I’ve been working on converting my gaming PC to Linux for a few weeks, but everything is running, but it all is just a little jankier than I would like.

I have an 8th gen Intel i7 and an Rtx 2070, running Arch linux.

Sometimes I boot up and my mouse doesn’t work and I have to restart. Sometimes I launch games and they just don’t launch right.

It feels like I’m doing a lot of work for no benefit. In fact, Elden ring runs way worse on my Linux partition than my Windows partition.

I’ve tried GE proton, gamemode, steam compatibility, everything… I’m sorry but I’m going to have to stick with Windows for gaming.

      • TeddE@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Obviously NixOS is the way to go for a gaming OS, just use the right flake and you’re all set!

        /s

      • tomkatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Honestly Arch-based is a good choice, but straight up Arch for a newbie? Nah.

        I’m running EndeavorOS with KDE and it’s been solid for gaming. A few bugs, but mostly minor, like it picked the wrong default NIC driver (but still worked) and SMB shares wouldn’t auto mount recently until an update a week or two ago.

        My main PC for non-gaming runs Manjaro. I know there are haters about it, but it’s been a solid distro for general use, and I’ve encountered no issues to speak of.

    • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Yeah, Arch is not a great choice.

      I would suggest PopOS! or Nobara.

      Or just good ole reliable Debian.

  • Presi300@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    If you’re a beginner… or hate jank, don’t use Arch. And make sure you’re using a desktop environment that supports Wayland (GNOME or KDE). Gaming on X11 can be buggy, janky and inconsistent

  • visor841@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Linux may very well not be for you, but using Arch first is like jumping into the deep end to learn how to swim. It’s no surprise you’re drowning. I’d recommend you try a gaming-focused distro like Nobara before you go back to Windows for good.

    • youmaynotknow@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Nobara is great if you’re into Fedora. PopOS! or Linux Mint if you’re into Debian. Those will take you further way faster and with less pain than any Arch based distro.

  • Nibodhika@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    First of all nothing to apologize, no one should be forcing anyone to use any OS.

    Secondly, you shouldn’t start with Arch, it’s a very manual process that has several small things that can be done wrong. I recommend you try Mint, Pop or any other beginner friendly distro, you can still tinker and customize them as much as you want, but you will be starting from something that works instead of having to build a working system from the ground up without knowing what that looks like.

  • MexicanJoker@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    4 months ago

    I understand your struggle. As others said, Arch is not a beginner friendly distro.

    I would suggest trying gaming tailored distros like Nobara, Chimera or Bazzite and see how you feel about them. Don’t install your full steam library during these testing period, try games separately and prioritize the games you play the most.

    Learning involves trial and error and the Linux ecosystem has a lot of that.

    In the end it’s ok if you say This is not for me right now

  • Voyajer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    4 months ago

    Who the hell recommended Arch to you? Arch is for when you’ve been using Linux for a few years and have gotten bored waiting for the latest updates to hit your repos.

    • Jambalaya@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I use Linux at work, so I am a least familiar with how to tinker with it, but it just can’t seem to find the right settings to get things running smoothly. I can’t imagine a different distro would be any different.

      • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        I can’t imagine a different distro would be any different.

        BZZZZZZZZZZZT I’m sorry but that answer was not correct. Next player!

        Seriously try some of the other distros and you’ll have a much more pleasant experience. I already recommended Tumbleweed in another reply but man, anything but Arch is gonna be an improvement for somebody trying to make the switch from Windows gaming for the first time.

      • Voyajer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        The problem with Arch is that it’s philosophy includes having to set up everything correctly yourself rather than each package you install already being set up and preconfigured the way you’d expect it to be in other distros. You shouldn’t need to be fiddling with system stuff at all with something user focused like Pop!OS since I believe it even handles nvidia drivers for you. I wouldn’t be using arch myself if I didn’t have significant amounts of free time to invest into chasing down every little problem I encountered using it in college.

        Linux is in a weird spot right now where the two ends of the user spectrum seem to be handled well while the middle still has issues since they’re not already experts or just need an internet browser to be completely happy.

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    4 months ago

    Arch Linux

    Unless you’re on a good downstream like SteamOS, I’d suggest switching to something stable cutting edge (Fedora or Nobara if you want to put in zero effort).

    Arch by itself will give you way the hell too many possible problems. You could waste hours on DKMS alone.

    Mint will also work, but it has the downside of having slower updates to software packages.

      • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Its generally more up to date with newer standards and such than Debian, but it is by no means bleeding edge.

        Bleeding edge is generally bad unless you really need some specific thing for a specific reason.

        If your whole set up is bleeding edge then congrats, you are a basically alpha testing an OS.

      • Para_lyzed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Fedora is what I’d describe as cutting edge, but not bleeding edge. It’s still behind from source, and is semi-rolling release, so it’s further behind than Arch but way ahead of stable/fixed release distros like Debian

  • bitwolf@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    This may seem odd, but check if your mobo has a bios update. Often bios break uefi standards to appease Microsofts non-standard requirements.

    These get fixed overtime as ACPI bugs are fixed.

  • Jambalaya@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Thanks for the recommendations everyone! I plan on keeping Linux on my second drive to continue playing around with it, but my gaming will probably go back to Windows. Might give bazzite or popos a try next.

    • dodos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Just a heads up, but gaming on an external drive with bazzite is a nightmare (if you end up trying to go that route).

        • dodos@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          My bad, that’s what I mean. Whatever drive bazzite is not installed on is difficult to deal with when it comes to flatpak steam. There’s a bunch of mount params you are supposed to use but for me they didn’t work whatsoever on bazzite.