Best distro for steam /gaming for someone kinda new to Linux?

mattyfez

mattyfez

mattyfez

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Hi all..
I've used mint and Ubuntu briefly years ago and got on ok with them, just used as a home pc rather than any power user stuff.

I want to try out a new one as a bit of an experiment on what's currently a windows 10 machine.
Usage will be general home use, movies, music and games via Steam.

Considerations are

1.has to be able to run steam easily
2.I want to use an xbox game pad (can that be configured through steam?)
3. Support for Hdr in games and videos
4. Freesync compatible (not essential)
5. Support for high refresh rates or at least 120hz

Machine it will be running on is an i5 6600k with a Radeon rx480 gpu.

I quite like the look of kubuntu but anything that's user friendly with good gaming support as a priority!

Thanks for any suggestions!
 
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Thanks all.. Bazzite looks like the prime contender then?

I'll do some reading... Can I just install it and haveya functional desktop etc?
 
ahh ok...so like a smart TV/andriod box style UI? that kinda sucks, but if it works it works.

Ive just ordred a new SSD to experiment on....

I guess I could test drive it virtually, or via USB but I want to see how it performs in games properly.
 
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I forgot about this thread!
I've got nobara running fine duel boot with win 10 on it's own drive but there's a few issues..

Forza horizon 5 runs but only at about 40fps compared to 70fps under windows..
Do I need to change the version of proton it's using in steam? (it's a windows game installed/running via steam)..suprisingly easy to authenticate with MS and get running though..

Biggest issue is Bluetooth though... Xbox pad works fine on USB but on blootooth, it sees and pairs the pad but the connection keeps glitching between connected and disconnected really fast like several times a second... No idea on that one.

Bluetooth and wifi are via a pci card (wifi works fine)

Card is

ASUS PCE-AC58BT 802.11ac Dual-band Wireless-AC1200 PCI-E Adapter​


Hope the link is allowed as its on older card that doesn't seem to be on sale new any more.

Any ideas?
 
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Yeah you have to click the download button for the ISO, if you click the blue link text you get a sha256sum file which i think is just used to check the integrity of the ISO if required.
 
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