Linux Gaming 4 Noobs - Choosing a Distro in 2024
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- If you’re currently a Windows user and are thinking about making the switch to Linux but aren’t sure where to start, then this video is for you. I give an in depth explanation of the differences between the popular Linux distros and give my suggestions on which one to choose. In my next video I'll be doing a step by step guide showing how to install Steam and run games, along with other helpful tips for Linux gaming.
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00:00 Intro
01:34 Compatibility
03:02 Differences between distros
08:32 Distro recommendations
11:54 Outro - Ігри
So how has your experience with Linux Gaming been? Which distro did you end up choosing? Let me know here in the comments!
Be sure to watch the follow-up video: ua-cam.com/video/kNWZ3rRMnXo/v-deo.html
Also check out cloud gaming based on Linux Mint! ua-cam.com/video/x32zu91duEo/v-deo.html
Is gaming modding the same on linux as it is on windows? I play a lot of single player games and I love downloading me some mods.
@@99mage99 Yep if you install mods manually it's the same as Windows for the most part, they install through wine. If you want to use a mod manager then those are available too. For example here's the link for Mod Organizer 2 which works for Bethesda games: github.com/rockerbacon/modorganizer2-linux-installer
At this point microsoft is begging us to switch to linux so thanks for this vid
lol yea they're gonna continue to push more and more AI features which can be a big privacy concern.
if you don't play competitive shooters you're basically good to go. Hardly have any issues at all playing most of the games i enjoy and have finished about 83 or so games on linux so far and regularly play multiplayer games like gunfire reborn or risk of rain 2 with friends.
how easy is it to switch between linux and windows?
Depends on the desktop environment imo, KDE looks pretty similar to windows, a windows-like distro could be Linux mint cinnamon, zorin os, or if you want a more "macOs" type distro go for Pop os! That was my daily for a while.
@@Zenden1STswitch back and forth with a bootloader or go from Windows to Linux forever? One of the Mint Distros is best for painless switch, but they are painfully to install gaming. Not impossible, just a lot more work than installing a windows game. Usually it'd just a matter of installing Steam/Proton/Play-on Linux/W.IN.E. which will also give you access to most windows apps with the noted exceptions of native Adobe products. Although several minor Adobe products have always been on Linux. And web versions should work. In fact I think they did away with desktop versions last year? IDK I've been using the F.O.S.S. equivalents for over a decade now since Adobe pricing is beyond my wallet.
Do you know how the Fallout games do on Mint?
Other than anticheat compatibility, are there any performance related reasons (i.e. latency) that would make Linux unsuitable for competitive FPS titles that do work on Linux?
I just installed Mint and am Happy that you are making videos about Linux Gaming! Thank you.🎉
As a Windows user since Win98 SE, I'm tired of Microsoft blocking me from setting up a local account when doing a fresh install, Also all the telemetry and settings I have to remove and so much useless software I don't want that I have to block and remove. I just want to install a fresh OS with no bloatware. Thanks to you're video I am currently downloading Kubuntu, I'll dual boot it so I can learn how to use Linux and then make the switch to Linux once I feel comfortable and find windows alternative software I currently use.
Welcome! Many people feel the same way as you and are switching to Linux. Stay tuned for more helpful Linux videos.
This is exactly what I'm sick of. The extreme lengths necessary to create a local account
Time to give Linux a go
Great video; it is nice to see more people targetting and helping newcomers to Linux getting started rather than lording over them with knowledge as sometimes has been the way in the past, so kudos to you for this! After all, the more people who run Linux, the better gaming under it will become.
Personally I choose Gentoo, but I have run it on and off for a long time, so I'm not really the target audience. Either way, it is nice to see how accessible gaming under Linux has become - I remember only barely being able to play World of Warcraft with wine quite a number of years back. Those were not the days. :')
Thanks, yes I'm trying to make these videos very approachable for new users. And it sounds like you've been using Linux for even longer than I have so I appreciate the positive feedback!
Damn, I use arch, but gentoo is a whole other league 😂
Thanks for the update! Your input is appreciated
Great video, I'm a old school guy 54...
Love Linux, I like to use them all with VM's...
I appreciate you and others for keeping the knowledge going strong, keep doing your thing king... 😉😉👍🤔🤔🤩🤩👏👏👏✌✌
I would also add that if using something like Debian, you can take benefit of flatpaks to get the latest software, but not everything. But it's really good if there is few software that you absolutely want to have the bleeding edge version of. Backporting is a thing too, but that can cause problems. Basically you don't want to backport anything that has a lot dependencies as it can whack the system unless you know what you are doing. And it's not that officially supported either, even if the official tools do allow you to do that.
Great points, I'll be sure to mention flatpaks in my next video.
Fedora ended up being the sweet spot for me. I didn't need much extra configuration for some niche games (e.g. additional packages for Ren'Py games) and it just kinda works without much fuss. Newer kernel version for GPU perf improvements is also nice.
Mint is where I started, but I ended up having issues due to the Cinnamon desktop not performing well in games I was playing, which was not a problem with vanilla Gnome (which I discovered after testing with Debian).
I had bad luck with Debian, between the KDE version being crashtastic and the 12.0 live ISO having a bug preventing package updates that led to me breaking the OS entirely when I tried to fix it.
I haven't tried Nobara, but I'd probably do that that if I was into recording or streaming, or if I had an Nvidia GPU. But for just standard gaming with an AMD GPU, Fedora seems just as good with the benefit of being more vanilla.
Nice, Fedora is a great middle ground and I think it's probably the better choice for general use when compared to Nobara. Everything that's included in Nobara can be installed in Fedora, and you can pick and choose only the things you want, so you're not really missing out on anything. And thanks for sharing your experiences with those other distros.
Thank you for doing this video. Very interesting things to consider!
