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What distro do you game on? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by qwestjest78@lemmy.ca to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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I just picked up a cheap older gaming PC with a GTX 1050 and and Intel I7 CPU. Trying to decide what distro to load on it for gaming. Curious that others experience is gaming on various distros.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world -1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Windows 11 :/

Though heavily neutered, where even defender is disabled.

I boot CachyOS Linux with a lot of tuning (and some recent game testing). A linux gaming OS! I'm using Cachy like 95% of the time; I am not anti linux.

But honestly... It's just not worth a few lost features and performance hit over Windows for me, on top of the extra hassle. Its easier to just reboot. Maybe the experience is different on AMD GPUs, but I suspect Nvidia is at a disadvantage here.

This is on a desktop. Based on my experience with a RTX 2060 laptop I used to have, you also have the to deal with graphics switching, rendering on one device while displayong on another, and making sure your 1050 actually goes to sleep when not in use.