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  • FinalBoy1975@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.worldWhat distro do you use and why?
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    9 months ago

    Arch because it’s rolling release and customizable. I was using Nobara until a couple of weeks ago and switched to Arch because Nobara is basically a tweaked Fedora. The switch had nothing to do with the RedHat thing. It had to do with Fedora’s phasing out of X. I don’t need X for very much, just actually one little game that doesn’t work on Wayland (yet). I think I’m sticking with Arch forever now that I’ve realized how nice it is to not have to upgrade from whatever version number to the next. Gamers who don’t want a lot of hassle and like out-of-the-box functionality should consider Nobara, though. I love it as much as I am enjoying Arch.







  • Exactly. Ya know, I had this one game I liked. Kept me dual booting until I finally got it working on Linux. Single boot now. Linux forever. I am now the owner of multiple computers and not a single one has Windows installed. It feels good. And it was worth all the time and effort I put into figuring out how to make it work to eliminate that one corner of my house that still had windows on it, advertising to me and pulling this shit. Linux just keeps getting better. People just gotta get behind it and learn to troubleshoot to keep themselves free from this kind of bullshit.



  • FinalBoy1975@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.worldLinux distro for gaming
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    11 months ago

    Well, I actually got going on installing it last night and I’ve been using it for several hours now. Xpadneo comes with the distro, but for me it’s been a bust, even after troubleshooting, just like what happened to me on Fedora, so no xbox controller over bluetooth. However, the other driver that comes with the kernel (xow) allows me to use it with a USB cable, which I couldn’t do on Fedora. So, I’m sticking with Nobara and I will just figure out the bluetooth problem or buy a dongle and see if that works. As for the rest, it is the best and easiest linux installation I have ever used and I have been using linux since 1999. The installer connects to wifi and updates the system as it’s installing. On first startup you get a welcome screen telling you what to do next (this, for me, included installing the NVIDIA drivers). Installing NVIDIA drivers for me was basically just clicking “OK” and letting it do its thing, something I’ve never seen before. All the games I’ve tried work great and the installer installs Steam and Lutris automatically. All the features of my laptop work out of the box, including battery conservation mode (specific to Lenovo). Only caveat: read the website carefully and make sure your system can handle Nobara because, contrary to other Linux distros, this one does not support older NVIDIA cards. If your card can handle the newest NVIDIA driver, then that’s good. If not, you won’t get much out of installing it. Another thing: you can use flatpak on Nobara, but the web site specifically tells you that you should not use flatpak for key packages: steam, lutris, gamescope, mangohud, obs-studio, blender. The Nobara repositories are fully integrated in the software store so for the rest you can pick and choose where you want your other software to come from. I’m impressed and I’m sticking with this distro. I love it.


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    11 months ago

    I’m actually going to try Nobara one day when I’m bored and don’t have any place to be. This is mainly because it seems to promise that Xbox One wireless controllers work with it out of the box. On Fedora 38 I’m having a hard time and I actually prefer this controller. I have had to use a different one because I still haven’t figured out what I’m missing. *edit: just read the web site for Nobara and saw it includes driver support for Lenovo Legion computers! I’m totally doing this tomorrow on a lazy Sunday!