A question for Linux gamers, please?

SteveH

SteveH

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G'day, i'm over Winblows 11 and am looking to move to Linux. The thing is I really don't want to learn, brain fog from meds and oldish age has worn me out.
So I'm looking for a gaming distro (see I'm using Linux language already lol).

I think I have cut it down to
Zorin
Regata
Norbara (which looks like it might have command line stuff)
Cachy

Any advice etc appreciated.

Ooh, my hardware is relatively new which I've noticed makes a difference
 
LastOSLinux Manjaro... That's why I released that one.

2nd would Nobara

Then Regata

Then BigLinux Cinnamon edition

NEVER Zorin, it's an outdated mess

Bazzite if games only

And once your a master CachyOS or pure Arch or EndeavourOS.

BTW they all play games, just some get a few more FPS due to newer kernels which allow newer NVIDIA drivers.

Fedora would be really good as would Ubuntu, but they both use SELinux which I dispise.

But as I said Manjaro is based on Arch but made to be more sane.

I liked Nobara but he switched to a rolling release and it often boots to a black screen after doing updates, so not suitable for the users I am OS mods at, they need stuff that just works and doesn't break.

Give my Manjaro build a go, don't forget to install all the Apply things and runtimes, wine etc from LLStore as Theys can not be integrated into the installer due to it having its own methods. That's why I don't use it default, because it takes too long per install. I did over 18 installs last week alone (not including vm's)
 
Wow thats a few installs lol. Thanks for the reply, appreciated. Nobara gets a lot of recommendations on YouTube. Zorin gets a lot of praises especially the new v18. Nowadys I just play games and do the media thing.

I will gives a go and see how I go.

Mint really appeals to me, probably cause I love any thing with a mint flavor.

Are you meaning to try manjaro-cinnamon-25.0.7-250828-LastOSLinux612.iso
 
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Yeah that one will update to the latest release, approx 1GB of updates - I tried to make a new ISO to release when I did the last batch, but it refused to boot after an install, so I with held it. So for now that is the only version of Manjaro I have that works fully. like I said, it's got a majority of extras enabled, but you do need to do the post install Windows Runtimes and Gamers Runtimes.
 
I have tried to install the Manjara Linux and it gets to a screen of writing which I forgot to take a photo off and no further.
I tried Linux Mint and it got a screen saying "KERNel PANIC. Timeout: Not all CPU's entered broadcast exception handler"
I tried Zorin 18 and it doesn't install.
I did get a photo of one but can't remember which one lol
OK Finished Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data
A start job is running for Create System Files and Directories (13s / no limit)

Being of no knowledge in regards to Linux I am guessing my gear is to new and incompatible?
 
It's not just about gear being compatible, but yes some newer stuff is. it's about making sure the things that are causing issues are disabled or set to legacy in the BIOS. I mean if you attempt to using intel rapid storage on Linux it will fail to boot, if your HDD is set to RAID it'll fail. As for CPU settings, there is a bunch in each BIOS that you can fiddle with, so it may require a search of your motherboard model number and manjaro install problems written after it. you'll be surprised how many people write up solutions to each.

On newer hardware, Arch/Manjaro and Ubuntu are the best Distro's to use, these have the latest kernel patches in place as they are front runners for bleeding edge developments. Mint is downstream base of Debian then Ubuntu is down from that and then Mint. my LastOSLinux doesn't count as it is just an overlay to Mint and uses everything Mint does, repositories etc. By doing this you soon find that if one Debian Based distro fails to work with your hardware, there is no point in trying any other Debian based ones, thus Manjaro was meant to be the newer alternative with a much newer kernel. I would have like to of done it's update so you have v 6.17 kernel, instead of 6.14, but it failed to boot when installed, so I didn't. In such cases as you need the very latest kernel for the newest hardware you'll need to use Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora 43 or figure out how to install arch... I did find a bloke who did his own scripts - https://linuxhub.link/ his work is Arch but you can customize it. that should allow you to make a ARCH OS as it downloads from the internet every install, meaning the OS itself is up to date and as it doesn't use a GUI - it's all done from terminal prompts and menus, it can't really crash as no graphics drivers are needed.

To keep it simple, if the Kernel is newer then the support hardware is bigger - BUT they do drop some older hardware in newer kernels, so you may need to stick with older ones on really old hardware. Generally a newer kernel adds new hardware and more features, often optimized, but they introduce new bugs and regressions and require 6 monthly updates, meaning a potential for more BSOD/kernel panic type events. This is why most use a LTS kernel, given you say your hardware is new, it might require one of the new kernels and if it's really new it may require the 6.18RC kernels ;)
 
I figured it out, It's all the Corsair gear I have, which Linux doesn't like, mainly Icue. I would work around it with OpenRGB or whatever but nothing supports the K100 keyboard. So it can wait till the keyboard wears out lol
 
If you goto the computer / MB manufacturer website they may have specific linux drivers for your hardware. If no linux drivers ask the manufacturer polietely to supply you with them. If people keep pushing maybe the manufacturers will get the hint.
 
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