Been tinkering with Linux for years trying to learn how to not break it. I have settled on only running games in WIn 10/Win 11 and just keeping everything else even vaguely sensitive on an Artix install on a separate drive.
@Acro @It's FOSS So far all of the games I play work fine on Steam so I do not have to resort to having a MS/ Windows install. Though I have friends that dual boot for gaming.
@unusnemo Yeah, it's just a little tough with Nvidia driver performance, gsync monitors, and persistent shader caching when I'm trying to click heads =P Some games work great, just not all of them.
And I still have to get familiar with the large amount of packages I need to install to have a lightweight, but efficient Linux install for gaming, especially when not using a distro pre-built for gaming.
@Acro @It's FOSS I use Fedora, which is not built for gaming but is cutting edge so I have not experienced a lot difficulties. With later versions of Fedora it tends to notice you have Nvidia GPU and will enable non-free drivers for it by default. Though if it does not you can always enable it after the install. Of course many gaming communities have tweaks for performance as well. Though most of the games I play are Story Line so require no tweaks.
@It's FOSS I have been using Gnu/Linux since 1995. When I started using instructions from usenet to home roll a Gnu/Linux system, which would be equivalent to LFS today. It was not until 1998 when I got a copy of Debian on a Boot Magazine CD (Now Wired). That I started using X . As downloading The X System on Dialup was a bit adventurous.
I left MS/DOS and MS/ Windows behind, at least in my personal life, and never looked back. I have kept up with MS/ Windows for work and to help family and friends though I would not consider installing it on one of my own machines, except on VM to do compatibility testing for my development.
Today installing Gnu/Linux is as easy, if not easier than a MS/ Windows install. People have it easy today 😀.
Acro
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Yeah, it's just a little tough with Nvidia driver performance, gsync monitors, and persistent shader caching when I'm trying to click heads =P Some games work great, just not all of them.
And I still have to get familiar with the large amount of packages I need to install to have a lightweight, but efficient Linux install for gaming, especially when not using a distro pre-built for gaming.
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in reply to Acro • • •Immutable distros with atomic rollbacks is how you not break it. I use NixOS btw.
Acro
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Is this the new "I use Arch, btw"? =D lol
But yeah, I've heard of immutable distros but haven't really looked into it. I assume NixOS is one.
Unus Nemo
in reply to It's FOSS • •@It's FOSS I have been using Gnu/Linux since 1995. When I started using instructions from usenet to home roll a Gnu/Linux system, which would be equivalent to LFS today. It was not until 1998 when I got a copy of Debian on a Boot Magazine CD (Now Wired). That I started using X . As downloading The X System on Dialup was a bit adventurous.
I left MS/DOS and MS/ Windows behind, at least in my personal life, and never looked back. I have kept up with MS/ Windows for work and to help family and friends though I would not consider installing it on one of my own machines, except on VM to do compatibility testing for my development.
Today installing Gnu/Linux is as easy, if not easier than a MS/ Windows install. People have it easy today 😀.
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