Have to use Windows for work (I've asked), the ads have been getting worse and worse on my work laptop. Today got a game ad notification... That's clearly too far, right? Like I have to clear notifications, so I have to see it
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I’m this close to swapping my gaming rig to Linux for similar reasons.
Do it! My ryzen/nvidia 2060 rig is running Mint and everything works great through steam or lutris (a runner/installer)
Is there any distro which works well with touch screens?
I don't think you're going to have a problem on any distro.
My Mint laptop has touchscreen, and it works even in dwm.
My mistake for not being clear, I meant having an interface that's well suited for a tablet. Though I should probably think more about the apps than the rest of the DE.
I believe Gnome has great support for touchscreens including gestures. I don't have a touchscreen to test, though.
Ubuntu and popOS does.
Nobara
Can't up vote this enough, Nobara is great for gaming.
+1
Honestly, distro really doesn't matter much. The things you probably want to set up for gaming can be done with pretty much any distro (e.g. lower latency kernel / Liquorix / zen, driver installs (if using nvidia). Otherwise it's just about what the distro includes by default, but rolling your own setup starting from any distro is easy and not time consuming.
Had very few issues on it, and most was just me never having attempted a Linux gaming build.
This is the way.
Do it
Do it. Gaming was the only reason preventing me from switching to the Linux side, until Itried and found out that literally every one of my games work on Linux, sometimes even better than on windows.
What's stopping you? Just out of curiosity.
Do it. You won't look back.
The reason Linux gamers have a tendency to constantly talk about Linux gaming is because it is so, so much more ready and easier than most Windows folks even realize. It constantly feels like people sticking on Windows are just missing something.
The only reason I have a Windows PC is because GeForce Now doesn't have a 4K client in anything but Windows.
fixing windows shit is a source of revenue here, so i have a few to keep up-to-date.. but most everything i use (windows or linux) has been cobbled-together from other people's junk and the recycle bin.
As a grey beard IT guy, I approve of this practice.
I assume you've looked into this, but sharing it just in case.
I'd also suggest just trying to run the Windows client under Proton as an alternative.
I'll try the client under Wine. The issue with GeForce Now under Linux, whether it is with the client or Chrome, is that resolution is capped at 1080p/60.