Comment on Best Linux Distro For Playing On Steam?
iMastari@lemmy.world 2 months agoI have a nVidia card. Is that bad?
Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
rem26_art@fedia.io 2 months ago
Nvidia can be tough sometimes with linux, but not impossible. Seems like Linux Mint has a Driver Manager program that can install Nvidia's proprietary drivers for you. When you first install the OS, it'll just use the open source drivers, but those usually don't perform as well while gaming as Nvidia's own drivers, so you'll have to switch them after first boot.
protondb is a website that crowdsources how well specific Steam games work, and any workarounds that may be needed, if you'd like to check game compatibility. You can set it to show only reports from PC users, rather than PC and Steam Deck users.
seaQueue@lemmy.world 2 months ago
AMD/Nvidia hybrid user here. I’ve had more breakage in the amdgpu driver than Nvidia by far. I think a more fair comment is “drivers break on Linux occasionally and it’s a good idea to learn how to roll back package versions.”
Kory@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Not at all, in Linux Mint for example I simply picked the recommended driver and I had no issues with that.
DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
As a general rule for Linux; Yes, Nvidia hates linux, and the drivers cause issues in a lot of cases.
But Pop! has specifically worded to try to deal with Nvidia, so it might be smooth sailing, depending on which card you have.