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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's time once again to bang my head against the wall of Linux gaming to see if I can make the switch from Windows. What's the flavor of the month for gaming distros for a Windows native that's not a moron but also wants something that just works once its set up?

Bonus points if you can point me at resources for how to put Linux on my Windows box as a dual boot without breaking my Windows installation.

EDIT - Tried Mint and Nobara and neither could figure out how to dual boot with Windows on a machine with two physical drives. I'm sure if I had a CS degree I could figure it out in short order but a little googling and messing around trying different things didn't work so I think I'm done. Maybe next time, Linux.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looking into Manjaro, it sounds like it's kind of known for having issues with reliability. Seems like that might not be the best pick for something that "just works". But I've heard good things about Arch so I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you want the “it just works” Linux gaming experience Garuda Gaming edition installs pretty well configured out of the box.

I haven’t had to do any weird hacky stuff to get my goods working, but I also don’t play online, and mostly on older games at this point, but Jedi Survivor worked OOTB.