This video explain very well and also helps narrow down distro choice for linux beginner and/or gamer, unlike some people that says "any distro can game", and I doubt if they even game. I used to believe that causing me to distro hop a lot, but finally I found my home, EndeavourOS, due to it's minimal, yet user friendly also support for Nvidia GPU.
Thanks glad you liked the video. I also run EndeavourOS as my daily driver :)
I switched from Manjaro to EndeavourOS. I was having a few issues with Manjaro, but after switching, my laptop runs much better. I found out (after having UA-cam videos start constantly buffering) that I had to switch my audio from PulseAudio to Pipewire and after rebooting my laptop, the problem was solved. UA-cam videos started working properly again. Other than that, I've had no problems with EndeavourOS. It is now my daily driver as well.
@@denf6755 i have way better performance on regular arch than endeavouros for some reason
I settled on Fedora after trying many different distros. It is stable like Debian while still having newer packages like Arch. I briefly considered Nobara, but GE takes too long to update. I did all the gaming optimizations to Fedora in under 15 minutes and its been smooth sailing ever since.
Fedora is the best distro
@@AyaWetts the more I use it the more I like it. About the only other distro I would consider using at this point is Debian Testing.
what gaming optimizations you used?
@@Ehren1337The ones highlighted in the guides I followed. Basically the major ones GE includes by default in Nobara.
What about gamer who also is a digital artist (Blender, inkscape, gimp, darktable, kdenlive, krita, and more) and streamer? i've tested endeavorOS and Garuda, but have been having trobules with the updates on OBS pretty frecuently, and in games, for some reason they run well at the beginning and after some updates, begin to lag :S (my principal reference is Brawlhalla)
Nobara comes with KDE ( although you can get Fedora KDE spin) by default and set for gamers. I dont like Gnome. Endevour if you prefer Arch based distro.
Nice and informative video. Please make sure you tell people to stay clear of the steam snap in the follow up
I definitely will, thanks!
I'm downloading Kubuntu to test, but before that I was thinking about installing Bazzite, what do you think? My first time with linux
Sounds like a plan. If you prefer Bazzite then go with that, in the end it mostly comes down to personal preference.
Great video but I doubt the algorithm will bring it to the mainstream where it's needed. Good luck mate
Thanks! The algorithm was nice to my previous Linux gaming video, so lets see how it treats this one.
Yeah I'm making the switch at the moment. Windows told me too. It's a shame, the AI stuff is epic, but I'm just sick of the ads and the telemetry crap
It seems MS is their own worst enemy. People are leaving Windows in droves lately.
Well that was ludicrously informative, thank you sir.
Glad to hear that!
As longtime debian (ubuntu) user I tried few distros myself a month ago. Pop!OS, Ming, EndevourOS. The latest, EndevourOS is my personal favorite. It captures spirit of arch and it has wonderful comunity with knowladge base (wiki and basic guides) etc. Just love it.
Thank Phazer for wonderful video. :)
BTW Kubuntu is my second favorite. On old computers I use Xubuntu.
Manjaro never felt like system for me for some uknown reason.
Glad you enjoyed the video! I agree EndeavourOS is awesome and it's my personal favorite too. The AUR makes package installation super easy and everything is on there.
So many to choose from :/
Im on W10 but was considering Linux for some time, would love suggestions.
I use mostly Steam with some console emulators (Duckstation,PCSX2,PPSSPP and RPCS3) but would want to have ability to use other launchers like R*, Ubi, Epic and Blizzard just in case. I was thinking about recording some videos for YT too. Great browsing security would be lovely too.
Like I mentioned in the video I suggest Kubuntu for most people. Here are step by step guides to get set up for gaming: ua-cam.com/video/kNWZ3rRMnXo/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/5mOCwpS6sII/v-deo.html
all mmo i have played the last years runs at linux and some pc ports form console wont run...
I noticed you need a somewhat new LInux Kernal version too.. like version 6.4 and up to work with new AMD CPU/GPU. I just got a Ryzen 7-7800x3d and Radeon 7800xt; and they need newer Linux kernal version to work; this might help others. I am a bit confused which distro to go with, for now Win11 basically suits my needs for now; but I am concerned about the future with Windows going to subscription. Ya, the video is right about Ubuntu beeing newb friendly..... April 25th is the next major release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and it will have Linux Kernal version 6.8.
Good info, yea the latest kernel is best for the latest hardware.
I'm linux user since 2018, what I learned is, if you're using linux for your day by day, and you're working remotely and you don't have windows, you're full over linux, then use debian, you will save yourself a lot of headache, plus, gaming on debian is super stable
thanks so much. going to try endeavouros.
Good choice!
I moved off Ubuntu as of 24.04. It would no longer recover from Suspend on my 2010 imac. I could find no forecast for a patch, so I moved back to Debian 12. I had a good 14-year run, but I don't miss Ubuntu' move to snap and a few other developments.
Nice, if you know what you're doing then Debian is preferable for many people. Also running Linux on an old iMac is pretty awesome! 👍
I just built an all amd pc and was thinking about installing Linux which one should I go with? I am completely new to Linux so I wouldn’t even knw where to start to install
I suggest Kubuntu. Also see my installation guide: ua-cam.com/video/kNWZ3rRMnXo/v-deo.html
Manjaro is great for noobs. Gaming on it was great. I recently switched to arch and the experience is the same, but requires more effort to get it working. I play Skyrim and Fallout mostly, with a few old emulated games in between, so I can’t speak for COD style games, as they aren’t really my thing.
Endeavour is basically a shortcut for much of that early effort on Arch.
Does freesync/VRR still only really work well on KDE?
Yea, as far as I know KDE is your best bet for those
Linux is borderline more stable and frequently more performant than Windows for gaming these days, it’s crazy.
…Well, if you have AMD graphics, anyway.
Yes I've noticed that too, in some cases it actually performs better!
What game were you playing in the video? The robot shooter thing. Also, awesome vid!
Thanks! The game is Titanfall 2. Hard to believe it's 8 years old now, but it holds up extremely well. When it goes on sale you can find it for as little as $5.
