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.

  • bitwolf@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    6 days 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.

  • MexicanJoker@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days 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

  • Presi300@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days 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

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days 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.

      • Para_lyzed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 days 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

      • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        6 days 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.

      • tomkatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 days 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.

      • TeddE@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 days ago

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

        /s

  • Jambalaya@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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    7 days 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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      7 days 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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          6 days 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.