gaming distro

dt-86 · 19 Jun 2014 at 16:19

anyone recommend a distro for gaming?

unp|dissy · 19 Jun 2014 at 16:50

steamos? Is that thing live now?

if not, ubuntu probably the easiest

But honestly.. windows ;<

dt-86 · 19 Jun 2014 at 16:52

unp|dissy said:
steamos? Is that thing live now?

if not, ubuntu probably the easiest

dont really like ubuntu

i have linux mint 17 cinnamon on tap but wanted to try and find a distro specifically for gaming

Magik5 · 19 Jun 2014 at 17:18

Definitely SteamOS

dt-86 · 19 Jun 2014 at 17:57

will give it a try is there any minimum system requirements for it?

TheSkateyBird · 19 Jun 2014 at 17:59

Have a look here: http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown

dt-86 · 19 Jun 2014 at 18:03

TheSkateyBird said:
Have a look here: http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown

my pc doesnt really meet the requirements for this os i only have a 500gb hardrive with 390 gb left everything else is fine would the intel hd 4400 graphics be ok instead of an graphics card?

OhEsEcks · 19 Jun 2014 at 18:55

dt-86 said:
would the intel hd 4400 graphics be ok instead of an graphics card?

Not really. I can play HL2 at 2560x1440 with the HD4600. But the graphical settings are nowhere near where they could be with a dedicated card.

There's also a lack of decent games for Linux. Most of Valve's stuff is available on Linux, but if you're hoping to playing much anything else you're going to need to use Wine.

Doesn't bother me though as Valve's stuff is all I really play.

dt-86 · 19 Jun 2014 at 20:16

OhEsEcks said:
Not really. I can play HL2 at 2560x1440 with the HD4600. But the graphical settings are nowhere near where they could be with a dedicated card.

There's also a lack of decent games for Linux. Most of Valve's stuff is available on Linux, but if you're hoping to playing much anything else you're going to need to use Wine.

Doesn't bother me though as Valve's stuff is all I really play.

yeah maybe have to get myself a graphics card then at some stage

Tom B · 20 Jun 2014 at 13:16

To be honest, distros are pretty much all the same when it comes to gaming. There's very little difference between them. Ubuntu or Mint will let you most easiy upgrade drivers/libraries so in that regard, will be useful, but there's nothing really game-specific about individual distros (although valve claim they've made some performance tweaks with steamos, I've yet to see any benchmarks which show them as being worthwhile).

dt-86 · 20 Jun 2014 at 15:23

Tom B said:
To be honest, distros are pretty much all the same when it comes to gaming. There's very little difference between them. Ubuntu or Mint will let you most easiy upgrade drivers/libraries so in that regard, will be useful, but there's nothing really game-specific about individual distros (although valve claim they've made some performance tweaks with steamos, I've yet to see any benchmarks which show them as being worthwhile).

might just use mint or robolinux seen a review on robolinux it looked like a good distro