@@PhazerTech OMG tysm! I didnt think you would respond! You just got a sub btw.
It's irrelevant but I have a question. I have a laptop. I want to switch to Linux. But there is no power/fan management and RGB management application in Linux.
For fan management you can use CoolerControl: gitlab.com/coolercontrol/coolercontrol
For RGB management you can use OpenRGB: openrgb.org/
And I'm not sure what you mean by power management. The CPU and GPU handle all that in the bios, and my most recent video covers GPU OC tools.
@@PhazerTech Thank for respond. In laptops, the power is limited to the CPU and GPU to increase battery life. I tried the application you mentioned and it did not work. I found the Linux application made by community for my own laptop. But thanks anyway.
ty for this informative video
Just started testing Zorin OS, which you don't mention here, any bad experience with that?
It should be good, it just wasn't on my radar. Too many distros to mention in one video.
It's a linux mint alternative basically. Same package base, similar interest in glitzing up. I'd pick mint out of higher confidence for the mint team but it's gala vs honeycrisp apples.
I'm distro hopping quite a bit in the past days, I find myself having problems installing Nvidia drivers... I tried debian testing, after installing the drivers KDE plasma stopped working, tried fedora but after installing the drivers all the KDE animations were very low fps. I found Pop os very good and usable but sometimes it would stutter when scrolling through scripts in Godot... Also tried tumbleweed but that was stuttering too... Feel like it's a KDE on my system. Now I'm reinstalling windows but I'm probably gonna try debian sid with the gnome DE next.
I haven't had any issues with my Nvidia systems using Kubuntu. Just make sure you check the box during installation "install 3rd party drivers".
Me iba ir por kubuntu (tengo mint mate) me interesa la rama ubuntu por compatibilidad,pero escuche en youtube cosas negativas en kubuntu como que se hay lageo o no responde rapido al abrir aplicaciones y eran equipos con rizen 7
Ahora a quien le creo?
Por cierto tengo mint dual boot con windows
Pero Mint mate no va del todo rapido en multitareas y xfce no da todo el rendimiento de mi humilde laptop
Quizas deberia probar cinamon pero me gustaria probar otros..
Tan defectuoso es kubuntu algunos escuche buenas reseñas y otros no tanto
Es cierto hay lageo en su ventana digo al abrir programas y eso demora un milisegundo mas?
The only great thing about Kubuntu is it's running KDE Plasma, though not the latest version. It's still on Plasma 5, but I heard that Plasma 5 is the most stable. KDE is great for gaming due to it's Kwin compositor.
People saying about Kubuntu slowness perhaps because they using software Snaps packages, though I recommend you to download software from Debian repo (sudo apt) instead of Snap packages.
"Es cierto hay lageo en su ventana digo al abrir programas y eso demora un milisegundo mas?"
The only thing that prevents me hopping to Linux and stay forever is that I play Riot games, I hope Riot and its anticheat engine, Vanguard will be compatible with Linux soonest 🙏🙏🙏
whats u computer u use with Kubuntu system?
Will Work good on 4gb ram rizen 3 3250u?
I will not use for gaming but one thing I know is ubuntu based systems are the best compatibility software and faster and if is good for gaming will be good for multimedia to and software useful, daily use
I have mine other pc for play games but for now Windows 10, if next windows will required real 16gb of ram I think is time to all people to come to linux and make more compatiblity games and software and make more powefull system than microsoft windows 💪
Am doing the change to linux step by step,first am using dual boot and testing 😇
Yes a Ryzen system with 4GB RAM should work fine on Linux.
@@PhazerTech thx actually using kubuntu and watching movies
Good system for this laptop,am thinking install in future EndervourOS for desktop gaming computer
But for now am waiting tech service of mine intenet adsl2 company is bad and have to many cuts all days
They come the last moth and they do nothing now is practically impossible play online games 😅
Is Movistar and am trying change to fibre optic but doesnt have port say me a lot of companys.😭
Hi. i just saw your video and i'm really interest on Kubuntu for gaming. I want to make the switch i'm tired of Windows BS. Now my PC Specs: Gigabyte B450m DS3h , R5 3600, RX 6750XT... Question: my motherboard have Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168 wifi will i be able to use the wifi?
Yes it should work straight out of the box. It's not a very new chipset, it's been around for a while so support should be good. Let me know how it goes
@PhazerTech OS installation when ok wifi working but every time i restart the pc give me a blank screen the only way to by pass the black screen is to hit SHIFT key on splash screen en select kubuntu
@@ForceGMs Have you run a system update yet? I'd do that first. Also which version did you install? 22.04 or 24.04?
@PhazerTech i install 24.04 lts and all updates are installed
@@ForceGMs It looks like this is a bug affecting a number of Ubuntu 24.04 based distros. You can either wait for an update to fix it, or you can follow the instructions in this link: www.reddit.com/r/Kubuntu/comments/1cdko49/beware_kubuntu_2404_is_presenting_displaygraphics/
The third comment down explains how to manually fix it. You'll need to edit a file in grub and that should do the trick.
This was the base overview I was looking for. With Windows 10's end looming and absolutely loathing Win11 (have to use it on work laptop), I've been looking for an out for my desktop. I've been running all my servers on Linux, my personal dev machine is Linux - unless I'm using the Mac. For years it's been Redhat based all the way (CentOS, really), but since IBM took over, they've lost their way (we'll see how long Fedora remains a thing, I don't trust IBM further than I can spit). I recently migrated all my servers from CentOS to Ubuntu Server LTS, so I've gained familiarity there. I've used Linux Mint for some VMs and quite like it - it seems less bloated than full-fledged Ubuntu. Thanks to you, I think I'll give Kubuntu a look-see as well. Professionally I continue to need access to a range of "productivity apps" and easy authentication against AD. So, I feel like I can't just go off into the wild Arch landscape. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful. Yea I'd also place IBM in the same bin as Microsoft when it comes to trustworthiness haha. And yes I think you'll enjoy Kubuntu!
