So I am hoping to finally get around to installing Linux for the first time. Ideally I would like to eventually replace my win10 installation with it, but for now I plan on dual booting until I am comfortable enough on Linux. This leads me to a couple questions:

  • which one is best suited for gaming? I do a couple other things as well but I would expect that any OS could deal with those. I know vaguely about proton / the steam deck improvements that trickled down, but don’t know if and how that affects different Linux versions.

  • I read some days ago that ubuntu is being used by Microsoft, does that mean it is more compatible with their other applications?

  • I also read that amd is better suited to linux because nvidia refuses to support it, which would be a happy coincidence for me because I just recently built a fully amd computer, is that actually true?

  • And lastly, provided there is even a definitive answer to my first question, where should I look to get started? I have never dealt with Linux before but would consider myself reasonably tech / computer savvy.

Thank you

  • wheeldawg@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I actually hadn’t heard about that nvidia problem until now. I’m not too worried at the moment because I bought a used one from a friend of mine that was using it in his Linux machine until just a couple weeks ago. So I should be fine for now. It was just way cheaper than a new current gen (this is 3000 series), and I’ve just bought pieces for a new machine, so maybe after my budget recovers I’ll look into possible upgrades if I need one. 3000 series still goes hard.

    I’ll probably get AMD next if it turns out to be a big deal.