because I have a Nvidia card but once installed and got drivers updated all issues were gone.

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I installed Bazzite on my gaming computer and it just isn't great, there is screen flickering and occasional crashes:( I am not going back to Windows but it has required more emotional energy to troubleshoot than I wanted

I probably should get an AMD card, but I am going to try Nobara next to see if it just works...