@@PhazerTech I still have the huge hill of "Office365 whether I want to or not" to climb, as well. Dreading that.
How is performance compared to Windows in games? I have a 5800X3D, 64GB Ram, 7900XTX, and all NVME drives. I'm assuming it will all work just fine, but I'm not sure on the performance. I was a Manjaro user almost five years ago, so I would be sticking with Arch based. I'll probably try EndeavorOS.
It depends on the game. Some games run better on Linux and some games run better on Windows. That's because Proton/Wine is a translation layer and sometimes requires extra CPU resources, but this is pretty minimal. Your 5800X3D should help in that regard. And yes I recommend EndeavourOS if you're going Arch based.
@@PhazerTech Ok, that makes sense. I've seen I can run non steam games as well, so I might jump into it soon. I'm really tired of some of the Microsoft shenanigans, and I can go without Gamepass.
@@TheCgOrion Yep my latest video shows how to run Epic Games, GOG, Battlenet and more. Feels good to be free of MS!
Yeah, I grew up in the days when Windows didn't even really have a start menu. Only used Macs in school. Gnome and Windows11's Mac-ish menu is annoying for me. KDE and Cinnamon are my preferred GUI's. I've been figuring that I'll set my system up for dual boot. Then again, if I can find a Linux distro I like well enough, I can finally just give Microsoft the finger and move on entirely.
M.S. has had their ups and downs throughout the years with various Windows releases and I go as far back as DOS 6.0 and Win 3.11 - OS/2. For me the last Desktop PC Operating System that MS put out that was an OS that was customizable, mostly worked out of the box, didn't get in your way, spied on you the least, etc... was and still is Windows 7. Windows 8 sucked, Windows 10 is an improvement over 8 in some regards, and there were a lot of nice features in Windows 10 {DirectX 12, WSL for direct linux - bash support being able to integrate it into CMD provided you have Windows 10 Pro..., and a few other small features like improvements to task manager}, however their added telemetry, their Tablet - Phone touch screen UI sucks, and their constant bloatware advertising machine is horrendous. On top of that, removing the option to either install or not install updates and forcing them onto you is probably one of their worst shittiest business practices throughout the decades. Also, many of the core functionalities of easily and quickly getting to various controls and settings that use to be 1-3 clicks away from Windows 8+ are 7+ clicks away buried behind a bunch of unnecessary bullshit. Windows 11 I have not used, but I assume it is still heading in that same direction and the fact that you must have Secure Boot enabled at all times, and you must have their TPM 2.0 module on your hardware to dictate to you what you can and can not do with the hardware you paid for, yeah FUCK YOU MICROSOFT! You are about 1-2 steps away from losing a 30+ year customer. So here I am, scouting out and doing some research into Linux alternatives. I still currently have Windows 7 on my 16 year old machine and I am about to put Windows 10 Pro onto it, but I do not think I'll go to Windows 11. I think Windows 10 Pro in conjunction with testing out a few Linux Distros might be my transition to drop MS like a red hat (pun intended). I've been debating between Ubuntu and Arch... Arch you have more control but is for more experienced users, Ubuntu perhaps not perfect but for most cases should just work right out of the box. Now, I'm not a noob to computing, and I can learn Linux fairly easy. For me I think the hardest challenge or part is unlearning Windows habits. We are talking about a good 30+ years of DOS commands vs Bash... And old habits do Die Hard: "Yippie-kai-yay Motherfucker" - Bruce Willis!
My experince with linux gaming is great, I'm using Archcraft with qtile wm .
No luck with Kubuntu, I installed to a partition of my drive, I get some weird errors when it finishes installing, then when I try to launch into it it's just the grub terminal!
Which version of Kubuntu? What was the error message?
Also I normally recommend installing to a separate drive, not the same drive as your Windows system. Even though the installer makes it possible to do this, I think it's generally better to have separate drives.
Also if you installed version 24.04 see the first comment here for a fix: www.reddit.com/r/Kubuntu/comments/1cdko49/comment/l1ht1l9/?
@@PhazerTech I appreciate the help. I think part of my issue is that my boot efi stuff is a mess from old Linux installs. I don't have windows installed on the drive I want to use, but I use it for storage, and I partitioned off empty space for Kubuntu.
@@uponeric36 No problem. I can't say for sure but it sounds like something weird happened to Grub. I'd try to repair/reinstall it: www.baeldung.com/linux/grub-efi-reinstall
I have tried gaming on linux but always go back to windows. I did a board swap and MS blocked me from using my old key and want a new key purchased. I have tried garuda but had some issues. I hate unity desktop. I think i will try nobara. Any tips on this? 7800x3d and a 4080.
Nobara is a good choice if gaming is your main priority. Its default desktop is KDE, I think you'll like it better than unity.
@@PhazerTech I am going to give Garuda another shot and see. If it annoys me I'll try nobara. It's more important to me to really try to get away from MS I am sick on their crap.
@@chrisgraff2103 I hear you man, MS is doing some really sketchy things. I think many people are going to switch over now.
@@PhazerTech so back to report. With Garuda I had some graphical issue that would not display setting windows and wifi windows etc, I moved to nobara and it would not see my wifi7 card due to the old Kernal, endeavoros works but fml trying to install via terminal alone lol. Not sure who to try next or if I should tinker with endevor more.
@@chrisgraff2103 EndeavourOS is what I use on my daily driver so I might be biased but I suggest sticking to that lol. Installing via terminal isn't hard at all, and I'm sure you'll get comfortable with it faster than you think. To install most applications all you need to enter is: yay -S app-name
So lets say for steam, all you would do is enter: yay -S steam
Some applications require dependencies but again you'd install those the same way, just Google for a guide or instructions on how to install a particular program and the dependencies will be given, all you do is copy and paste. Also be sure to see some of my other videos which have detailed instructions, and you'll get the hang of it.
