I know the “best linux for gaming” is probably one of the most common questions, but I have heard that some distro can have issues with some hardware, I have a crappy old PC with an integrated radeon R7, which distro would you recommend?
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Just want to point out that Linux Mint also has 32bit versions available.
That’s actually kinda awesome.
I put the 32bit Linux Mint Debian Edition on a very old solo core laptop with only 1.5GB RAM just for kicks, and it actually works pretty well.
edit: though I should probably switch it out for something lighter for practicality
Let that be a lesson: don’t throw away your old computers
Absolutely, this thing has been sitting around for ages because it was barely powerful enough for WindowsXP when it first came out. Now has a new purpose!
Windows XP: when you buy your computer yesterday it’s still too old for Vista.
Can’t do a lot wrong with Linux mint I suppose. Stable software so support should be good, cinnamon doesn’t have too much fancy stuff that would use up ressources iirc.
It’s my top recommendation for beginners, might switch back to it some time.
Thanks! I should note, I did use Ubuntu for a few years quite a while ago, so not quite a beginner but still gonna have to relearn a lot of things.
In that case, Pop!_OS might be a good option to try. It’s built on Ubuntu and doesn’t have snapd garbage on it. I’ve been using it as a daily driver for 2 years now and I’ve had zero problems.
Mint is also Ubuntu based with no snaps crap
I hope am not too late for this. If you’re looking for a consolized PC experience with Steam and all of its quality of life features, check out ChimeraOS.
It is based on SteamOS3 and adds a lot of extra features such as GOG and EGS integrations and built in emulators.
It also has a desktop mode for a full featured Linux experience. Keep in mind it’s an immutable distro.
Also, it uses Arch btw. Sorry just wanted to say it for such a long time now 🤣
Can’t go wrong with Debian and some ligthweight desktop environment, like xfce, as someone also mentioned here
pop_os! Runs great on the amd apus. For reference i used a ryzen 3 3200g and it ran indie games very well.
I guess you mean a ryzen 7 4700g? Should be great too considering mine was a generation behind.
No, I mean Radeon R7 integrated, as I said =P Not sure where you got Ryzen 7 4700g out of that.
Maybe Garuda?
What games are we talking about? If they’re Windows games you may be better using Windows, no extra overhead and complexities.
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It depends. Old Windows games actually work better in Wine than on modern Windows.
Never saw this happening. Also wine has overhead.
The entire point of this post is I want to leave windows, I am sick and tired of microsoft spyware and bloatware slowing my already old computer down, and Windows 10 will not be supported for much longer.
Seriously why do you think I even brought up switching to linux if I wasn’t trying to leave windows?
