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Thinking about switching from windows to linux (lemmit.online)

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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/DR-BrightClone2 on 2024-03-19 06:54:14.

i have been using arch on my old laptop for some time now, and i have been loving it. and i want to switch to arch my desktop which i mostly use for gaming (i still plan to keep windows just in case i need to do something that only works on windows, but mostly game on linux). most of the games i play are singleplayer so anti cheats aren't a giant problem. but what is a big problem is that i have an nvidia graphics card, and i plan on using wayland (kde plasma 6). should i switch now?, wait for nvidia wayland support to be better?, and what are some good things to know before/when daily driving linux?.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I have arch and plasma 6.
My doubts would be the dual booting with windows. Maybe go with grub for the boot.
From what I've seen on the news Nvidia cards are getting much better drivers these days, it depends on the age of the card, newer cards will not perform well, the drivers are always behind because Nvidia won't release the code so everything is retro engineered. Still better than 3 or more years ago. The Protondb page can help with some games but if the game is deck verified, most likely it plays on Linux. Don't wait, there's never a perfect time on Linux, it's always evolving and getting better. To daily drive, expect things to fail, but with plasma 6 I'm sure you'll have everything working out of the box and it'll be a breeze.