EndeavourOS guide: ua-cam.com/video/2U1_Vi6zsNA/v-deo.html
Running Steam games: ua-cam.com/video/kNWZ3rRMnXo/v-deo.html
Running Epic, battlenet, & other game launchers: ua-cam.com/video/5mOCwpS6sII/v-deo.html
I am using endeavour os to watch this. I have a dualboot setup and is there a good way to increase battery life on linux??
I use KDE with wayland.
These articles might be helpful for you: wiki.archlinux.org/title/laptop
austingwalters.com/increasing-battery-life-on-an-arch-linux-laptop-thinkpad-t14s/
what about hardware ? i have a 3090ti will it work?
It will, but for the smoothest experience possible (without manual tinkering of graphics drivers) pick a distro that is bundled with proprietary NVIDIA drivers. Pop_OS! or Linux Mint provide installation images for such case, the option will pop up either before image download or during installation process
@@JiriPohanka Good advice. Most if not all Ubuntu based distros will have the "install 3rd party drivers" option during installation. As mentioned in the video I'll be using Kubuntu for my next video and it also has this option.
Fedora you just need to add RPM Fusion first, then installing and updating nividia drivers are simple along with everything else. They used to ask if you wanted this during Fedora install, but I think they took it out, and you have to go look it up yourself on how to add it (which is really easy though).
Great video! I play a lot of valorant and fortnite, so Linux isn't there for me yet 😢 Valotant doesn't work in a VM, Vanguard is very annoying
Man I’ve been wanting to switch over to Linux since I game but I knew there were compatibility issues with a lot of games. I don’t play the same games all the time I play pretty everything or at least try it and mostly play multiplayer games so seeing about 50% online games being compatible is a real deal breaker for me unfortunately. Especially since I saw a few games on the not working category that I do hop on with friends regularly.
just run linux for the first time just from a pendrive to check it out will instal as my main system for other things than gaming for that i will use windows and just for that but not for every game
Sounds like a plan, hope it works out for you
If it ditches windows monitoring, all I do is play games and browse. Looks like you get a 15 to 20% boost in gaming. I might try it as a Linux noob!
Yep that's a common reason why people are switching. And as far as gaming performance goes, it depends. Some games run better on Linux but a lot of native Windows games still run better on Windows. This is because Proton/Wine are translation layers and sometimes require extra CPU resources.
How easy is it to install windows apps on linux because it seemed to be a nightmare for me
Bottles makes it easy, but there are a few apps that will have bugs. This video has more info: ua-cam.com/video/ILu8YQ1vwso/v-deo.html
Call me the software to me,amd doing the change too newer in linux
For say good bye to the 16gb ram minimun of next windows 11-12 this year.
Other thing u can emulate windows to and run some software
is debian and ubuntu same ?
Yes they're extremely similar and both use apt but Ubuntu has newer software by default and is more noob friendly.
i just really wanna switch to pop os even though i know it's outdated (atm)
Thanks. I will be buying a Linux.
Yesterday im still using mint debian, and playing TFT from bottle. Its feel smooth. Now, i use arch btw.
gaming in linux works great as long u just use keyboard and mouse, try to add steering wheel or joysticks and get them to work
Well I haven't had any issues with my Xbox controller and a 3rd party controller. But you're right, steering wheels and joysticks don't have the best compatibility at the moment. Some will work, but not all models will.
2:39 devs here = corps, not necessarily the individual employees themselves
Yes that's very true, thanks for the clarification
Just choose ubuntu. It's the most polished for the average PC user. I tried a few others but it felt like they were just ubuntu rips offs are for the niche users.
I ended up using linux mint, felt exactly the same as ubuntu for the most part and used 3gb less ram
Ms is scaring me so I am thinking about this
Many people are feeling the same way, it's a good time to switch.
For the life of me, i can't get nobara to recognize my wired internet. Wtf. And it keeps forgetting my wireless!
Started with Zorin OS when I began with Linux, Had Endeavor OS for a while until crucial software and games I played started to not work anymore, Then I have had even longer with Manjaro where all that I use seem to just work without issues.
I accidentally bricked my software by messing too much in my Bios, so now I am trying Garudo. Definitely has not been a smooth experience, but I'm not changing just yet without trying some more. But I have this issue of a game for example working fine, than not fine another day. Sometimes a game just closes at random too. I seem to get the annoyances away little by little, but something else usually shows up though.
Are you OCing or using really fast memory? If you're having frequent issues then I'd double check and make sure your system is actually stable. It might be right on the borderline of stability.
I've been using EndeavourOS for years and everything still works great. In rare cases a bug might break a program, for example this happened to Brave Browser before. But after a week or two a new update fixed it. Stuff like that is rare though.
@@PhazerTech The pc in general has always been stable, it was just the opening of some games ones in a while that didn't really work.
In the end I was able to open everything, except Dragon's Dogma 2 on Garudo. But let's be honest, DD2 has some crashing issues yet even on windows.
I only have DDR4 3600 Mhz, did not go to DDR5 when I upgraded from DDR3 ram because of all the instability, and I honestly don't need that kind of speed.
I'm distro jumping now, so I have already moved over to something else than Garudo
😆 even though I got everything to work before doing so.
@@PhazerTech You actually got me to try out Kubuntu now, and so far everything I have done as I usually did on the other distros has just worked perfectly. Kde Desktop is my favorite and thought ubuntu didn't use it, so had to try it out now that you showed me an Ubuntu Distro that has Kde. Like it so far, even though it feels odd not getting to use yay.
I can't stand Ubuntu coming from Windows. I'd recommend Linux Mint for those who are coming from Windows and want a familiar GUI.
I game on Zorin os
How is Zorin? I was thinking of trying it. Does it have the latest Mesa drivers?
@@PerfectLynk it's great and its my main distro. Very beginner friendly. Mesa drivers do seem to get updated frequently enough. Their windows app support app is a lazy but effective way to use wine.
