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Linux gaming on an Nvidia graphics card (lemmy.ml)
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So I've been a little wary of installing Linux on my desktop since I have a 1660 ti as a graphics card and read that there are some problems with drivers and such. Are my fears unfounded/outdated? Anyone experienced any problems and what Linux distro should I look to use for gaming?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Basically it just works except if you use a bleeding edge distro like Arch where the newest Linux kernels are sometimes still incompatible with the binary only Nvidia driver. Overall the experience is a bit better with an AMD GPU and the open-source drivers though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Idk. Proprietary Nvidia driver on Debian or vanilla Fedora aren’t easy for non-tech folks either. Last time I tried with Debian was 2018 though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

On Fedora it got super easy as well. Debian is just by design not very friendly to closed-source drivers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Good to know. Thanks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Completely agree on the AMD point. I've gone out of my way to only buy AMD for quite a few years now due to their support of the open source driver. Everything just works with no fiddling about with drivers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The biggest unexpected issue I have experienced was caused by kernel and driver mismatch on Manjaro. Nothing like restarting after an update and realizing it won't boot...