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Advice on distro (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello,

I am preparing a gift for my partner's two brothers. They are in their single digits, still don't know how to read, and are mainly going to be using this computer for minecraft.

I have an old computer I got back in 2014 that has a pretty decent graphics card. Nvidia GeForce 650 or 750 or something like that. I want to put a Linux distro on it that will be easy to set up, and easy for them to use to play minecraft and possibly some steam games. I use Manjaro and have been using Linux for a while but I'm not super adept, beyond general comfort with the command line.

So, what's my best bet to get it set up easy and quick for these two that they can play minecraft with some mods possibly and other older, less graphically intensive games I have available?

Thanks. Hope you are all well!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

I think they would be fine with any Ubuntu flavor, I would probably go with Xubuntu or Lubuntu because of the lightweight DE. You could also go with Linux Mint XFCE, also light weight. I'm using Kubuntu myself, was very quick and easy to set up.

Since that PC has Nvidia graphics card, you may also want to consider Pop_OS, (which is basically another Ubuntu derivative afaik) since they have distro download with Nvidia drivers ready to go.

Minecraft is more cpu intensive, but it should run just fine!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Seconding Pop, it's a breeze to set up, and is very snappy! All my (very light, mind you) gaming is done on Pop_os

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Thank you (:

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