I stop using Ubuntu since the day they decide to put the dock on the left side I just hate it,
Haha yea I don't like that either
Considering mint or opensuse tumbleweed... Unsure. I kinda grew up with SuSE, but using Windows mostly in recent years. But before I run into my older laptop not being compatible with Win11 but win10 support ending, I rather put a Linux on it.
Personally I'd go with Mint or Kubuntu for home use, but there's nothing wrong with openSUSE if you prefer that. It seems to be more geared towards business use though.
I play Raceroom , Steam could not detect my controller , It was hit and miss , Also play iracing but unable to install easy anti cheat .. Gave up , Back to win 11 grrrr...
Which controller? You probably need to install a driver for it. And yes unfortunately a few games use incompatible anticheat software, but lets hope those developers change their ways.
That Debian you mentioning as Rolling Release, Debian Sid (Unstable) is not near to Arch for desktop environment as a example, and the vast majority of the majority of packages. So that Debian Sid is not exactly the same as Arch and his dervivatives. And as for some problems it is a must to have recovery tools which is shiped by default on Garuda Linux and if not it is quite easy to setup what you like Timeshift or Snapper, but Timeshift is much easier for use. Thats all you needed to mention especially for new users. New or not Timeshift or Snapper is a must. And there are a ton of guides for Timeshift+BTRFS or Snapper.
According to the comments in this thread the packages in Debian sid are only slightly older than Arch. www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/167cpnk/is_debian_sid_more_stable_than_arch/
I never said they're exactly the same, my point was that Debian can be modified to use much newer packages than stock Debian. Also this video is meant to help new users choose a distro, it's not meant to give advice on backup software and I don't think new users should start with BTRFS.
I'll say just one thing ubuntu kubunti xubuntu lubuntu are all the same just desktop environment change
All are made by conical they are called flavor there is also a Ubuntu studio. Ans Ubuntu cinamon ect
You're half correct. It's true all those flavors are the same OS just with different desktop environments and some have additional software pre-installed, but Canonical isn't involved with any of them except Ubuntu. The rest have their own developers.
@@PhazerTech you are wrong
Contents Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Kubuntu devs, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, icons Copyright Breeze artists GPL 2+. Kubuntu is a trademark of Canonical Ltd.Advertica Theme by SketchThemes
Source Kubuntu website
@@PhazerTech
Herr another proof
Directly from Ubuntu sitr
Ubuntu flavours offer a unique way to experience Ubuntu, each with their own choice of default applications and settings. Ubuntu flavours are owned and developed by members of our global community and backed by the full Ubuntu archive for packages and updates.
Actually looks like you're correct about Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc.. my mistake. But other distros such as Linux Mint and Pop OS have their own developers.
I don't know my reply allays get error@@PhazerTech
I swear man... Why is it that when I watch people play Titanfall 2 online, it usually looks like a fun time but when I go play it, it's like being dropped into the world's sweatiest tournament... Is it simply the case that Titanfall 2 might not be as popular in the SEA region and it's like playing Halo 2 now where it's mostly just vets who still play since decades ago and are just gods?... Like your Tone gameplay seems lax... Everytime I get in a Titan somebody's already taking it down
I'm sorry for ranting
@@CommissarChaotic I guess it depends on the region, but to be honest I feel the same way about any competitive shooter. This is pretty much the only online shooter I play, partly because I don't have time to "git gud" in other competitive shooters. It takes time to learn all the ins and outs of each game. Also I only include game play footage where I'm doing good, not the footage where I get rekt 😆
I do good in about 50% of my matches.
windows has basically turned into a console pc now and a downgrade, we are forced to move to linux because i moved from console to get away from locked fps DLSS bloat and the ability to own my games in the future and keep them on a drive that can run on any of my rigs i have why upgrade my hardware if the games are not even using 1/4 of its potential, the Fullscreen forced vsync made me leave along with i like to have choices especially in os i use and bios control for clocking i dont want to move to using huge sockets and x86??? 128bit when i have a fast cpu fast gpu that doesnt need to bottle neck because the cpu is going to hold it back becasue windows made my games rely on cpu communication to read of 4 sticks and sata when i have vcache 2 and m.2NvMe that i can use for running os tasks if i run out of cpu v core , i want to turn my cores off and run 1 vcore not have 34 wasting process for no reason. Thank god we have steam becasue they saw this coming what microsoft would do, Linux is the new master PC race lol
Which distro is recommended for shit laptops? (sorry if it sounds stupid)
That's actually a good question. A distro with a lightweight desktop environment is your best bet. Try Linux Mint with XFCE: www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=313
@@PhazerTech Thanks, I'll check it out
I only use Windows because I game, but I want games to support my OS natively & not need to use things like WINE or PlayOnLinux. Most of my games are on Steam. I like Ubuntu-Mate myself for gaming but a lot of my games on Steam do not work natively thanks to the game developers making everything for Windows.
So, if you say that Ubuntu is "probably" best distro for gaming noobs. How well does Valve's steam gaming-session works on it? (You know, that little environment which Steam Deck uses as default interface. Where Gamescope does real magic in contrast to very limited functionality when used in regular desktop mode.)
Just saying, because that gives superior frame pacing, universal upscaling, low latency, ...
Are you talking about big picture mode? It works good. But I'm not sure what you mean by limited functionality when used in regular desktop mode. When using the Steam Deck I can understand that, but for a regular desktop?
@@PhazerTech And that's the problem. You should not be using regular desktop for playing games. It is quite inferior to way steam deck's gamescope and gamescope-session is chained.
This exact functionality is actually available on some of those you technically call: "probably" worse.
@DarkFox2232 I use a regular desktop for gaming and it's buttery smooth. You seem to be confused. Not sure if you knew this, but Gamescope can easily be installed on any distro. The same goes for Wayland, it can easily be installed on any distro that uses KDE. The Steam Deck isn't doing anything special that can't be done on any other distro. Certain distros come preloaded with certain tools or configurations, but the same things can easily be added to any other distro.
