I just picked up a cheap older gaming PC with a GTX 1050 and and Intel I7 CPU. Trying to decide what distro to load on it for gaming. Curious that others experience is gaming on various distros.

  • Nemoder@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    3 days ago

    Debian. It wont win any awards for fastest release cycles but it’s rock stable with great support for my Ryzen 2700 and 6700xt.

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      3 days ago

      As a FreeBSD user just trying to game on Unix, I’ve blown up my Debian machine so many times. A couple of years ago, trying to get CUDA in Blender working AND have a recent enough driver for the Windows games I was playing on Proton was killing me. I don’t remember what exactly but it seemed like every time I tried to change something, the whole fragile mess would bork itself.

      • Nemoder@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        2 days ago

        yeah, back when I used nvidia I had to run their driver installer or nothing would work right, and of course any little system update would bork everything until I ran the installer again. Thankfully everything with AMD just works now.