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Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 1 day agowww.protondb.com Here for the compatibility list. Platinum stuff is stuff that is literally plug and play, gold is a should be fine. Get something easy to use, worst case, Mint should do the trick. Just install apps through the graphical store (this should include steam) and you should be fine. NVIDIA or AMD for graphics? Mint im pretty sure has an easy tool to install the proprietary NVIDIA drivers at this point
danciestlobster@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I have Nvidia graphics. Is one or the other better with Linux?
Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Usually AMD is better, since the drivers are fully OpenSource. NVIDIA maintains proprietary drivers, which means the open source ones aren’t as good (yet). Linux mint should have a fairly simple graphical tool to install the proprietary drivers
CubitOom@infosec.pub 1 day ago
I have nvidia too. So all good there. Within protondb (you mentioned a Skyrim) you can filter the results by clicking on the cog and selecting GPU > nvidia. Depending on the game you might have to use some steam launch options to try to squeeze as much as you can out of your setup or to enable certain things but that’s usually captured in the comments if it’s required to play.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Amd is better on Linux in general but I’ve read that Nvidia has gotten better depending on the distro.