And I have no idea what you're referring to when you claim I said "probably worse". I thought I made it clear that it doesn't really matter what distro you use for gaming, they all work and can be tweaked to your heart's content. I made it clear that the number one reason I recommend Ubuntu based distros for noobs is mainly because Ubuntu has the most guides and resources available online. Also Ubuntu is slightly more stable than cutting edge distros. Having an update break an app can be frustrating for new users. Even though these sort of things are rare on more cutting edge distros, they still happen occasionally. I also made it clear that if gaming is your number one priority then Nobara is a good choice simply for the convenience of having certain things preloaded, but for most people who want a stable general purpose distro, Ubuntu is probably a better choice. Everything that Nobara (or any "gaming" distro) comes with can be installed on any other distro.
Again, all Linux distros are more or less the same under the hood, the only real difference being how new their packages are and which DE they have by default. Any distro can be tweaked to be like another distro if you want.
@@PhazerTech Once more. There is difference between using gamescope in desktop mode and using gamescope + gamescope-session. If you had steam deck at hand and eyes, you would know what kind of difference it makes even when limited to low frame rate and no v-sync. Having same framerate on steam deck's desktop versus gaming mode still makes day and night difference. And it is reason why those who install windows on it have inferior experience.
And coincidentally, I use KDE + wayland in desktop mode for as long as it was even remotely possible. But for gaming, it is inferior. Get steam deck, launch konsole in gaming mode. Poke around to at least see how processes are arranged. Or get one of those distros which actually switch between desktop and gaming mode environment... in order to do same thing as SD.
Because from all you said and wrote. It is clear that you did not even experienced that. Which makes your testing superficial at best.
@DarkFox2232 I see, well instead of being so cryptic about it maybe you could have named a few of these distros and be more direct in what you're trying to point out? It looks like ChimeraOS and Bazzite are the distros you're referring to? Also it looks like there's an AUR package called gamescope-session-steam-git that supports this feature as well, which only goes back to my original point that specific features aren't just limited to the Steam Deck and one or two distros.
Anyway, I still stand by what I said in the video. Most people want a general purpose distro if they're switching from Windows. If someone wants a gaming only machine then one of those distros probably makes sense. But even then, ChimeraOS doesn't support Nvidia or Intel GPUs, so right off the bat that eliminates most gaming PCs from running it. I'll give ChimeraOS a spin and see how much better it is, but it seems like we're splitting hairs here.
Every time I see nobara mentioned im going to come in and mention bazzite
Looks like it's an alternative OS for the Steam Deck and other portables? Interesting, thanks for mentioning it.
Nobody actually uses MX Linux. You fell for the distrowatch memes
I'm not familiar with the meme but I just did a quick search. Looks like bots are increasing page views on distrowatch, is that what you mean?
Arco linux may be a very good call for beginners
I haven't tried it personally but thanks for the suggestion.
Dude sounds like a robot lol
Thanks for the content.
ZorinOS is the only disto worth moving to if you're a Windows user.
Left MicroWoke permanently.
There are always issues with compatibility, no matter proton or wine or lutris or bottles or whatever... Use Windows 11 for gods sake ... "b-b-b-but privacy and aaand aaaand..." Yes yes yes I know: Both AMD and Intel have built-in backdoor to any and every of their products so good luck with your privacy and "freedom" on linux.
Right off the bat you start off with a lie. In reality the vast majority of games work great with zero issues, the only real exception are a handful of multiplayer shooters as I mentioned in the video. Also there are plenty of reasons to use Linux, the main one being it's just a straight up better OS and uses the hardware more efficiently. It's also the ideal choice for most developers. You sound like a disgruntled MS employee, why are you so angry? Face the facts: more people are using Linux these days, and if it really bothers you that much then I suggest you go touch grass.
...btw just because modern CPUs have backdoors doesn't mean everyone's data on their PC is being collected. But if you're running Windows then all your data on your PC is absolutely being collected.
Alert newb post.
SMH, reading these comments and I feel sorry for your viewrers. I couldn't disagree with this more. First of all, especially with Arch, and most people are going to want the latest software and features, yet vanilla arch comes with a complicated install method, especially for those new to linux, those finally breaking the chains of micro&softs windows, when they could choose, and I highly recommend an arch based distro like garuda. Garuda for one, eliminates the complicated and difficult vanilla arch installation method, for one most micro&soft users will be right at home with, two, users are going to get the latest software and features, which I suspect the vast majority are going to decide over dated but slightly more stable systems, lastly there are quite a few programs to get going with gaming on linux, you need steam, lutirs, heroic game launcher, proton, wine, proton up, etc, etc, the list can go on and on, and with garuda, you get a clean distro, not only easy to install, but one that is preconfigured with all the software and compatibility layers built right in, so you can jump right into gaming, vs spending days if not weeks, depending on your experience and the amount of time you can sink into this, learning and figuring all this out on your own. So while I kinda get your point, I just think it's horrible advice, and you're going to send a lot of users down a rabbit hole that's likely to drive them from the ranks of linux gamers out of sheer frustration and downtime from their favorite games, vs helping anyone at all. It's one of those half-baked ideas that might sound good on paper at first, but in any practical sense its a horrible path to send people down. Save time, frustration, and a steep learning curve, not the opposite. You ever hear the phrase work smarter, not harder, chew on it for a while. have a good one.
Did you even watch the video? For one thing I clearly recommended EndeavourOS over vanilla Arch. And even if someone decides to go with vanilla Arch, apparently you've never heard of "archinstall". The irony here is palpable as you're the one spreading misinformation and I hope my viewers don't take your comment seriously.
