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Need Advice - Linux gaming - Mint (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Levi@lemmy.ca to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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Hi. I've been using Linux for decades on my work machines, but most of my knowledge is pretty rusty. However for gaming I've always used a Windows machine. I'm thinking of getting rid of microsoft entirely, since I've been hearing such good things about steam & proton lately.

I was going to just install Mint on my gaming computer, but since there are a ton of experts here, I figured I should check in to see if there is any reason not to use Mint for this? And if there is any other considerations or setup I should be aware of to keep my games running well?

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[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ext4 is gonna be the fastest for general daily use. The extra utility of copy on write filesystems is stuff like efficient snapshot backups, optional compression at rest for your files, and really really fast copy operations.

AMD's drivers are fully FOSS and built into Mesa, whereas Nvidia's are closed source, so yes, AMD GPUs are more reliable and less of a hassle on Linux. However, Mint makes dealing with Nvidia drivers easy, so it's honestly your call there.