SteamOS vs other Linux distros for gaming

BadGiraffe on 24/09/2018 - 10:08

With Proton starting out, and myself getting continuously frustrated with Windows' aggressive updates, I'm considering swapping over to Linux for good.

Over the years, I've grown accustomed to Mint and *buntu for their fantastic hardware support, and I would have stayed with Linux if it weren't for gaming. Wine worked to some degree for me, but I haven't used it in ages. YouTube videos showing off Proton are really tempting.

I need a lightweight distro for optimised gaming. I'm looking at either SteamOS or Xubuntu. Any thoughts on either? Any other recommendations?

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  • o53djz7qTPY4der on 24/09/2018 - 10:19

    Xubuntu had bad screen tearing with NVIDIA for me.

    Manjaro works like a dream. The only 'modern' game I play is football manager. It runs perfectly with a 710gt 1gb.

    Gaming on Linux is generally pretty good.

    That said, football manager 2019 is windows/Mac only, so I've installed a windows drive. This is the first time I've used windows since XP. I'll admit, it looks nice, however the amount of bloat and telemetry is ridiculous.

    I've not tried proton fully yet but I endless it in steam.

    • BadGiraffe on 24/09/2018 - 11:17

      Manjaro sounds interesting. It's a rolling release as well. I've never used Arch before. I'm so used to Debian and its package manager, I've been too afraid to use anything else.

      I'll give Manjaro a shot. Currently number 1 on Distrowatch. I don't know how that happened. I watched Ubuntu fall and Mint take over and I understood why. Manjaro is a total surprise.

      • o53djz7qTPY4der on 24/09/2018 - 11:20

        Manjaro and Arch/Derivatives are not really that different to Debian based distros.

        Rather than [apt-get install / apt install] you'll use [pacman -S] to install.

        The rolling release is great, I run Gnome on my personal machine and Manjaro MATE on the HTPC. Both are stable and fast!

        • BadGiraffe on 24/09/2018 - 11:33

          I'm sold. SteamOS doesn't seem to have much in the way of updates. Valve work on their client more so than the actual distro. I don't have much stuff installed on my PC anyway, so I'm happy to swap now and again.

          Goodbye Windows.

        • o53djz7qTPY4der on 24/09/2018 - 11:42

          @flaminglemon: If you have an Nvidia card make sure you choose non-free drivers on boot from the live USB.

        • BadGiraffe on 24/09/2018 - 12:57

          @Xiongmao: It's AMD for me all the way. I'm a cheap arse gamer.

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