Hi, as many others I am looking to switch to linux before microsoft kills win 10. I read a lot of advice online for distros, but my main needs are not really discussed. I need a distro that runs well for game dev specifically unreal engine 5.4-6.

I am currently aiming to try mint, as it has been recommended to be stable and i already dabbled a little bit with Ubuntu on my laptop.

I am not afraid of some tech journey, but even though arch seems the coolest, with Wayland, kde, hyperland customization, i am not confident enough to use it for work. I heard it can completely crash your system if your a noob.

So in essence i need something stable that is relatively easy to use and has great ue5 and gaming perf. Thanks in advance for all the help.

    • Tenderizer78@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      16 hours ago

      Oh I see, when you go straight to the Epic Games Store page it doesn’t have a download for Linux and doesn’t even say Linux is supported.

      But that link says Red Hat Linux 8 or Rocky Linux 8, so OP should probably use Fedora or Rocky. Rocky’s a bit of a no-name though so forum support might be lacking.

      • Horse {they/them}@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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        16 hours ago

        when a particular distro is recommended almost every time it just means “this is what we have actually tested it on” so as long as your distro has the correct packages/versions available there is a very good chance it will work even when not recommended