And when it comes to installing these applications on Endeavour:
yay -S steam
yay -S heroic-games-launcher-bin
Done. Now users can install and play their games. Super simple. Steam and Heroic games come with proton, so again, you're just making things up here. Lutris requires some dependencies but that's just a single line of code required before installing Lutris. Claiming that it takes weeks to get up and running with gaming is laughable. You have no idea what you're talking about dude.
Also my recommended distro isn't even Arch based, it's Kubuntu. Again, did you even watch the video? Not only that, but I made a followup video showing how to install these applications, just so everything's crystal clear. It's not difficult. Half the reason why I'm doing these videos is to get people more familiar with Linux so that they can follow my other projects I do on the channel. But anyway, my advice to you is don't be so critical about things you don't understand. And at least watch the video first (and comprehend it).
Your view on Vanilla Arch sounds completely outdated by nearly half a year at this point. Genuinely go grab a modern vanilla version of arch and try the new install process it has. It's one of the easier distros to install now. Setting up after installation is still a little more difficult fair, and that's just to set up a package helper or flat pak, unless you hate package helpers, after that it is one of the easiest distros to work in. At present it requires at most 3 lines to install. 3 if you need to set up wifi, 1 if you are on ethernet. Do remember things can change and evolve rapidly. So I am left to ask, when was the last time you installed vanilla arch?
Yeah Arch used to be one of the more difficult things to initially install and set up. But in the recent months, it's relatively easy because the users decided that it was dumb how complicated it was. The only way to make it easier at this point is to make it more of GUI installation over all instead of command line, Which after the initial installation flatpaks exist and you can install both things needed for that from the get go so as soon as you log in you already have full flat pak support. (And to be fair any install guide for gaming will make sure you run the command line codes for anything you are missing and should take at most a couple hours if you have slow internet and are constantly double checking everything.)
Add in with steam building proton into it's platform I haven't needed Wine, Lutirs or anything else at all. Just switch the proton build in steam, something that also works a lot for other applications that aren't even games or installers. I currently have several window programs running fully as intended through steam proton, As a matter of fact that's exactly why I choose vanilla arch, Was to not have wine, lutris, and those other "Essiential" things installed (All things that introduced issues in the brief stint in pop os which was a horrid experience exactly because it included wine and lutris, and stims from how things used to be before Steam Deck took off) when at present Steam on it's own does it better in general without needing help.
I was fully up and operational within 5 hours for all the games I play (Ranging from triple A multiplayer games to single player indies), as well as da vinci black magic, obs(the thing that took the longest to install as the virtual webcam took some reading to understand what I needed for it and I opted to try that without a guide). And that's with the initial 2 hour confusion of learning the required commands to get the package helper running to make the AUR easier to use(The guide I had was a generic install arch it's super easy guideand not gaming focused, and I only used the guide to hear someone explain all the options to solve my curiosity of what the set up options were for, regret not going for a more complete guide, if I started with paru package manager it would have been so much easier and saved so much time), and then asking a few questions to make it the Environment feel exactly how I wanted. This is technically the third Linux Distro I have ever installed, and was easier to install and set up then both popOs and Vanilla Debian with a plasma environment (something I had to add and didn't ship out of the box like it did with Arch's current install process if I select it from the list) Add in I was flatpaking with Debian and pop and find it far more difficult and dependency Hell then Arch's package helpers, that typically grab all dependencies I need for me when installing something from the AUR.
Difficulty is going to be inherently subjective. I found debian as a whole more difficult then Arch to set up and use, Tried PopOS for a week utterly hated the environment it shipped with and found it to have massive compatibility issues with games, and to be rather unstable as whole (Meaning I do not think under any circumstance it should be used but that is 100% subjective), Garuda shipping with all those extras sounds like outdated bloat from when Linux was didn't have steam actively updating and improving Proton to the degree it has (And to be fair they may come a time I need them, and I am in the wrong here, but until then I don't want them on my system unless I obsoletely need them due to my horrible experience with them and the instabilities they introduced), And calling Arch hard to install has been outdated for at least 6 months to my knowledge, as it has updated it's install process to be easier, and rather user friendly.
That is the beauty of Linux Nothing is static, What once was true or more difficult will not always be the case. things you view as hard fact can change due to it inherit nature. But genuinely if you have the space try downloading a recent version of Arch, and don't forget to add a browser in the additional settings (Something any new install guide makes sure to remind you of heck you can even make sure it includes steam from the get go by adding a comma after the browser name then steam in the additional option page of the installer).
@@PhazerTech I would say at this time the Yay commands are a little outdated on Vanilla Arch, due to about a year and half ago the support moving from that manager to paru (And to be fair if you have that manager 100% still works it's just not being viewed as the primary package manager anymore), but agreed it really is that simple in most cases and if you are missing something the installer tells you the exact file name for what you need to install
Paru -S aurname
Then rerun the previous install command and you are good (This was my experience when installing the more complete variant of OBS from AUR)
Still super simple, and I do not regret my choice. It's all a matter of taste for what you feel is best as well as the easiest. Respect to you're kubuntu recomendation, even if I do think using a double fork is inherently weird. XD I use both Debian and Arch so I get memed on for how simple vanilla Arch is now. XD
@@songrimredtide4352 Thanks for the insight! Lots of good info here.
DONT USE ARCH FOR GAMING! Srsly i used arco and endevour for gaming in 2020, 2021 and even a week ago, same shit happens, cant run minecraft without unstability and crashing even tho MC requires only java which is fully supported and native to linux...
Theres a strong reason why steamOS is debian based and not arch based, never game on arch lads, its as stable as a shizo 😂
I've been gaming on Endeavour for years and never had any issues. Sounds like there was a problem in your setup, maybe you installed the wrong package for something, I'm not sure. Also SteamOS is based on Arch, not Debian.
SteamOS is based on Arch that runs on the Steam deck..
i have a good laptop and get 2100 fps in minecraft on arch lmao
Ffs hurry up
Are you ok bro?
I'll save you a video - don't install. Buy hardware.
wut
Thumbs up! Great work.
Thank you!